Hyper Mileing

[shilala]

Originally Posted by Da Klugs

He he.

Re the Prius, I rented one a few weeks ago in MD to see what was what. Not the compact car of our youth. Pretty roomy due to its jelly bean shape. Lots of width and leg room. I was surprised. Got 48 MPG just flogging it and going 80 on the highway was overall pretty impressed. A blinged out version/better looking car might be tempting. Like the concept of regenerative braking in any vehicle to help the city MPG. If you look at the newly released Mercedes they use a battery no larger than the normal one to do the duty and a generic inline electric motor. More performance and better mileage = a good thing.

I looked at the great big Tahoe Denali Hybrid.
All that tech cranks out a whopping 17mpg.
I like a lot of metal and I enjoy feeling like I'm driving my living room to the store. If they get around to building an STS that gets 30mpg, it might pique my attention. Otherwise I'm trapped in the stone-age.

[Da Klugs]

Originally Posted by shilala

I looked at the great big Tahoe Denali Hybrid.
All that tech cranks out a whopping 17mpg.
I like a lot of metal and I enjoy feeling like I'm driving my living room to the store. If they get around to building an STS that gets 30mpg, it might pique my attention. Otherwise I'm trapped in the stone-age.

Thats really my interest in all this. I get 27 on the highway which is pretty good for a 5000 lb car. City is the issue. Adding a lil hybrid stuff to this type of car at a small premium in cost would make lots of sense and is going to happen much faster than anyone thinks. Just enough to get you going 30-40 mph till the next stop/regenerate is a huge opportunity for improvement.