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| Ok..I have used the onboard trip computer to measure my mileage and I have noticed it is very sensitive to acceleration. and hills. That said on my last trip I did see mileage as high as 28 miles per gallon for highway travel. I was being VERY careful and gentle and I did let the terrain (downhill) carry the car when ever I could. I had almost no off highway mileage and did hve a reading of 28 mpg on the screen. | |
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Replying to: gymnbat (Aug 02, 2008 12:03 pm) |
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Replying to: gpolt (Aug 04, 2008 3:20 pm) Maybe some of y'all can keep score for a few tanks and report back? |
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Replying to: steve_ (Aug 04, 2008 4:12 pm) I track the fuel ecconomy religiously and find that the error is less than 1%. I have just done a 642km trip today, sitting on speed limits (100km and 110km) all the way and indicated fuel economy showed as exactly 10.0 l/100km. Fuel usage (filled at 5 C at six this morning and refueled at 6 C at ten this evening at some fuel pump) with similar cut out behaviour was 64.5 litres.Trip meter is also very accurate. I have checked against 100km measured distance several times and found error at less than 0.5%. Speedometer indication is also very close. Radar check stations on freeway today suggest indicated speed is 1km too high at 110km/h (Indicated 110 to actual 109) Cheers Graham |
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Replying to: steve_ (Aug 04, 2008 4:12 pm) |
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Replying to: steve_ (Aug 04, 2008 4:12 pm) My MPG is consistently off by 1.5 MPG (computer says 22.5, pencil/paper says 21) I check MPG with pencil/paper for almost every fill-up, w/ over 10k miles driven now, of which about 3k were true highway trips. The rest were using the same driving habits (I am the sole driver) & mostly use the same gas station, although not the same pump. I fill at full speed until it clicks off, then fill again at full speed until it clicks off a 2nd time. Same way every time, no matter where I fill. Just changed oil with Mobil 1 (vs. toyota dealer OEM oil). Will be interesting to see if there is a MPG difference. The speedo should get better as the tires wear.
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Replying to: steve_ (Aug 04, 2008 4:12 pm) Trip mileage first, pen and paper second: 1) 18.4 / 18.1 2) 22.1 / 22.0 3) 21.4 / 21.1 4) 24.1 / 23.7 5) 21.3 / 20.9 Trip #1 was exclusively non-highway, #2 and #4 were highway w/no A/C, and #3 and #5 were highway w/A/C. All highway trips were w/me (about 190 lbs) and about 200 pounds of cargo w/cruise  73 mph. 3100 total miles on the vehicle. Love it! |
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Replying to: toyseeker (Aug 05, 2008 11:30 am) So am I also adding miles 6.6% too fast ? Is my 10,050 miles driven really 9,400 ? Is it worth having fixed ? |
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My Limited Hybrid is only getting 20.5 mpg in town. This is after 6,500 miles. I check the millage on every fill up by hand and have found the computer to be 1 to 1.5 miles off (higher). The A/C is always on. This is using California fuel. Any other Hybrid owners doing this bad?
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I wouldn't normally post this but what the heck. I traveled from central Maryland to Woodward PA, about 45 miles east of State College (Penn St) after going back home we went to just south of Baltimore for a family get together. Ok total mileage was 422.5 and gallaons used was 16.7 equals 25.3 MPG. travel was mostly country side and mixed highway, never more than 75 mph. Highlander gauge reported 25.4mpg . IMHO difference is close enough for rounding error. I will be leavinfg this weekend traveling from Md to Orlando and North Myrtle Beach before returning. I will post information on mileage along the way. |
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