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Quentin · 02-27-2012, 01:17 AM

Holy hyperbole, Batman. 50mpg vs 32mpg? Until we have the specific fuel consumption maps, we don't know how much of a real benefit you'll get by slightly dropping the revs at interstate speeds. I'm going to put my faith in the engineers at Toyota and Subaru and their mantra of fun to drive and them actually having all the data. With this car making relatively little torque, I'm not shocked at all that they are having it rev a little higher at cruising speed. It isn't like this thing is doing 20mpg like an RX8.

Gas isn't going to be close to the deal breaker as far as cost per mile in this car, anyway. It will be insurance. I can drive my 22 mpg 4Runner for the same cost/mi as the MKV GTI I had previously because of the high insurance rates of the GTI and the super low rates of my 4Runner.

02-27-2012, 01:17 AM	#139
Quentin Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Drives: ‘16 4Runner, ‘19 Corolla HB Location: Hurricane, WV Posts: 1,233 Thanks: 685 Thanked 813 Times in 435 Posts Mentioned: 4 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Holy hyperbole, Batman. 50mpg vs 32mpg? Until we have the specific fuel consumption maps, we don't know how much of a real benefit you'll get by slightly dropping the revs at interstate speeds. I'm going to put my faith in the engineers at Toyota and Subaru and their mantra of fun to drive and them actually having all the data. With this car making relatively little torque, I'm not shocked at all that they are having it rev a little higher at cruising speed. It isn't like this thing is doing 20mpg like an RX8. Gas isn't going to be close to the deal breaker as far as cost per mile in this car, anyway. It will be insurance. I can drive my 22 mpg 4Runner for the same cost/mi as the MKV GTI I had previously because of the high insurance rates of the GTI and the super low rates of my 4Runner. Last edited by Quentin; 02-27-2012 at 01:29 AM.