Heck, I put a "Got 50MPG?" sticker on my TDi Golf and I'm embarrassed, too. Because its been getting 53 MPG on road trips to my house in upstate NY. I'm so ashamed. BSEG :>) busyditch ----- Original Message ----- From: "murdoch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, May 15, 2004 3:11 AM Subject: [biofuel] Hybrid Mileage Comes Up Short
> In my view, it is long overdue that the EPA should improve its tests > to reflect real-world mileage and not their out-of-touch lab work. > > http://www.wired.com/news/autotech/0,2554,63413,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_1 > > Hybrid cars are hot, but not as hot as their owners, who complain that > their gas mileage hasn't come close to well-advertised estimates. > > Don't knock the car companies for inflated claims: Experts say the > blame lies with the 19-year-old EPA fuel-efficiency test that > overstates hybrid performance. > > Pete Blackshaw was so excited about getting a hybrid gasoline-electric > car that he had his wife videotape the trip to the Honda dealership to > pick up his Civic Hybrid. The enthusiastic owner ordered a customized > license plate with "MO MILES" on it, and started a blog about his new > hybrid lifestyle. > > But after a few months of commuting to his job in Cincinnati, > Blackshaw's hybrid euphoria vanished as his car's odometer revealed > that the gas mileage he was hoping for was only a pipe dream. Honda's > Civic Hybrid is rated by the EPA to get 47 miles per gallon in the > city, and 48 mpg on the highway. After nearly 1,000 miles of mostly > city driving, Blackshaw was getting 31.4 mpg. > > "I feel like a complete fraud driving around Cincinnati with a license > plate that says MO MILES," says Blackshaw, who claims that after 4,000 > miles his car has never gotten more than 33 mpg on any trip. The tenor > of Blackshaw's blog shifted from adulation to frustration after his > Honda dealer confirmed that his car was functioning properly, and that > there was nothing he could do. > > [etc.] > > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Biofuels list archives: > http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ > > Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. > To unsubscribe, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
