PriusChat Forums  

 
Spy
Go Back   PriusChat > Toyota Prius Forums > Fuel Economy

Notices

Fuel Economy This is a discussion on Poor MPG From Prius. Worse From Porsche within the Fuel Economy forums, part of the Toyota Prius Forums category; Just reviving this threat to note that, with summer weather and 8000 miles on the Prius, we're now getting around ...


Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools
Old 07-18-2007, 05:50 PM   #11
jyl
Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 60
My Car:
Package:
Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts
TOTM Awards: 0
Friends: 0
Default

Just reviving this threat to note that, with summer weather and 8000 miles on the Prius, we're now getting around 45 MPG. Still all city, cold start, short trips.
jyl is offline  
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!
Reply With Quote
Sponsored Links
Old 07-18-2007, 06:06 PM   #12
MarkMN
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Downtown Minneapolis
Posts: 228
My Car: 2007 Prius
Package: #2
Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts
TOTM Awards: 0
Friends: 0
Default

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(John L. @ Jul 18 2007, 04:50 PM) [snapback]481233[/snapback]</div>
Quote:
Just reviving this threat to note that, with summer weather and 8000 miles on the Prius, we're now getting around 45 MPG. Still all city, cold start, short trips.
[/b]
That is typical. In my short trips I get about 47 nowadays, but last winter when you got 36 mpg, I was getting 42 in colder weather (no block heater or anything). On 55mph rural highways though, I get about 56 mpg without hypermiling and driving speed limit.
MarkMN is offline  
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!
Reply With Quote
Old 07-18-2007, 08:05 PM   #13
JimN
Certified Prius Advisor
 
JimN's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: South Jersey
Posts: 2,237
My Car: 2006 Prius
Package: #3
Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts
TOTM Awards: 0
Friends: 0
Default

John & Mark, have you considered blocking the upper grill & increasing the tp?
JimN is offline  
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!
Reply With Quote
Old 07-24-2007, 01:03 AM   #14
jyl
Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 60
My Car:
Package:
Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts
TOTM Awards: 0
Friends: 0
Default

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(JimN @ Jul 18 2007, 05:05 PM) [snapback]481302[/snapback]</div>
Quote:
John & Mark, have you considered blocking the upper grill & increasing the tp?
[/b]
Car is mostly driven by wife and it is getting hot here - 100F some days - so don't want to block grille, she'd probably overheat it. The AC is running much of the time. Am already running 42 psi all around.

jyl is offline  
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!
Reply With Quote
Reply

Bookmarks

Thread Tools

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On
Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Prius worse than a Hummer to the enviroment! roar21 Prius Main Forum 1 08-21-2007 12:17 AM
From Porsche to Prius josephgut Prius Main Forum 28 03-18-2007 02:32 PM
Poor, poor, Maggie... Mystery Squid Fred's House of Pancakes 3 05-17-2006 07:29 PM
Prius versus Porsche Dooby Prius Main Forum 36 04-24-2006 09:25 PM
Poor, poor Oil Companies. Godiva Prius and Hybrid News 61 02-01-2006 12:31 PM


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 10:24 PM.


Find us on Facebook!
Powered by vBulletin®
Copyright ©2000 - 2009, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Content Relevant URLs by vBSEO 3.2.0