EXACTLY! I have had my Honda Civic Hybrid for over 2 years now, and my mileage varies depending on how I drive, whether or not I am cranking the air conditioning, the type of driving- (lot of traffic lights, hills, etc.) I find I have gotten 53 mpg highway, with no or little air conditioning, and as low as avg 40 mpg city driving blasting the air conditioning. I think the listed 50 mpg is very attainable short of higher demand situations like steep hills & blasting air conditioning, and probably has less variation in Japan than in the US with our variety of climates, terrain,etc. BTW, I used to drive a Nissan Altima and highway mpg was about 28 and city more like 22 mpg, so my hybrid has nearly doubled my mpg.
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EXACTLY! I have had my Honda Civic Hybrid for over 2 years now, and my mileage varies depending on how I drive, whether or not I am cranking the air conditioning, the type of driving- (lot of traffic lights, hills, etc.) I find I have gotten 53 mpg highway, with no or little air conditioning, and as low as avg 40 mpg city driving blasting the air conditioning. I think the listed 50 mpg is very attainable short of higher demand situations like steep hills & blasting air conditioning, and probably has less variation in Japan than in the US with our variety of climates, terrain,etc. BTW, I used to drive a Nissan Altima and highway mpg was about 28 and city more like 22 mpg, so my hybrid has nearly doubled my mpg.