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Originally Posted by Grant-53
We forget that a Chevy Impala V6 that gets 32 mpg is considered a high mileage car by most Americans. Since most cars have a 400 mile per tank cruise range I ask myself what kind of vehicle am I willing to drive for 3 to 4 hours a day. Maybe instead of ecobox cars we should be thinking of longer wheelbase streamliners.
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My wife drives a 2008 Ford Escape. 23+ mpg, with careless driving. Roof rack, and no mods.
She was T boned by another driver.
For over two weeks, she has had a 2011 Impala. Constantly listening to me complain about my Mustang and it's mileage, she has been trying to compete with the Impala. WITH hypermiling it, she managed her best tank at 22 mpg.
Now, I know she's not a pro, but how do you beat the puss out of a small SUV, not a CX5, and baby a saloon, and that happens?
She has just fallen more for Ford, and as much as I do like Ford, I think every company makes good and bad products.
But in the 2008 Fusion I had while my vehicle was being worked on, I kept the windows down. And AC on max cold. At max blow. Almost racing everywhere, terribly abusing this car as bad as possible. Over 32mpg.
ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! I just don't understand sometimes. It can't just be "better" products from Ford, Toyota, and Honda.