I LOVE THIS CAR..........BUT

[kinematic11]

i want the prius "effect" gone. The whole reason for trading it in on the 1LE is to grow some testosterone and have "fun" driving. I too have a short commute of 5 to 10 miles to drop kids off at school and head to work. I definitely do NOT want to go buy a 90's honda with stick (although that would be a good alternative for a daily ) , but i want away the the weak feeling japan bred vehicle.

as jackalope said, keep the prius as the gas savings will make the difference. he is actually right. I have a 2000 ford expedition and i was paying $400 per month just in gas. The prius payment and the cost of gas for the prius are less than $400 per month. so, i purchased the prius and stored the expedition. However, i want to use the $15500 prius trade to knock down the 1LE sticker, and bring the expedition out of storage. (the expedition is only worth <$2000 in trade - if i am lucky).

so i will be going back to a substantial monthly gas bill (for either the 1LE and or the expedition), but I will have "feeling" when driving. the prius is numb. leaves my senses unaffected. No rumble. no "heartbeat".

Dave

[PYROLYSIS]

I was able to get 26Hwy one time when I filled with 93 octane ethanol free. When I'm not driving like I want to I average around 18. I burned through my last 3 tanks really quickly averaging around 14 which means I really got 13 cause the DIC lies by about 1 MPG. I have a V6 manual fourth gen for my daily driver but I only get around 22 MPG in that. I drive it more to keep the miles low and enjoy the 1LE more than for the MPG. Had a repair on that recently where my MAF sensor made the car buck so hard it broke my transmission mount. I love driving my 1LE everywhere but it really would be a crime to drive it through stop and go traffic every morning.

[Schluney]

i average around 20 mpg.. my commute is 90% highway

[SWAG1LE]

My 1LE is my weekend warrior and track days car. I have no idea what the MPG's are and dont care. I also have a 496 BBC in my K5 Blazer (faster than my 1LE) with 4.56 gears and ummm yeah that one hurts the wallet haha! I dont mind the whole "pay to play" cliche

[GONIF]

Strange ,the best I have gotten yet is 14mpg. I do have a heavy foot though.

[Guinness2]

I drive 90 miles to work round trip, I average 22 MPG @ 80 cruise almost the whole way as I live very close to the exits. My car has 3k on the odometer. I did notice an immediate 2 mpg after adding a CAI. My 2000 Infiniti I30 I use as my beater get the same gas mileage of 22. Any faster it begin to drink gas the 1LE doesn't start drinking till about 95.

[Joker853]

If you want good gas mileage, buy a prius. You bought a kickass camaro, who cares about fuel economy. Pedal to the metal baby!

[Camaro Dude]

F the Prius.

You want performance and fuel mileage, then buy one of the VAG 4 bangers with FI, and I'm particularly referring to the gasser 2.0T and the 2.0TDI engines. They respond very well to Ecu tuning and bolt on mods. 300ft/lb is not uncommon, whilst 30+ mpg.

[SSMY1LE]