Your thoughts on these consumption figures, please

bredekamp · 03-13-2009, 11:52 AM

Hi all,

I refer to the following article from the in-house magazine of Toyota Corporation of South Africa.

http://www.myprius.co.za/Toyota%20Zo...APR%202009.pdf

Please check the fuel consumption figures. Bit high, don't you think? It doesn't get cold here like in the States. Could the car just be running in still or are they just driving too fast and taking a lot of short trips? One would think that the staff of a Centre for Renewable and Sustainable Energy Studies should know how to drive efficiently.

**efusco** · 03-13-2009, 11:59 AM

It seems like every time we see a figures for vehicles driven by people who a)don't own the car, b)don't pay for the gas and thus, c)have no particular motivation to get decent FE we see terrible numbers far worse than the peak of the bell shaped curve of statistics posted by actual owners who pay for their own gas.

bredekamp · 03-13-2009, 12:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by efusco

It seems like every time we see a figures for vehicles driven by people who a)don't own the car, b)don't pay for the gas and thus, c)have no particular motivation to get decent FE we see terrible numbers far worse than the peak of the bell shaped curve of statistics posted by actual owners who pay for their own gas.

Whell thars ya prablem!

03-13-2009, 11:52 AM	#1
bredekamp Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Somerset West, South Africa Posts: 569 My Car: 2006 Prius Model: Package: #6 Touring Thanks: 4 Thanked 11 Times in 7 Posts Friends: 0	Your thoughts on these consumption figures, please Hi all, I refer to the following article from the in-house magazine of Toyota Corporation of South Africa. http://www.myprius.co.za/Toyota%20Zo...APR%202009.pdf Please check the fuel consumption figures. Bit high, don't you think? It doesn't get cold here like in the States. Could the car just be running in still or are they just driving too fast and taking a lot of short trips? One would think that the staff of a Centre for Renewable and Sustainable Energy Studies should know how to drive efficiently. Last edited by bredekamp; 03-13-2009 at 12:36 PM.

03-13-2009, 11:59 AM	#2
efusco Troll Slayer Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Nixa, MO Posts: 19,627 My Car: 2004 Prius Model: Package: #9 Thanks: 215 Thanked 872 Times in 506 Posts Friends: 47	Re: Your thoughts on these consumption figures, please It seems like every time we see a figures for vehicles driven by people who a)don't own the car, b)don't pay for the gas and thus, c)have no particular motivation to get decent FE we see terrible numbers far worse than the peak of the bell shaped curve of statistics posted by actual owners who pay for their own gas.

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