I had a 2 litre top of the range Granada Automatic (Biggest hatchback Ford did in the UK) with cruise control and lots of weight etc and it had over 120,000 miles on the clock. I had to do a run to Devon (260 miles from here). Including getting stuck on the M5 for the best part of an hour, I still managed an average (at 56 mph) of 49mpg. I thought this was a bit of a miracle but the handbook actually states that you can get 45mpg at a steady 56mph so maybe this wasnt too bad after all. I'd be lucky to get 35mpg in my smaller 1.8 manual astra. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim" To: Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 4:14 PM Subject: Re: [OT]: Gas & taxes (was Online electronics store) > Lawrence: > "I saw 40MPH highway all the time" > > This I could believe. > > "40 MPG" I would have to see your gas receipts and > mileage figures. > > RF Jim > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: > To: > Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 9:41 AM > Subject: Re: [OT]: Gas & taxes (was Online electronics store) > > > > Lee Sez: > > >Peter has a Honda Insight. In real usage, he gets about 65 MPG > > on a 32-35 mile daily round-trip commute. > > > > >Ned has a Toyota Prius. He gets 37-39 MPG on the same 32-35 > > mile daily round-trip. I commute with Ned. > > > > Gadzooks, the Toyota Prius is way not worth it! My old Toyota Corolla > > from 1977 got as good a mileage as that. I saw 40MPH highway all the time, > > and I could stuff it full of college guys and camping gear. What is the > > point? > > > > -- Lawrence > > > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different > ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details. > > > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.