[SampleMan]

When you pull up at alight and you sit there for several minutes, and your car is off and everyone else is sitting there burning gas, it puts a smile on your face.

I test drove an Audi A6 that was perfectly quiet, and the engine automatically stopped and started at stoplights (no perseptive change to the driver). It was not a hybrid.

[DoughtyOne]

That's great. I hadn't realized they were doing that with gas engine only cars. It's a good idea.

My hybrid is a smaller SUV. In it I have gotten as much as 34.34 MPG on a long trip. My wife and I had a Mountaineer, and that sucked gas down quickly. The best we ever achieved was in the 18-20 MPG range. Generally around town, it was around 13 MPG.

Here's a look at the Mariner...

[Carriage Hill]

My Dad’s new 2013 MB C300 4-Matic does that; gives me the creeps and makes me nervous in heavy traffic. That option can be turned-off on the car’s menu.