Hybrid cars

WashDad
Thu, 01 Mar 2007 11:56:08 +0000

momof2inca:

The one thing about hybrids is you sort of have to relearn how to drive in order to maximize mpg. You learn to accelerate smoothly and slowly whenever feasible, to coast on the downhill roads, and to drive the speed limit or lower when you’re not in a hurry and aren’t bugging other people.



This is exactly how you would drive to maximize fuel economy in any vehicle. My father-in-law had a real-time MPG computer in his 1995 Mercury Sable, including trip MPG and instantaneous MPG. It was fun to get it to 99 MPG coasting downhill.

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