In article ,
Grimly Curmudgeon wrote:
If you flatten the battery and have no fuel, all it needs is a tow for 1/2
mile or so and the wheels turning will charge the battery, they you get
home.

Really? Creates energy does it?

FFS.

I suppose it fills up the petrol tank too.

One of the correspondents who contributes to Autocar runs a Lexus GS300,
and borrowed the same car but the hybrid version. Got 28 mpg with it
during his usual commute across London. Exactly the same as his own car.
It's about time they sorted those false MPG claims - and also the false
low CO2 output company car tax is based on...

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