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Originally Posted by mspeasl
All of the above mileage is great if you live in a warm weather area........ As a past owner of an 09 Toyota Camery Hybrid I was very disappointed with the mileage. Toyota told me what this car would get in mileage. Wow I thought..... Last year when winter came to the Midwest the mileage dropped dramatically from what it had been........... I didn't know what happened so I went to my dealer for some answers!!! With a chuckle my service advisor informed me that they all do it when winter comes.... To say I was a little pissed is an understatement. So the GREEN cars are not as green as they are made out to be...............
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Good point. The survey includes a question on air temp / AC use. It's not currently possible to filter results by this variable, because it's not a major variable for most cars. For hybrids, though, the battery pack's capacity goes down with the temps.