I am one of those who has a low average like Wayne and Rwarn wrote about. Off course, I have the winter temps, the bigger winter tires (175/70) to help me in getting low mpg averages (higher 40').
But even in summer, I am close these numbers.
It is the exact reason I bought the car. I have always driven cars in the same manner, from a 98 cubic inch engine in a 1980 Pontiac Acadian to 454 in a Firebird.
So instead of getting the EPA of 18 MPG the Cherokee I had previously, I always had around 10 MPG (to me this is almost 30 liters per 100 KM). Now with the Insight I get around 5 L/100KM which is 1/6 the gas and even lesser in polution.
To get to the point of the tread, every time I had a speeding ticket, I tell my wife that I will save the money by driving conservatively until I have saved the money back.
That used to be quick in the way I drive. A few weeks.
I only had 1 speeding ticket since I had my Insight. The reason is that in order to save the speeding ticket money, and the price is higher each year, it now takes a hell of a time. If I remember it was more than a year. Because the Insight does not use much gas, and to save the difference of higher MPG, is not a big amount.
But even in summer, I am close these numbers.
It is the exact reason I bought the car. I have always driven cars in the same manner, from a 98 cubic inch engine in a 1980 Pontiac Acadian to 454 in a Firebird.
So instead of getting the EPA of 18 MPG the Cherokee I had previously, I always had around 10 MPG (to me this is almost 30 liters per 100 KM). Now with the Insight I get around 5 L/100KM which is 1/6 the gas and even lesser in polution.
To get to the point of the tread, every time I had a speeding ticket, I tell my wife that I will save the money by driving conservatively until I have saved the money back.
That used to be quick in the way I drive. A few weeks.
I only had 1 speeding ticket since I had my Insight. The reason is that in order to save the speeding ticket money, and the price is higher each year, it now takes a hell of a time. If I remember it was more than a year. Because the Insight does not use much gas, and to save the difference of higher MPG, is not a big amount.
