>BTW, I did do the economic analysis on my 2008 Mercury Mariner Hybrid. [snip] it gets 21 MPG
>during the winter and 25 MPG in the summer. Fall and Spring bump it to 27 MPG. EPA now claims 28 MPG
>combined/29 city/27 highway. The EPA estimate is less than honest. This is my last hybrid.
Wow... I have an old 1983 Oldsmobile Regency 98, it’s Diesel and gets better fuel mileage. (And it’s not even a ‘native’ diesel engine, Oldsmobile just retrofitted their 350 engines to diesel.)