I Beat the EPA--Post 'em here

[The Tramp]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Mark Derail @ Aug 29 2007, 06:34 PM) [snapback]503813[/snapback]</div>

From the outside, looks like the suburbs / country, where you can get away driving 70km/h or less nonstop?
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I achieved this in two weeks holiday taking my south-african wife around the Piedmontese villlages for sightseeing. I expressivly used secondary roads where there is little traffic (everybody is at the seaside) and the speed limit is 70 km/h (if not 50). The terrain is hilly, ideal for glinding down.....

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(gopher @ Aug 29 2007, 06:11 AM) [snapback]503609[/snapback]</div>

(Response to The Tramp and his 3.3L/1000km reading)

It is very hard to believe you really have this good a gas mileage, especially since the display is showing a current average (using the bar graph only) of less than 25. You must have been going downhill for the previous 70Km or someone was pushing you. <g>[/b]

What you are seeing there is an EU display, in L*100 km, where the lower the bar the better the mileage (or, less consumption) :P This measurement has it's advantages since I still get a reading while you are off the scale. I go off the scale when I'm doing less than 23 mpg, quite rare on a Prius.

Oh, that current average of less than 2.5 means that I'm over 95 mpg.

[tekn0wledg]

I got my first 60MPG tank, and it is only the second tank I've had in the car, so I am very happy

553.2 mi @ 63.6 MPG

I filled up 8.34gal which calculates to 66.35 MPG. I was a bit disappointed it wouldn't take more gas, but I wasn't going to risk an overfill, so when it stopped pumping I left it at that.

I have a few really good trips of 16+mi:

8/16 - 16.1mi 73.60 mpg
8/17 - 16.2mi 71.03 mpg
8/27 - 16.1mi 76.90 mpg
8/29 - 16.2mi 70.66 mpg

I drove a total of 19 days on this tank at 29.12 mi per day.

During this tank ScanGuage II reported 60.5 mpg, which is off by about 5.19% so I have adjusted accordingly.

Standard deviation for this tank was 5.14 mpg.

Here is a picture before I filled up at the station:

[JimboK]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(tekn0wledg @ Aug 30 2007, 09:40 AM) [snapback]504262[/snapback]</div>

I got my first 60MPG tank, and it is only the second tank I've had in the car, so I am very happy [/b]

You da man! Congrats!!

[likesmpg]

Had my first 600+ mile tank the other day! Made it to 604.3mi before filling up. Drove back and forth to work with the low fuel light flashing which had me a little nervous. Ended up adding just shy of 10 gallons for a calculated 60.6mpg but the MFD reported 64.5. This was my 7th tank of gas (in 5 months!) and 3rd best mileage behind 65.3 and 66.4mpg tanks (MFD). I love being able to almost effortlessly get such good mileage. I know I could make it to 70mpg if I would avoid the freeway and run the EBH a little longer. Anyway, that is all, go Prius!

[MaxLegroom]

I'd no sooner bragged about over 60 to the gallon than I went to Langley AFB, got caught in a closing of the outbound traffic that was monumental and damn near eternal. I still beat the EPA highway on that one, and that's becoming easier. It will a while before I manage to beat the city mileage...

[patsparks]

Get ready to yawn,
I had a 5 minute segment on a flat road with traffic lights all over it at about 1L/100km and no I didn't pulse and glide. I even stopped a couple times almost, timing the lights. I'm learning.
That's 235mpg for 5 minutes on a flat road.

[Tadashi]

My new record is 89.398 MPG (372 mi and 4.17 gal). All city driving to work about 25 min and avg 35 MPH. The MFD said it was 74.5 MPG so it was just a little off. :P Normally I fill up at the end of the month regardless of what the tank is at just so I have an entry for the monthly fuel economy so I did not drive until empty this time.

[PDK]

Best tank thus far, 580 miles at 59.8 MPG. Given that well over half was highway driving, I'm almost 10% above the combined EPA rating of 55 MPG. I can routinely get >60 MPG on long trips (>55 on interstates). It's those accursed short trips in town that kill me.

[patsparks]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(likesmpg @ Sep 1 2007, 01:49 PM) [snapback]505281[/snapback]</div>

Drove back and forth to work with the low fuel light flashing which had me a little nervous. [/b]

Not smart. Sorry but it isn't. Nearly running out of petrol isn't getting good fuel economy.

[FireEngineer]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(PDK @ Sep 5 2007, 05:45 PM) [snapback]507550[/snapback]</div>

It's those accursed short trips in town that kill me.
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That should be your best MPG numbers. Maybe if you go to the next Madison Hybrid Group meeting Wayne Gerdes will be there, he can show you how to almost double your town MPG.

Wayne