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Hersbird · 11-30-2023, 05:32 PM

Well 60 miles, 5 days a week, 50 weeks a year is 15,000 miles. I don't think you will get 60, but 50 is doable. At $5/gal that's only a $640 savings a year.

Now there could be other savings with a hybrid. Better resale, the brakes last longer. You are doing good with your Ford. I had the Lincoln version here the MKZ and didn't get 25 mpg. Of course it was the AWD 400hp 3.0 turbo. I switched to a Sonata Hybid and get 50 pretty easy. I have seen a trip across town claim 72mpg once, but tank to tank, hand calculating around town it gets 50 and that's my wife mostly driving it not trying. So I'm happy I got the Sonata. We drove 30,000 the first year so saved about $2,200 with gas here at about 3.80/gallon.

I also may be confusing European gals and US gallons, so maybe 50 US mpg would be more like 60 European.

11-30-2023, 05:32 PM	#2 (permalink)
Hersbird Master EcoModder Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Missoula, MT Posts: 2,668 Dark Egg - '12 VW Touraeg Thanks: 305 Thanked 1,187 Times in 813 Posts	Well 60 miles, 5 days a week, 50 weeks a year is 15,000 miles. I don't think you will get 60, but 50 is doable. At $5/gal that's only a $640 savings a year. Now there could be other savings with a hybrid. Better resale, the brakes last longer. You are doing good with your Ford. I had the Lincoln version here the MKZ and didn't get 25 mpg. Of course it was the AWD 400hp 3.0 turbo. I switched to a Sonata Hybid and get 50 pretty easy. I have seen a trip across town claim 72mpg once, but tank to tank, hand calculating around town it gets 50 and that's my wife mostly driving it not trying. So I'm happy I got the Sonata. We drove 30,000 the first year so saved about $2,200 with gas here at about 3.80/gallon. I also may be confusing European gals and US gallons, so maybe 50 US mpg would be more like 60 European.