Consumer Reports Review - August 2009 issue

[BruceClark]

Here is another person who takes on Consumer Reports:

Consumer Reports is wrong to give 2010 Honda Insight hybrid a poor rating

[wstander]

Well, Monday last I managed to get my mileage BELOW what CR got:

36.6 MPG over 58 miles of mostly uphill driving at 50MPH plus..........

Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeshhhhhhhhhh

Recovered now: 45.3 over the next 106 miles of 'standard' commute......

[jpleong]

You know, the only time I've actually gotten below 40mpg was when I had to sit in the parking lot of a supermarket with the A/C on to keep the groceries cool. It was an abysmal 29.2 mpg reported on the MID. I ended up getting my lowest ECO rating, too, for the trip with three leaves (or 1.5 plants, as I see it).

Contrast that with my recent trip along the Kentucky AA highway and a length of I-64 to and from Charleston, WV which netted an average of around 60mpg for the whole trip both ways.

JP