Originally Posted by Goldwing
My son tends to make a lot of short, around town trips in the 2007 and gas mileage looks to be in the 18-20 mpg range. But when we picked up the car in Chicago and drove it the 170 miles back home, it got a solid 28+ mpg.
I think that I may reword that quote above to "
My son tends to make a lot of short bursts, around town trips" given the 10 mile difference 
I think that he likes the acceleration!