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Old 03-03-2004, 06:30 PM   #57
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Re: Toyota Echo

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Originally posted by Griff
I decided I didn't want to wear out or put gas in my pickup driving to school this summer so I picked up a used Echo. The bad news is I just paid $1.87 per gallon for gas the good news is that even in hill country I got 42mpg with the Smugmobile.
Hmm, I've had a toyota Prius for about a year now. My MPG status screen is telling me I am getting 36.2 MPG.

What I notice though is that the car seems to get crappy milage until it warms up, then phenominal milage after that, but since I tend to make short trips, it kills my average.
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