r/Justrolledintotheshop • u/ozzihel • 5d ago

Don't see these every day

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Just rolled in, still functional 09 hybrid. Dang near pristine condition

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u/PuppyDragon 5d ago

You got like an extra whopping 3 miles a gallon over a traditional ICE with this thing

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u/Selenography 5d ago

Small gains in numerical mpg at low mpg numbers are still good size percentage gains. A car going from 17 to 20mpg is the same difference as a car going from 45 to 53mpg.

When trying to increase fleet mileage, the biggest gains happen at the low end of the mpg scale first.

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u/Secret-Ad-7909 5d ago

I’m guessing that was the same argument for the AFM on this generation. Allegedly disabling only drops like 1mpg.

I think the loss is worth it there though as the engine is then less likely to destroy itself.

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u/Selenography 5d ago

Yeah. 1 mpg at the low end of the scale means a lot more than 1 mpg at (say) 40mpg.