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Thanks everyone for the replies. Thanks for the offer Hank1510. Concerning the Leaf, sorry, but I'm just not a fan...............
My regular commute (one direction) is 10 miles of 40 - 50 mph usually solo. Then 16 miles of 55-70 in traffic, where following other traffic is more or less the norm. And 1+ miles of 30mph. Because of the hills around here, I can coast quite a bit. I've checked to see how far I coast (not p&g) in my Saab. I only counted the times that I coasted more than two tenths of a mile with the clutch disengaged, and come up with about 7 miles one way, and a little over 8 the other.
I understand that a Volt will end up with considerably better mileage, I agree with you there. I guess one of my concerns would be that the engine would start and run for only a few minutes at a time each day - barely reaching closed loop. My thinking is that running the engine for such a short period of time on a regular basis probably isn't good for it.
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1999 Saab 9-5 sedan 2.3t 5speed
2013 prius 3
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