Bad mileage myth?

[outbackj]

Originally Posted by DaveSheremata

Wow - I'd love to see how the 17"s look - got pics? (I'll check for your earlier posts...)

As for general mileage - you are in Tampa, right? Warm temps and mostly flat? That's very different than the low 30 temps and hilly terrain I've been struggling with to get up into the 50 mpgs here...
it was really nice this weekend to get into the 70s and not have to work so hard to get better economy. I was was getting 48 mpg without trying, mixed highway and city, but lots of hills.

Cheers!
Dave

wow you have a solar roof on your new Prius?? I was told it was not available yet as there are problems with it & the battery. Wonder what's going on? Jan

[fred garvin]

Originally Posted by outbackj

wow you have a solar roof on your new Prius?? I was told it was not available yet as there are problems with it & the battery. Wonder what's going on? Jan

you were told wrong

they are available, in limited quantities, as toyota underestimated the demand (probably assuming that in this economy people would not want the $1800 solar sunroof). I saw a figure of 7% as equipped with the solar roof (which comes with NAV).

this i am told is being corrected and higher quantities are expected in August or so. my solar equipped IV should be delivered late next week.

also, there has been info that many of the initial solar roof cars were delivered to the pacific northwest, and very few to other regions.

finally - what you heard may be a reverb of something that did happen. Toyota attempted, i understand, to make the solar system "charge" the traction battery but the set-up created interference with other systems so they stepped back the purpose, for now, to only powering the vent fans.

[Genoz World]

does anyone know what is the additional weight of the solar/sunroof over NOT having it? is it a considerable weight difference?

[LRKingII]

Originally Posted by Genoz World

does anyone know what is the additional weight of the solar/sunroof over NOT having it? is it a considerable weight difference?

I belive someone here posted it was 28 lbs more by having it.

[Rae Vynn]

Originally Posted by gschoen

Who are the people in Florida & California getting 30MPG? Are they on PriusChat?

These would be the same people that, in a 'standard' vehicle with an MPG rating of 25 are actually pulling 15-18, because of their driving habits.

Just consider that if someone is getting 'abysmal' mileage with a Prius, how much worse it would be with something else!

Even my DH, driving exactly one mile to work, in the winter, was able to get 44 mpg or better, generally. Weekend trips to get groceries helped to bring it up a little, however.