Wife Driving

[BigDeal]

Originally Posted by AOV

I am the "wife" that does not let her husband drive the Prius for I feel it is the "husband" that won't care as much as I do in getting the best mpg's possible.

This sounds just like me!!

[NormR]

I was glad to see this thread. We've had our 2005 Prius for 2 months now and I get a great kick out trying to increase the mpg, but my wife is not interested at all. Most of the time she turns the MFD off because it distracts her. Fortunately, I drive the Prius most of the time, but we use it on the weekends when we're both going somewhere. If she drives, I've learned to just bite my tongue and let her drive. At least we're getting twice the mileage we would in our Accord. That car is dying, so we're looking to get a second Prius at the end of the year.

[Rae Vynn]

Originally Posted by qbee42

Yes, it bothers me. No, I don't say anything. A little extra gas is a bargain compared to the cost of a new wife.

Tom

I'm the wife that drives the Prius most of the time.

My poor DH tries so hard not to "screw up anything" when he drives it, and I keep telling him not to worry.

You see, I love my DH MORE than I love the Prius. Like Tom, I think that the "cost" of a bit lower MPG is nothing compared to a relationship.

Ten years from now, which will be more important -- your wife/husband, or whether you got 48 vs 52 MPG?

[chrisspaulding]

Originally Posted by AOV

Being the "wife" here, I say....get her her own Prius! I am the "wife" that does not let her husband drive the Prius for I feel it is the "husband" that won't care as much as I do in getting the best mpg's possible.
Situations do arise that when his car is in the shop, we have only the Prius left, and if he does have to be somewhere or go somewhere, its is I that drives him there. Maybe I should buy him his own Prius.

Dang. You're hardcore. Love it!

[eko]

Wife rarely lets me drive the Prius unless it's in & out of the garage to wash & wax it. She is averaging around 50 mpg and seeing how I pay the gas bill it makes me a happy camper. When I do drive it though I think the mileage drops a bit.

[pewd]

do you want to maximize mileage, or do you wish to stay married?

[lucky1]

I own two Prius taxis. You should see the look I get from my drivers when I try to explain P&G to them. If they all did it I would save over $3,000 a year on fuel. I love the fact that I can check their fuel consumption to see if they are driving my cars too hard. That got them down to 5.1 to 5.5 without doing P&G. If i could get them down to the 4.3 to 4.7 litres per 100 km it would be great. Promised them a bigger xmas bonus but hard to get them to care.

[jdonalds]

There are two causes of mileage drops when my wife drives the Prius. First she is normally taking her mother to appointments, or running to the grocery store, which means she is taking several short trips in a day - not the sweet spot of the Prius. Second she just isn't interested in hypermiling including coasting to traffic signals, holding a steady foot on constant speed flat runs, leaving the air conditioner off, roller-coating, or anything like P&G.

I, on the other hand, will try to squeeze out what I can but haven't gone so far as to buy a scan guage. My trips tend to be longer. We average 48-49 together, when I'm alone I can usually get into the high 50's.

[Genoz World]

CAN'T blame the wife. i can't even get over 47.2.......................

i'm still happy. i got up to 47.7 with the stock tires.

ohwell......................................

[McDonald]

Originally Posted by Rae Vynn

I'm the wife that drives the Prius most of the time.

My poor DH tries so hard not to "screw up anything" when he drives it, and I keep telling him not to worry.

You see, I love my DH MORE than I love the Prius. Like Tom, I think that the "cost" of a bit lower MPG is nothing compared to a relationship.

Ten years from now, which will be more important -- your wife/husband, or whether you got 48 vs 52 MPG?

BING BING BING AND WE HAVE A WINNER!

Also add, men and women enjoy driving for different reasons. While you find it fun to see what mpg you can get, maybe she has fun forgetting about all that mechanical stuff and using the road to get stuff off her mind, who knows!