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at 2008-04-28 00:49:52
"(CBS) Pete Blackshaw was so excited about owning a hybrid car that he made a movie of his trip to the Honda dealer in Cincinnati.
He filmed the dealer sticker for his new Civic hybrid, advertising 47 miles per gallon, and put a special plate on his new car that read "Mo Miles."
But, as CBS News Correspondent Anthony Mason reports, instead of "Mo Miles" he got lower miles: about 32 miles per gallon.
"When I realized the car wasn't getting the full mileage, I really felt let down," says Blackshaw.
Those official mileage estimates come from the Environmental Protection Agency.
"The EPA numbers can be very misleading," says David Champion, chief of testing for Consumer Reports.
Champion says most cars fall short of their EPA mileage estimates, but on its test track, Consumer Reports found, "the discrepancy for the hybrid vehicles was much, much bigger," particularly in city driving.
While the EPA rated the Honda Civic hybrid at 47 miles per gallon in the city, consumer reports got just 26 miles per gallon. The EPA rated the Toyota Prius at 60 miles per gallon in the city.
"We actually got 35, so it's a big difference," says Champion.
Why the difference?
The EPA tests cars on a machine that measures the exhaust. At Consumer Reports, they actually splice a fuel meter into the fuel line. "
I'll take my 300 dollar car that gets an average of 33mpg over these hyped up over priced junkers, and spend all the cash I save on a retardedly high car payment on something useful and be happy!
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