[Shop-talk] camry hybrids

[Michael Porter]

On 1/29/2013 8:07 AM, John Miller wrote:
> On 1/29/2013 8:16 AM, Scott wrote:
>> I love hybrids--both the concept and Toyota's execution of them.
>
>
> I had a second-gen car as a loaner for a couple weeks back when my M5 
> was still under warranty and the dealer had to take the dash apart to 
> fix an AC whistle.  I drove it like I would anything else I own, up 
> and down the SF peninsula, and got exactly 40mpg average.
>

Apples and oranges.  Your M5 is a car with an MRSP of over $80K.  Do you 
really expect a car for half or less than that price--and with 
technology radically different than yours--to be better overall? (And I 
say that as a pleased new owner of a twelve-year-old BMW 530i 5-spd that 
gets 31 mpg on the highway.)


Cheers.

-- 


Michael Porter
Roswell, NM


Never let anyone drive you crazy when you know it's within walking distance....