It's not the manufacturers numbers that you see on the window sticker. Those numbers are from unrealistic EPA test requirements and the new revised tests have even more error in them. With the hills and traffic lights around here I come close to meeting the EPA numbers from the old test methods.

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I only get down to these mileages if I'm hotroding it in the winter in town. During warmer weather my best highway mpg was 41. For real world mileages try here greenhybrid.com. Getting them in town does require changing your driving habits some but its not a large change. Anticipating lights going red so you can coast rather than running up to the intersection & braking, the difference between accelerating smartly and a jackrabbit start, etc.