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To: TCats

Our Prius does better than sticker.


35 posted on 01/13/2006 9:41:47 AM PST by luckystarmom
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To: luckystarmom

But think of the rush as you stomp the accelerator with over 400 ponies and 400 ft/lbs of torque. :-)


38 posted on 01/13/2006 9:44:16 AM PST by RadioAstronomer (Senior member of Darwin Central)
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To: luckystarmom
You are lucky, not calculating mileage correctly or the EPA Sticker was low to begin with. Alternatively, these studies could be wrong but there are many and they support the position that hybrids do not achieve sticker mileage. Two of many are linked below and the second one mentions the Prius mileage as particularly low relative to the EPA sticker;

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060110/BUSINESS01/60109029/1014/BUSINESS01

http://www.wsls.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=WSLS%2FMGArticle%2FSLS_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1128769259344&path=!news!localnews
46 posted on 01/13/2006 9:55:28 AM PST by TCats
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