My 1st 500+ tank

[mrtea630]

Normally I average between 42 and 46 MPG which I am definitely not complaining about, but finally I hit a high enough MPG that I was able to get over 500 miles on a tank of gas. I really love my 2006 Prius and want the Gen III Prius, but with the economy like it is am afraid to get that deep into debt at this time. However I did break down and buy another 2006 Prius just this past Saturday. The antennae was missing and the salesman at the dealership looked for it. They ended up taking one off of a 2010 Prius, so in on way I do have at least part of a 2010 Prius! Maybe I can do like Johnny Cash sang and get it one piece at a time.

[SureValla]

[QUOTE=mrtea630;984965]Normally I average between 42 and 46 MPG which I am definitely not complaining about, but finally I hit a high enough MPG that I was able to get over 500 miles on a tank of gas.QUOTE]


wow congrats! My highest is somewhere about 480 (nearly ran out of gas it was close)

what was your calc'd mpg?

[Shawn Clark]

Despite getting between 50-55 mpg on most tanks, we've only broken 500 miles once, 522 to be exact on a 55.1 mpg calculated tank. The infernal bladder and digital gauge make it tough to do much better than 450 miles consistently at the flashing pip. A sub-9 gallon effective tank and incredibly uninformative fuel gauge are handicaps.

[bikr357]

My last tank was 809, but I cheated with extra electrons coupled with a 10.8 gallon fillup.

So I guess a more informative posting would be to include both the mileage and the amount required to fill the tank.

[tsunami]

I just did my first +500 miles tank last weekend. The light flashed and a message popped up at 539 miles, I was on the highway and had to travel another 8 miles to get gas. I was a little nervous with the damn pip flashing but others have posted they have gone 30 or more miles with a flashing pip. The filluip also was a personal high, 9.1 gallons or 60.1 mpg

Kirk

[Copperhead]

hi, I'm thinking of buying Prius now for business, I have to drive a lot, mostly highway from 20-30mi, to 100-150 miles one way. I'm usually driving at 75-80mph, and I heard highway miles are usually lower than city on Prius.
What MPG should i expect?

Thanks in advance.

[triumph1]

Originally Posted by mrtea630

Normally I average between 42 and 46 MPG which I am definitely not complaining about, but finally I hit a high enough MPG that I was able to get over 500 miles on a tank of gas. I really love my 2006 Prius and want the Gen III Prius, but with the economy like it is am afraid to get that deep into debt at this time. However I did break down and buy another 2006 Prius just this past Saturday. The antennae was missing and the salesman at the dealership looked for it. They ended up taking one off of a 2010 Prius, so in on way I do have at least part of a 2010 Prius! Maybe I can do like Johnny Cash sang and get it one piece at a time.

What was wrong with the first '06?

[drees]

Originally Posted by Copperhead

hi, I'm thinking of buying Prius now for business, I have to drive a lot, mostly highway from 20-30mi, to 100-150 miles one way. I'm usually driving at 75-80mph, and I heard highway miles are usually lower than city on Prius.
What MPG should i expect?

Low to mid-40s MPG. 75 mph should be 44-46 mpg, 80 mpg should be 42-44 mpg, depending on weather, traffic, etc. 40 mpg minimum at those speeds.

[chuckknight]

GenII Prius, 84 degrees F, constant highway speeds of 65-70mph, 35 miles in each direction, with 2 *very* full grown adults, and a small amount of "in town" driving while I was in town.

I averaged 52mpg during that trip, last week.

And, since I just got my Prius, I don't know all the "tricks" yet...I'm not some super-hyper-miler, yet.

Chuck

[desertrider2215]

Originally Posted by Copperhead

hi, I'm thinking of buying Prius now for business, I have to drive a lot, mostly highway from 20-30mi, to 100-150 miles one way. I'm usually driving at 75-80mph, and I heard highway miles are usually lower than city on Prius.
What MPG should i expect?

Thanks in advance.

going from san diego to orange county I get around 52 going 70 mph or so. very satisfied, great car for a lot of driving, but you could probably expect somewhere in 40s or low 50s.