Comments on: It’s not the MPG http://walt.lishost.org/2008/07/its-not-the-mpg/ The library voice of the radical middle. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:48:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: walt http://walt.lishost.org/2008/07/its-not-the-mpg/comment-page-1/#comment-33443 walt Wed, 06 Aug 2008 01:10:36 +0000 http://walt.lishost.org/?p=826#comment-33443 Just a note: Comments may not make it through the LISHost firewall because of auto-related words (just as I can't even comment on a couple of my own posts on a particular topic). This is unfortunate, but that firewall is what keeps my spamment level low enough so I can check for false hits. Sorry. Just a note: Comments may not make it through the LISHost firewall because of auto-related words (just as I can’t even comment on a couple of my own posts on a particular topic). This is unfortunate, but that firewall is what keeps my spamment level low enough so I can check for false hits. Sorry.

]]> By: Anali http://walt.lishost.org/2008/07/its-not-the-mpg/comment-page-1/#comment-33410 Anali Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:29:15 +0000 http://walt.lishost.org/?p=826#comment-33410 Definitely a reasonable decision. We just got back from a lot of freeway driving in our Prius, and managed about a 47 mpg average. The non-hybrid Civics get great gas mileage, and trading them in on what you drive would be silly. GPW is a great way to evaluate your fuel usage. We're in the same boat - my husband has an insane 30-mile commute, hence the Prius - but we were a single-car household before that. I just bike to work, and for the rare occasions when I need to drive, the old clunky truck is excusable. It's less than one GPW. Definitely a reasonable decision. We just got back from a lot of freeway driving in our Prius, and managed about a 47 mpg average. The non-hybrid Civics get great gas mileage, and trading them in on what you drive would be silly. GPW is a great way to evaluate your fuel usage.

We’re in the same boat – my husband has an insane 30-mile commute, hence the Prius – but we were a single-car household before that. I just bike to work, and for the rare occasions when I need to drive, the old clunky truck is excusable. It’s less than one GPW.

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