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What is more important to you: Power or MPG?
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We clearly got our Sienna Hybrid to impress people at the stoplight and to lay down some rubber.
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MPG for me is more important because gas is expensive and drive 30 miles to work and 30 miles back so I’ve got to have something good on gas. My RAV4 non hybrid model is averaging 30.0 miles to the gallon so I use one gallon there and one back pretty much and I don’t have to fill up for close to two weeks. When I was daily driving my Escape I was using 1/4 tank a day. Even though my RAV4 take off lags severely it’s still better than a gas sucking V6.
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That MPG savings covers allot of deodorant !!!
I have the best of both worlds. Deleted 6.6L LML with 35s.
I don't pay much attention to MPG. I want a car that can briskly accelerate from a stop on a side street onto a frontage road and then onto the highway without me, or it breaking a sweat. The speed limit on frontage roads around here is 45 mph which means everybody's going 60. It can be hard, and dangerous to get out into traffic when all you've got is gerbils under the hood. You won't catch me merging onto the highway going slower than the highway traffic.
Ummm.
Two 2.7 EB's and an old, modded 4.6. All running premium fuel.
What's "MPG"?
Two 2.7 EB's and an old, modded 4.6. All running premium fuel.
What's "MPG"?
Really? How much does 1000 miles worth of fuel typically cost?
While I value fuel economy over power, the two are not mutually exclusive.
The HAH provides strong acceleration for those occasions when you need it and high MPGs all of the time.
The same would be true of any current Camry or Prius.
The daily driver sedans are actually pretty quick these days, and while they are obviously not twelve second cars they do have more than sufficient acceleration for any street situation.
The HAH provides strong acceleration for those occasions when you need it and high MPGs all of the time.
The same would be true of any current Camry or Prius.
The daily driver sedans are actually pretty quick these days, and while they are obviously not twelve second cars they do have more than sufficient acceleration for any street situation.
I appreciate the passing power on the rural two lane highways with my 350 HP Suburban. It does 0 to 60 in 7 plus seconds but that’s not where I use the power. For passing I make sure I kick it down from under 2,000 rpm to about 3,500 to 4,000 rpm. That’s good enough to get it past the car in front. 
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Semi power with extreme handling. As long as semi power is there, handling/G force is #1.
For me it depends on what I am using the vehicle for. My mustang for example is not about MPG. A vehicle I drive the most I want to have at least decent MPG.
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who cares as long as the smiles per gallon are great.
We are MPG and reliability types. All the vehicles in the stable are mid 30’s with the exception of the CR-V which isn’t really too bad either.
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my jeep turned 2 years old yesterday and has 25,500 miles on it. I have not once wished I was driving a prius instead...the mazda has 43000 miles and just turned 3 years old the end of January and my wife would not trade it for prius either. it will get less miles as she is retired now and was driving 20 miles one way to work in it.
At the age of 69 I still prioritize power with borderline reasonable fuel economy. The C43 runs the quarter in 12.6 seconds and averages north of 28 mpg on the highway if I keep it under 80.
My goal is to always replace a car with something faster- which in this case will likely be a C53 in 3-4 years.
That said, I also love my Club Sport; with a Turner Conforti chip and 93 octane fuel it’s a high 15 second car- but at 2,800 pounds it provides a driving experience few modern cars can equal.
My goal is to always replace a car with something faster- which in this case will likely be a C53 in 3-4 years.
That said, I also love my Club Sport; with a Turner Conforti chip and 93 octane fuel it’s a high 15 second car- but at 2,800 pounds it provides a driving experience few modern cars can equal.