 I use this car as a daily commuter in Houston and for about once monthly trips home to Louisiana.  Gas mileage averages 27/28 mpg in combined city/highway driving, and mileage on the highway varies depending on how much speeding up/slowing down I have to do for 18 wheelers and slower traffic.  I have gotten as good as 40 mpg on one trip setting the cruise control on 70.  The car is remarkably comfortable and quiet for a compact car.  The OEM tires have nearly 40,000 miles on them and will soon need replacing (strangely, the rear tires wore down sooner than the front tires, having never been rotated.)  I am a very heavy man and the car is quite comfortable, even on my 4 hour road trips.