Kids Science Project - Prius Owner's Feedback Needed

[sleonardelli]

Originally Posted by Cali Prius Owner

Hi All,

My 12 year old daughter is doing a science project for school on savings achieved by Prius owners. Specifically, she requests your help with your personal experiences with the following questions -- she needs about 25 responses for meaningful results:

1. What year is your Prius? 2008
2. What color is your Prius? Silver Pine Mica
3. What mileage do you get with your Prius? 45 mpg
4. What car did you replace with your Prius (make, model, year)? 2002 Saturn SL 2
5. What mileage did that car get? @26 mpg

She will be compiling the information later this week and I will post the results in this forum. Thanks in advance!

Good luck with the science project. My son won 3rd place at the county science fair (caffeine effects on heart rate)

[JimN]

Originally Posted by Cali Prius Owner

Hi All,

My 12 year old daughter is doing a science project for school on savings achieved by Prius owners. Specifically, she requests your help with your personal experiences with the following questions -- she needs about 25 responses for meaningful results:

1. What year is your Prius?
2. What color is your Prius?
3. What mileage do you get with your Prius?
4. What car did you replace with your Prius (make, model, year)?
5. What mileage did that car get?

She will be compiling the information later this week and I will post the results in this forum. Thanks in advance!

1. 2006
2. Magnetic Gray
3. Look for Spirit Queen on GreenHybrid - Interactive Hybrid Cars Resource. The Cliff's Note answer is 51.8mpg lifetime. Over the last few tanks the average is in the high 50's but I don't keep a moving average.
4. 1989 Oldsmobile Delta 88
5. 22.5mpg Mileage was 237583.0 when I gave it to my neighbor.

[Spectra]

1. What year is your Prius? 2008

2. What color is your Prius? Spectra Blue

3. What mileage do you get with your Prius? "Lifetime" (4 months) -- 48 mpg

4. What car did you replace with your Prius (make, model, year)? 1995 Jeep Wrangler

5. What mileage did that car get? 20-22 mpg



Good project, Cali, we'll be very interested in the results! (You're sure this is your daughter's project, and not yours? )

[billynjoanna]

1. What year is your Prius? 2006
2. What color is your Prius? Red
3. What mileage do you get with your Prius? 63.5mpg
4. What car did you replace with your Prius (make, model, year)?Toyota Tundra 4x4 4door truck
5. What mileage did that car get? 10mpg


I would not trade my prius for anything.

[sleonardelli]

Originally Posted by darelldd

For your daughter's sake, I'm not going to officially reply. Not the answers you're looking for - as our Prius is the polluting gas hog of the stable now. It replaced an EV that gets infinite miles to the gallon.

WTF???

[SureValla]

1. What year is your Prius? 2007 (touring)
2. What color is your Prius? Black
3. What mileage do you get with your Prius? 45.3 mpg lifetime
4. What car did you replace with your Prius (make, model, year)? Cadillac brougham
5. What mileage did that car get? 16 mpg

im really looking forward to these results

[pewd]

1. 2007
2. Barcelona Red
3. 48
4. Jeep, Cherokee, 2001
5. 15. downhill, on a good day, with a tailwind

[Ichabod]

I replied earlier but I thought I'd add a piece of relevant information: This project, especially the part about calculating what people are saving, can't quite work without an important bit of context from responders:

How many miles do you drive per year?

My Prius drives about 10k miles/year.

[racerbob]

1. 2008
2. Classic Silver
3. 48
4. Trailblazer SS 2006
5. 15. downhill, on a good day, with a tailwind

[ZA_Andy]

1. What year is your Prius? 2007
2. What color is your Prius? Classic Silver
3. What mileage do you get with your Prius? 54.8mpg
4. What car did you replace with your Prius (make, model, year)? 2003 Honda Element EX 4WD
5. What mileage did that car get? 24mpg

(15,000 miles/year average)