Do you get antsy about the way your spouse/partner/SO drives your TCH? I find myself watching the display and thinking, "You are ruining my FE.... I can drive down this entire street in EV mode... You are holding the gas pedal down too hard..." I don't think I was ever so critical of his driving the few times he actually agreed to drive my Corolla.

 

Nope, not antsy at all. I taught her everything she knows about getting good mileage on the TCH.

Funny thing, though, she says the same thing about me!

I CAN say, however, it will be very difficult if we ever decide to let our 17 yr old daughter try it out.

 

Do you get antsy about the way your spouse/partner/SO drives your TCH? I find myself watching the display and thinking, "You are ruining my FE....

I am amazed daily at how many of us are turning out the same. I'm reading about ex-heavy footed drivers and relating to that. This one is funny as well. My wife every once in a while drives when I'm tired and she at first wouldn't drive "right". She's came around lately. Today she and some friends drove to Ohio ( a 500 mile trip) and I'm curious to see how she does. She did this same trip a while back and got 39.9 mpg. If she does that well this time I'll be able to break the 39 barrier on my overall.

I warned her not to mess it up. We'll see.

 

I was smart. I found a spouse/partner/SO who doesn't know how to drive. Why complicate life?

 

I have that problem. She seams good when iim in the car but when I get in it after she has driven it alone my FE has suffered.

 

She just got home. Drove 420 miles and got 39.3mpg

 

I am now the 'other driver' and my wife gives ME the 'careful with my mileage' lecture.

 

The wife and I are too the point now that we are turning off the consumption screen all together (until we reach our destination)!

Why worry about or change the way you drive for a few dollars of gas? Life is too short. We are happy as can be with the superior mileage that the Camry Hybrid provides.

BTW, We just returned from a long vacation and got 33.7mpg averaging 82mph or more for most of the trip.

 

Now THERE'S a sensible outlook. My wife and I both enjoy the "game" of trying to get higher mileage and beating each other in the number of EXCELLENTs we get so far, BUT I sure hope we don't get to the point that we become neurotic trying to squeeze out that last 0.1 mpg. Drive it sensibly and enjoy the extra 10-15 mpg you'll get without fretting about it!

 

My girlfriend Kate is very understanding; she didn't want to touch the drivers seat since we bought the car; it's been 3 weeks...