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PaleMelanesian · 04-16-2008, 10:43 AM

Highway driving - a Civic Hybrid, a Prius, or a TDI will all give you similar results. The TDI loses because of higher fuel costs.
City driving - the Prius wins, hands down. Last Friday I got to ride with a new Prius driver in Dallas rush hour traffic. Coached with the best of the best - Wayne from CleanMPG. 85mpg.

We did a cross-country drive last month with a 2003 civic hybrid 5-spd, 2008 civic hybrid cvt, a 2007 Prius and a euro-spec honda civic i-CDTi diesel. One of our drivers has a TDI at home and says they drive very much the same.
08 Civic cvt - 55 mpg
03 Civic mt - 60 mpg
Prius - 56 mpg
Civic i-CDTi - 60 mpg

Other than those, a used Civic / Corolla / Saturn with manual transmission would give you good results with a little more work.

04-16-2008, 10:43 AM	#29 (permalink)
PaleMelanesian Hypermiler Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 2,321 PaleCivic (retired) - '96 Honda Civic DX Sedan 90 day: 69.2 mpg (US) PaleFit - '09 Honda Fit Sport Team Honda Wagons 90 day: 44.06 mpg (US) Thanks: 611 Thanked 434 Times in 284 Posts	Highway driving - a Civic Hybrid, a Prius, or a TDI will all give you similar results. The TDI loses because of higher fuel costs. City driving - the Prius wins, hands down. Last Friday I got to ride with a new Prius driver in Dallas rush hour traffic. Coached with the best of the best - Wayne from CleanMPG. 85mpg. We did a cross-country drive last month with a 2003 civic hybrid 5-spd, 2008 civic hybrid cvt, a 2007 Prius and a euro-spec honda civic i-CDTi diesel. One of our drivers has a TDI at home and says they drive very much the same. 08 Civic cvt - 55 mpg 03 Civic mt - 60 mpg Prius - 56 mpg Civic i-CDTi - 60 mpg Other than those, a used Civic / Corolla / Saturn with manual transmission would give you good results with a little more work. __________________ 11-mile commute: 100 mpg - - - Tank: 90.2 mpg / 1191 miles Last edited by PaleMelanesian; 04-16-2008 at 11:03 AM..