I Beat the EPA--Post 'em here

[kirbinster]

Just got 52.4 mpg on my '02 Prius in mixed city/hiway driving - think that is darn good as the EPA on the '02 is not nearly as high as on the new ones.

[Ray Moore]

tiffky-
Not sure why you can't see the pics, but there are others in these threads, as well as driving strategies that I was using back then. I've tweaked them a little but basicly the same techniques.

Tomorrow I'll post a picture of a tank over 800 at 65 MPG. Right now I'm at 784 miles so when I get to the chevron station near work I should be at 812 miles. That will be as far as I'm willing to push it. I'll post a spread sheet that shows the individual trip mileage for the whole tank with notes as well.

After that, I'm going back to my regular driving patterns where we go to lunch in my car and I run lots of errands and only get 650 miles at 58 MPG.


http://www.priuschat.com/forums/763-miles-...html?highlight=

http://www.priuschat.com/forums/703-miles-...html?highlight=

http://priuschat.com/forums/1-vt9756.html?...er=asc&&start=0

[Ray Moore]

Oh yeah- The 900+ tank was posted over on the yahoo prius 2g group around a year ago. The guy drove back roads from PA to FL at 35 mph and got something like 967 miles at 85.7 MPG before he ran out of gas going up a hill. He drove the whole way with the windows rolled up and no AC and sometimes treated himself to a little fan. If he had filled it up as much as I do, he probably would have made 1000 miles. Hey Evan- wasn't his name Wayne?

[micheal]

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Michael, i drove just like you did and like you, have changed my driving style to a slower, more steady approach.

thing is, i noticed that i have only added at most a few minutes to my commute time[/b]

It is really amazing how little people actually realize how futile rushing from stoplight to stoplight usually is. I have a nice litte laugh each time some roars past me to a stoplight, and I end up passing them by the time I get to the next light but hanging back and being able to watch the flow of traffic. I haven't noticed much of an increase in my drives either, plus I get there so much more relaxed! More than worth a few seconds.

[Tideland Prius]

sorry Tiffky. didn't know

<sigh> my highest is only 818kms. I'll be lucky if I break it again on this tank. I'm at 370kms and half tank.

[DanMan32]

Well, I don't have a cameraphone (don't have a cellphone period), nor a digital camera yet, but I can get 600 miles easily. I do pack an extra gallon after first pump shutoff, and I do extend beyond blinking pip, once as far as 85 miles (but that one I got 675 on a tank), so 600 should be easy. 700 would be pressing it, 800 would be impossible for me.

[Ray Moore]

Took this shot this morning. I'll post the details in another thread. I guess my license plate went dyslexic on this tank.

[Tideland Prius]

I lost track. Is that your new record?

[Ray Moore]

yeah and I really doubt I'm going to beat it. I think without AC I can get 68 MPG for a whole tank but I just don't think I'm going to do it.

[Tideland Prius]

nice. my record's also 818 (coincidentally) but it's in kilometres lol