I can squeeze 20mpg out of a 1991 Lincoln with a 5.0L High Output engine that got a 17/24 on the old test. This guy is driving like a jackass if he's not getting decent mileage. That said, hybrid cars are a sham, it's all about image. Take out the extra thousand pounds of electric drivetrain and batteries and you'll get better mileage with just the gas engine most of the time.
The average hybrid driver is some yuppie jackass who watched "An Inconvenient Truth" and thinks they're doing something good by switching to mercury-filled CFL bulbs (I guarantee 90% of people don't recycle them) and driving a car with a quarter ton of toxic heavy metal under the back seat and thinking they're making a difference and looking good to all their yuppie buddies.
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Originally Posted by shakran
I further don't see why even the claimed mileage is considered good. Honda was pulling 45-50 actual MPG out of cars in 1988. Surely they can do better now.
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Seeing as we have cars with more than 50HP now, it's going to take a while.