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Drive571 · 08-05-2008, 08:04 PM

40 MPG in a Cobalt sounds *awfully* optomistic. Downhill, in Neutral? I find myself less likely to believe mileage stats posted by those with a purchase to (consciously or unconsciously) defend, including my own.

Of cars that *aren't* mine, the last Cobalt I rented in L.A. averaged 25.1 MPG (per trip computer) in a mix of stop-and-go and desert freeway driving. A rented Prius covered the same ground and averaged 42.3.

The Cobalt steered and handled better, but the whole Prius experience is like piloting your own bite-sized NCC 1701, while the Cobalt feels like... well... a rental.

08-05-2008, 08:04 PM	#111 (permalink)
Drive571 1.8 Liter ECOTEC Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 44	Re: GM Ready for Smaller Engines When Customers Are 40 MPG in a Cobalt sounds awfully optomistic. Downhill, in Neutral? I find myself less likely to believe mileage stats posted by those with a purchase to (consciously or unconsciously) defend, including my own. Of cars that aren't mine, the last Cobalt I rented in L.A. averaged 25.1 MPG (per trip computer) in a mix of stop-and-go and desert freeway driving. A rented Prius covered the same ground and averaged 42.3. The Cobalt steered and handled better, but the whole Prius experience is like piloting your own bite-sized NCC 1701, while the Cobalt feels like... well... a rental.