On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 18:03:40 -0500, "Magnulus" >

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>"Paul" > wrote in message
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>> Considering what most cars get in fuel milage these days, 39MPG in
>> combined city/highway driving is pretty damn good, IMO.
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> I suppose it's OK. I'd be curious to know what a Honda Civic Hybrid or
>Prius gets doing the same route. I've heard that the trip computers on
>these cars can be off, so the numbers I experienced during test driving
>might not reflect the "real world" fuel economy. I don't have a fuel
>economy computer in my Jetta, so I just use the old fashioned method.

My fuel economy computer consistently overstates fuel economy - When I
really want to know what I'm getting, I calculate it myself