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Better get on a Honda forum board and do some investigative work before committing. I was on an Accord board and didn't hear good things about the actual MPG on those Honda hybrids. I ran into a Civic owner last year, she complained about not achieving the advertised MPG as well and a complete lack of trunk space. In fact, I was looking at her roof rack, which she installed due to no trunk space.
I looked at the Camry and Altima hybrids but with my 98% highway miles, the hybrid isn't the best in those conditions. My buddy has a Camry hybrid and he averages 40 mpg driving in the heavyily congested traffic around Northern Virginia.
I really wanted a diesel, particularly the Accord which is supposed to hit 51 mpg but it won't go on sale in the US until next fall (so I bought an '08 2.5L Altima)


The t.v. evening news had a story last month about the hybrid cars gas milage. Car companies were lying their a$$ off about the milage. Actual milage was 5 to 10 lower than claimed!

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