[FairfieldLife] Re: That's a decimal point? I'm getting 20.4 mpg?

2010-06-28 Thread WillyTex
TurquoiseB: > My current car, which I bought used five years > ago for 2000 Euros, had an original combined > urban/hwy rating of 45.6 mpg when new, and still > gets it... > So, you car gets better gas milage than a Honda Insight. Very impressive - what is it, a Moped? 2010 Honda Insight 40

[FairfieldLife] Re: That's a decimal point? I'm getting 20.4 mpg?

2010-06-25 Thread WillyTex
> > It is a fact that men tend to overestimate > > the gas mileage they get in their favorite > > car. > > Hugo: > YMMV? > Other factors being considered - six-speed automatic transmission, displacment and torque. http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/cars/index.htm Fuel economy factors inclu

[FairfieldLife] Re: That's a decimal point? I'm getting 20.4 mpg?

2010-06-25 Thread Hugo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "WillyTex" wrote: > > > > TurquoiseB: > > My current car, which I bought used five > > years ago for 2000 Euros, had an original > > combined urban/hwy rating of 45.6 mpg when > > new, and still gets it. Using diesel fuel, > > which in Europe costs 30

[FairfieldLife] Re: That's a decimal point? I'm getting 20.4 mpg?

2010-06-25 Thread WillyTex
TurquoiseB: > My current car, which I bought used five > years ago for 2000 Euros, had an original > combined urban/hwy rating of 45.6 mpg when > new, and still gets it. Using diesel fuel, > which in Europe costs 30% less than > gasoline. > It is a fact that men tend to overestimate the ga

[FairfieldLife] Re: That's a decimal point? I'm getting 20.4 mpg?

2010-06-25 Thread WillyTex
So, you bought a new car. I could swear it looked like a piece of dust... >

[FairfieldLife] Re: That's a decimal point? I'm getting 20.4 mpg?

2010-06-25 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "It's just a ride" wrote: > > I could swear it looked like a piece of dust. Nevermind. > (This has been a true story) Because I'm not a math whiz like some of you, I'm having difficulty figuring out what the "tradeup" point is for me to consider a hybrid. Th