Whats your MPG or L/100km for Vancouver city driving.

[fotomickey]

Hi All Prius

New Prius owner here.. just wondering whats everyone's Tyical Mpg or L/100km in City of Vancouver area. I commute daily South to North (Marine-Drive to Broadway) and vice-verse return home...with lots of Accenting & Decenting.... overall around 5L/100km...not meeting EPA yet.


On flatter area I can sometime can do average 3.5L/100km cut across 41st with P&G...but not as good on other landscape. Any advise ?

Thanks in advance

[Tideland Prius]

Take 4th Ave then Cornwall and then Burrard back to Broadway. It'll flatten out your hills plus 4th Ave allows for P&G if the traffic allows (it's better going eastbound since it slightly slants that way).

Do a run from NW Marine Dr to Granville St. via UBC/SW Marine. That'll net you 3.5L/100km for the entire trip or even lower!

[fotomickey]

Thanks Tideland for your quick respond...sorry didn't clarify my route.
Actually I travel east toward Boundary (office) and return to Marpole area (home)

but sure will memories your route when traveling that way :-)

[Tideland Prius]

ohhh jeez lol.. you said Broadway lol hahaha.

Ok.. Marine to Boundary is just as efficient going eastbound. Westbound is a bit harder. Given the traffic and the lights, you'll be able to glide from 70th/Marine (The Husky station) to the Main St. traffic light (Superstore). I've done that twice with a bit of EVing to just keep the speed up when people starting approaching me and before they overtook me. Then up and over the hill and glide to Fraser. Up that hill and glide to Victoria (this one's harder since the lights usually get you and there's more traffic here).

[fotomickey]

Thanks again Tideland for the great tips... every-drop counts.

Gas price just went over to $1.52/L tonite (I guess after Carbon Tax)
What a way to celebrate our Canada day.

[Lloyd9]

Steveston to Hastings/Cassiar commute. 4.9L/100km on average.
Steveston hwy, to hwy 99, North to Knight St bridge, Marnie Dr, Boundary to Hastings.
higher costs getting there, better coming home.

[Tideland Prius]

Ugh... I'm not looking forward to filling up when I get back home. Here in ON, it's $1.34/litre.

Lloyd9, Hwy 99 is pretty fuel efficient too thanks to the 80-90km/h speed limit. Boundary is unique. It seems to be better going northbound (Marine to Hastings) if you total up all the ups and downs.

[JRMurray]

According to the spreadsheet I've kept since buying my 2008 Prius in April, the computed average is 5.07l/100km over ~6800 km, while the MFD average is 4.9

I live near Cloverdale and work in Surrey, and as a result, I have to get onto Highway 10 on a daily basis; much of my driving, therefore, is of the suburban variety (higher speeds, less stop-and-go traffic, but still encountering stop signals).

I've been pretty conscientious about my gas consumption, so I try to drive conservatively (P&G, and so on), but there are times when traffic and driving conditions limit what I can accomplish. For example, I live very near Highway 10, so my car is still cold when I get onto the highway and then have to accelerate to 80 km/h (the limit) on an uphill stretch. Sigh.

In any case, even at 5.1l/100km, I'm ecstatic!!! My previous vehicle was a Mercedes C230 that took premium fuel and got 11l/100km. According to the spreadsheet I use to keep track of my auto expenses, I've already saved $600 since April on fuel alone.

BTW, I was at Birch Bay for a few days and waited until I had two pips left before I filled up. Gas was US $4.499 per US gal, or about US $1.20 or so per litre. Total cost of filling up? US $38. Not paying the carbon tax? Priceless.

[Lloyd9]

Just filled up @ $1.46/l. Not a great tank this time as I am riding my motorcycle to work and my wife is driving the Prius. Her commute is about 7 minutes to downtown Richmond so no chance to warm-up or get up to crusing speeds. MPG 43.5Mpg or 5.4L/100km
Still it is better than the 4cyl Accord @8 L/100Km around town.
The bike gets about 6L/100Km, not great milage, but lots of fun and shorter commute times. Hate to say it, but I am looking forward to the poor weather when I can't ride the bike.

[philmcneal]

me 4.2L/100 km current with 410 on the km and 5 pips on the gas gauge

best camry hybrid owner i've seen is 5.9L/100 km

best highlander hybrid i've seen was 9.2L/100 km

best prius i've seen for a customer is 4.7L/100km

but im simply the best around here.