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Replying to: slickwill (Aug 11, 2005 4:45 pm) |
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This is calculated using the only accurate method; total miles divided by total gallons. It is a mix of 80% highway and 20% local driving. The MPG is a little higher in the summer and lower in the winter (CT). Last week I was stuck in traffic on I95 for 2 hours twice and averaged 57 MPG for 120 miles so the EPA isn't all wet. 
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| Cross-country in Vermont, which is pretty hilly and the regenerative braking gains a lot, average mpg is in the low to mid-50s. The highest I have got on a 100mile run to New Hampshire was 62 mpg. I was amazed. The bottom line... if you drive it like an ordinary car, you get about 51 mpg; but if you pay attention and drive light-footed, you can push it up about 5-10mpg. It is fun to drive either way! | |
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Replying to: akbetts (Oct 09, 2005 4:58 am) I've found that using the EV only mode for initial acceleration around town helps mpg by about 5%, but still doesn't get local mpg out of the low 40s. The EV only mode makes for a cute show trick to passengers, but EV only range is only a little over a mile unless there are no hills. In stop and go traffic, staying below 34 mph, acceleration is good enough in EV only mode to stay with traffic. The gasoline engine starts when the pink lines show on the battery or when speeds exceed 34 mph (or when the gas pedal is pressed more than half way down).
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Replying to: fndlyfmrflyr (Oct 09, 2005 11:28 pm)
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--Got 56.8 mpg from Toledo to Breezewood, PA and exactly 60.0 from Breezewood to Washington D.C. (the display literally clicked from 59.9 to 60.0 as I glided into the parking lot......weeee!!). Had a welcome NW tailwind (20 to 30 mph) most of the way, cruise control set to 66, tire pressure set at 38/36, with temps ranging from the low 50's to the upper 60's (no A/C required) over the 500 mile trip. --In the other direction, the '04 Prius sipped 55.3 overall with no significant tailwind. --Kissed the steering wheel upon arrival at my final destination...Love this car!! |
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Replying to: alpine1 (Oct 16, 2005 10:17 am) Did you get a chance to drive your neighbors car?...what year was it?....how did you like it? |
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Replying to: mebman (May 16, 2005 6:29 pm) If you are driving on the Highway at 57 mph, you are a hazard and you will cause a wreck from people driving around you. I would not like it either. You have a car that gets good mileage. Drive it "normally" and then post your mileage. Also if you slow down early for stop signs and stop lights you will cause a wreck. Please don't. I understand trying to get good mileage and that drivers should be better, but they are not. Peoples' lives are more important than trying to go from 51 mpg to 55 mpg.
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Replying to: fljoslin (Nov 15, 2005 3:04 pm) "...yes officer, I admit I was wrecklessly doing 80 in a 55 mph zone when I rear-ended that Prius, but he's the guy you should be giving the ticket to! Anyone who drives 57 in a 55 zone is practically begging for me to hit him!!" phhhhhhhhfffffffffttttt!! Next week twisted logic guy says, "... seriously judge, i was minding my own business --just driving along trying to beat red lights-- when some idiot in front of me decides to slow down early for a yellow light instead of trying to run it like everybody else. Can you blame me for plowing into him??"
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