90+ MPG trips. (Oh, how I love summer fuel mileage!)

[JimboK]

As far as I can remember, these are the best results I've ever gotten on individual trips for "normal" (for me) driving -- i.e., not running tests.

First, I drove from my part time job site yesterday evening to the airport to pick up my fiancee, using this route. As an aside, her flight ended up being canceled after she had boarded (mechanical problem) and shortly before I reached the airport. So I ended up on a two-hour (one way) highway trip to pick her up at another airport. But that's a story for another day.

I got as far as a Burger King near the airport, where I got this CAN-View screen shot:



The tank was doing pretty well too:



Unfortunately, because of the unexpected highway run, I couldn't keep the tank above the 70 MPG mark before refueling this morning. It finished at 69.7 MPG. But that's beside the point.

Back to the part time site today. After refueling, using this route, and about three miles before reaching the office:





From there it was a net elevation gain to reach the office, but I still held 90+:





Of course (in the interest of full disclosure) the segment for this morning may be a little misleading. It doesn't include the initial warmup drive and, therefore, begins with a fully warmed ICE. But I enjoyed seeing that 99.9 MPG display with ordinary driving through suburban and urban areas.

It was good to be able to verify that my CV fuel economy calculations were still calibrated pretty closely to what the MFD reports. Interesting that trip mileage was off a little.

EDIT: I just realized that in my attempt to get a decent shot with a cheap camera phone, I got a little too close and the CAN-View images cut off the labels for the third, fourth, and fifth lines. The third line is trip average speed, the fourth is trip average fuel flow in gal/hour, and the fifth (probably obvious) is trip average MPG. The zeroes to the immediate left of the trip numbers are instantaneous readings for the same parameters.

[bestmapman]

Nice numbers Jim. Enjoy the summer while it lasts.

[genezimmer]

great numbers!! wish i could come close. how do you get to the CAN-View screen. i have a 2006. thanks

[JimboK]

Originally Posted by genezimmer

great numbers!! wish i could come close. how do you get to the CAN-View screen. i have a 2006. thanks

With the right conditions and driving technique, you can come close. It takes practice, persistence, and patience.

CAN-View is an add-on device, now no longer available except for Prius with a plug-in conversion.

[abra]

looks good.
ill stick with my Ev and block heater. avg for the past 5k is 61mpg.

[donee]

Hi JimboK,

Your doing better than I am. Last tank was 66.0, and the tank before 65.9 mpg. SHM mode is mostly responsible for me upping my average here. Now if nature would blow hard in the morning, and be calm in the afternoon, I would get allot better mileage, as I drive with the usual wind in the morning, and against it at night.

[N3FOL]

Good job on being easy on the throttle. Enjoy the rest of your summer rides.

[JamesWyatt]

90F today and 86F tomorrow? Wish I had your summer temps here.

[douglas001001]

I was on bar # 6 of a maxed screen 4 minutes into the last bar with a good 4 car lengths in front of me on a glide, a car decides to switch lanes in front of me and I had to slam on the brakes, 95 mpg last bar ruined it, gah!

I'm no-mileing 3 days a week so I take the fastest way in the morning to work now on the 2 drive days, so my hope for a 70 mpg tank is gone. But low to mid 60s is fun with 50% highway driving.

[Sheepdog]

JIm, I was using that google map page to compare distances from home to work on differing routes. Im usually doing 33 miles one way and google found a 30 mile route *not* on the interstate, but it takes almost twice as long!

Is this sometimes normal for not using the hiway and sticking to streets? I can do it on the way to work but at night (2330hrs) it probably isnt safe on the routes google suggests. I will leave home early tomorrow and try the 'to work' route to see if mpg is different. It is 3 miles shorter it says. Not sure about the elevations.