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Replying to: darmock (Jun 29, 2005 1:42 pm) |
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Replying to: darmock (Jun 29, 2005 1:42 pm) You might look like a genius if gas hits 4/gal.Even if it doesn't suddenly spike to $4,If it slowly picks 5 cents every month, the prices of the HH might not drop in a year.Toyota probably can't up production very fast.If the demand stays good because of $3+ gas;then the price drop might not happen.I can see a lot of folks dumping their Suburbans-Expeditions-Tahoes and turning to a vehicle that doesn't require a $75 fill up every week.A lot of folks will never do the arithmetic;they will just see the $75 fill up every week and just decide to heck with it. A crude eyeballing shows the early average to be about 27-28 mpg.The lowest report is about 24.5-not bad!!They look like they are closer to EPA numbers than the Prius.I am really curious to see some pure city numbers.The Prius delivers about 65%-70% of it's city EPA(60).Thanks.Charlie
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Replying to: phoebeisis (Jun 29, 2005 4:25 pm) Thanks for the thoughts I hope that gas does not reach $4/gal. If it does I bet a lot of other petro-based, required goods, in the US get very expensive. My other cars are a 2003 Civic HYbrid and a 2002 Honda CRV. Both nice cars, quality products that deliver well against their specific objectives that are distinctly different, I would guess, from the HH's. An earlier poster appropriately noted that the HH is just fun to drive. Well said. It is just fun to drive. Thanks for the reply. Larry . |
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bmore thanks. 26.4 is very good.It will be interesting to see what they do in mainly city driving.I'm guessing about the 25-28 with AC having about 2 mpg influence.We can compare summer and winter cycles.Thanks.Charlie
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Replying to: phoebeisis (Jun 26, 2005 5:42 pm)
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Replying to: nimhrod (Jun 27, 2005 3:52 am) Hope this explains. Ken
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Replying to: toyotaken (Jun 27, 2005 4:51 am) I stopped by my dealer to check out my new HH 4wdi. As we were sitting in the vehicle in 95+ degree weather, the sales person showed me how to 'start' the car. It was somewhat strange to note that no ICE started when the key went 'all the way.' However, just as we were about to depart, the ICE kicked in...it seems due to the AC having a heavier load due to the hi temp, the battery needed a 'boost.' Has anyone out there gotten mileage for a HH FULL TANK of fuel ???  Reading some of these posts my Tundra X-tra cab gets a most respectable 16.8 mpg...consistently. I have gotten to 380 miles at the fuel light, so I presume that my Tundra would go 400 miles on a tank. My hope is that I can get at least 600 miles on the HH tank..a 50% increase. Would make the 'pain' of aquisition much easier to take... 
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Replying to: ulev (Jun 27, 2005 4:38 pm) Wes |
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JAYT1,the 25 mpg you are getting is literally 10 mpg better than the average midsized SUV.(the readout is probably dead on,they have gotten better about that)In a city-hy mix my Pilot will get 15 mpg.It is fairly typical.Same story for a V-6 Highlander.These numbers come from CR-not from the EPA.CR shows most minivans as getting 13-14 mpg city(Odyssey and Sienna included).It shows the Pilot at about 13 city,the V-6 Highlander about the same.The Chevy Trail is a mpg or so down.The Durango claims to be "Big' now-good thing,it is a miserable gas guzzler.The 4 cyl Highlander-which CR doesn't have any figures on-is probably the best mid SUV mpg wise-excluding the HH of course(according to buddies who have them).The Ford Escape Hybrid is rated almost exactly like the HH 33-28 or some such.Apparently it is very slow and noisy.It does deliver the MPG-almost exactly like the numbers you folks report.It has a lot less interior room then the HH.On Ebay they seem to either never reach reserve,or sell for maybe~$30000 in full 4X4 Trim.I think you could buy a stripped version for ~$25000-.$10,000-$12000 less than a Highlander-about what you would expect-Ford vs Toyota.Thanks.Charlie
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Replying to: phoebeisis (Jun 27, 2005 2:30 pm) Well, it's only a couple higher than my 2003 CR-V, which is of similar class. ICE only, of course. On the highway I get about 26-27. Won't mention the cost differential... oops, I just did, OK. About 15K for the base model, 13K for the premium CR-V. That is a fair amount of gas to break even at only 2-5 MPG better for the hybrid.
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