What non-Cruise-Control mileage does the HCH get?

well.. sine the civic hch you test drove didnt have very many miles.. i'd say that the engine wasn't broken-in enough to get accurate mpg. but then again. i got 40's when i first got me prius.

 

Don't know much about the CIVIC., but the Prius will beat the mileage, even at 80 MPH w/o cruise IF you watch the car's MFD (display screen), you will do better, I'd say between 35 and 40 MPG. 80 MPH is a bit fast, remember the EPA numbers are for 55 MPH under ideal conditions. At 70 MPH mostly with hills and such with AC full blast, o/s temp in 95-100 in TEXAS, I see 49-50 MPG. The cruise some claim robs MPG because if you watch your road, you can control and get better performance, by inducing coasting and re-charge better than the cruise control, because the computer of the car randomly switches between charge and boost, and only coasts in modes where speed is not needed due to downhill or such. A lot of the TOP MILERS here hate the cruise control. I use it because I want to concentrate on other stuff besides just squeezing out the most, so I will turn it over to the cruise control. Sometimes I take the control and do it, with hills especially, I think the driver will do it better. But the Prius will very likely do better in mileage, and certainly gives you a lot more. Toyota's design has really done a good job on performance.

 

i thought the epa numbers for highway was 45 mph?? i might be wrong

 

EPA RATINGS for the PRIUS (don't know the CIVIC's)

50 MPG highway
61 MPG in town

 

EPA tests..go to web site, speeds used as far as I know is:

but it is 45 MPH for intown driving
and 55 MPH for highway driving

 

I answered you, AT 80 MPH YOU WILL GET ABOUT 35-40 MPG, W/O CRUISE.

"Don't know much about the CIVIC., but the Prius will beat the mileage, even at 80 MPH w/o cruise IF you watch the car's MFD (display screen), you will do better, I'd say between 35 and 40 MPG. 80 MPH is a bit fast, remember the EPA numbers are for 55 MPH under ideal conditions. At 70 MPH mostly with hills and such with AC full blast, o/s temp in 95-100 in TEXAS, I see 49-50 MPG. The cruise some claim robs MPG because if you watch your road, you can control and get better performance, by inducing coasting and re-charge better than the cruise control, because the computer of the car randomly switches between charge and boost, and only coasts in modes where speed is not needed due to downhill or such. A lot of the TOP MILERS here hate the cruise control."

 

Well I used to have the HCH so I thought I'd input my own results. I use to drive from Seattle to Portland often. I would use cc and found the best spot for cc was around 73mph roughly at around 40mpg roughly. Anything higher and I found the mpg just tanked. I tried 75mph and would get high 30's mpg. I recalled if I went 80mph I would get mid to low 30's. I find that on the freeways I get about 5-8mpg better than HCH and in the city around 8-10mpg. It may not be much but it really felt like I made a big jump in terms of mpg. Thats not to say I didn't enjoy the HCH. Hope that helps

 

In our recent CA to PA trip in my Civic Hybrid, we averaged about 48MPG at I90 legal speeds (65 - 75 depending on state). Mine is a 2003 with a 5-speed manual transmission.