Reached "magical" 60 MPG

Prius 07 · 08-10-2007, 07:42 PM

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Well... reached the "magical" 60 MPG barrier this week. 1 long weekend get away trip all HWY total 220 miles. The rest was to/from work (14 miles each way- mostly HWY driving enhanced with some service road detours); plus some short drives to do errands. Tires are at 40/38; current odometer reading 6263 miles. Last 4 tanks were all above 58 MPG; the one prior to the 60 was 58.7. Calculated MPG based on fill-up was 59.8 MPG very close to the MFD reading.

Life time MPG = 53.7 (Apr. 29th 2007 to today) ... may winter cold never come ... AWW ... LOL

Terrific car in every respect and don't forget this awesome site with so many valuable contributors!
Very HAPPY new (3 months) Prius owner,
Gabe

**Tideland Prius** · 08-10-2007, 10:31 PM

congrats! It took me 2½ years to get that!

Edit: 93.7¢/litre??? bah! we're paying 96.9¢/litre here.

**TonyPSchaefer** · 08-10-2007, 10:33 PM

Ain't it a great feeling?

Congrats. May there be many more.

Rangerdavid · 08-10-2007, 10:59 PM

Ok, I'm very impressed!! three month old car, just barely out of the break-in period, and you're getting 60 mpg!! that's totally awesome!!

JimN · 08-11-2007, 08:07 PM

The 60mpg tanks are great. There just aren't enough of them. Congratulations.

Prius 07 · 08-11-2007, 09:13 PM

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The 60mpg tanks are great. There just aren't enough of them. Congratulations.
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Thanks ... you mean 60 is not going to be the new base mark?? LOL

Rangerdavid Posted Yesterday, 10:59 PM
Ok, I'm very impressed!! three month old car, just barely out of the break-in period, and you're getting 60 mpg!! that's totally awesome!!

Thanks a lot ... reading all the helpful advice on this site really helped ... OH and not having a lead foot

TonyPSchaefer Posted Yesterday, 10:33 PM
Ain't it a great feeling?

Congrats. May there be many more.
Thanks and yes it feels great to beat the EPA ratings - I hope to have many more

Tideland Prius Posted Yesterday, 10:31 PM
congrats! It took me 2½ years to get that!

Edit: 93.7¢/litre??? bah! we're paying 96.9¢/litre here.

Thanks Tideland! Yes the gas prices in Ontario have come down in the last week ... but wait until the first sign of hurricane somewhere ... or some other bad news ...

ServoScanMan · 08-11-2007, 09:15 PM

Congrats! It's a great feeling to bust 60.

MikeSF · 08-11-2007, 10:25 PM

Man the best I've had was 53 ... stupid SF Hills *Pout*

patsparks · 08-13-2007, 09:39 AM

Looks great!!
We pay about $1.23/L but it varies each week, UK is about double the price here.
Well done hitting 60mpg.
My best is 4.3l/100km or 54.7mpg(US) or 65.7mpg(UK)

3.94L/100km WOW!!! you did very good!!!

Prius 07 · 08-14-2007, 08:42 AM

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Looks great!!
We pay about $1.23/L but it varies each week, UK is about double the price here.
Well done hitting 60mpg.
My best is 4.3l/100km or 54.7mpg(US) or 65.7mpg(UK)

3.94L/100km WOW!!! you did very good!!!
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Thanks patsparks! Gas prices here vary also, but instead of weekly it often varies daily. Not that long ago it was more expensive in the morning then at night slide down by as much as 10 cents a litre. Used to then make an 11PM gas run. This went on for months but not lately - the gas price games keep changing

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MikeSF Posted Aug 11 2007, 10:25 PM
Man the best I've had was 53 ... stupid SF Hills *Pout* [/b]

If you can only flatten out those hills ... or how do you only go down hill??? LOL
BTW 53 is still very good - nice job

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ServoScanMan Posted Aug 11 2007, 09:15 PM
Congrats! It's a great feeling to bust 60. [/b]

Thanks Servo!

08-10-2007, 07:42 PM	#1
Prius 07 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 517 My Car: 2007 Prius Package: #5 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	[attachmentid=10520][attachmentid=10521][attachmentid=10522] Well... reached the "magical" 60 MPG barrier this week. 1 long weekend get away trip all HWY total 220 miles. The rest was to/from work (14 miles each way- mostly HWY driving enhanced with some service road detours); plus some short drives to do errands. Tires are at 40/38; current odometer reading 6263 miles. Last 4 tanks were all above 58 MPG; the one prior to the 60 was 58.7. Calculated MPG based on fill-up was 59.8 MPG very close to the MFD reading. Life time MPG = 53.7 (Apr. 29th 2007 to today) ... may winter cold never come ... AWW ... LOL Terrific car in every respect and don't forget this awesome site with so many valuable contributors! Very HAPPY new (3 months) Prius owner, Gabe Attached Thumbnails __________________ Gabe First year MPG = 56.8 or 4.14L / 100km Second year MPG = 63.8 or 3.69L / 100km LMPG = 59.4 or 3.96L / 100km (US gallons used for all MPG calculations)

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