2010 MPG Stats - Post Them Here

[fuzzy1]

Originally Posted by zencat

Here we go. I hit this yesterday going from my house to the fwy. After I took this pic (at a light) it hit 83.5. A beautiful sight.

Sometime soon you'll get it pegged at 99.9 for a double-digit distance. My best - on the very first tank - was 97.x mpg for 11.8 miles, from a dead cold start. The return trip a few hours later knocked it down to 66, with a 400 foot elevation gain.

I have a picture of 75.0 mpg at 34.7 miles, also from a cold start. Was tempted to post this to VW TDI Tank Wars, were it beats all the valid TDI entries, and even all but one entry exiled to the Penalty Box. But that would likely cause the Prius-TDI sniping to erupt into outright warfare. I followed all the rules, save one -- using a TDI.

Finally performed my very first fillup today - 57.1 mpg on display, 55.4 computed, over 427 miles. Not knowing how or where the dealership filled the tank, or how much fuel they burned before resetting the trip meter as they turned it over to me, this discrepancy is well within expected refilling variations.

[DaveinOlyWA]

nice mileage...cant beat that, but aiming for 65 mpg with 600 miles

[MaggieLou]

Hello, I'm a 1st time owner of a 2010 Prius, package 2 as of June 26th. I've been driving it in 'Normal mode' and just filled up the gas tank. I got 52mpg on my 1st tank. I drive highway, country back roads and alittle city driving. I guess I'll try driving in 'econ' mode for this next tank of gas.
One question for you folks, Should I get my new car rust proof and undercoated? Not sure which way to go...I do drive in bad winters where they salt the roads.

[DaveinOlyWA]

ok, another tank and another one with a large difference between MFD and pump calculation

[yogadoc]

I picked up my Prius V last Friday night, and drove my normal commute to work every day since. 22.1 miles to work. 22.9 miles home from work. Mostly back roads. Speed limits between 15 and 55 with lots of hills. I've been averaging ~65 MPG every day. I expected great mileage but I didn't expect this, at least not right away.

[hatch]

First post here (great forum). First time hybrid owner with a 2010 Prius II. The first tank included 20 miles on a 75mph freeway with hills, which was hard to get good mileage on while driving home from the dealer. The rest of my driving is almost all non-freeway, rural roads 55mph-60mph max, parts of which are 1 mile grids with 4 way stops at each mile intersection. Also town driving 25-35mph. Terrain is almost all flat, with some hills near our house, but min to max elevation is no more than maybe 300 vertical feet difference.

The first tank (3/4 of a tank really) was 57.25 MPG computed. After we got it home though (after the freeway drive from the dealer), I set the trip meter and we've averaged 57-59 MPG since then. It's currently sitting at 59.9 covering everything from then until now. About half the time we have the A/C on. I was pretty jazzed after my first drive in to work (25 miles) when I averaged around 61 MPG. I was expecting maybe 50-55. Needless to say, we're very happy with the Prius. Based on our experience so far, I think we would have to try pretty hard to get less than 50MPG. My wife really likes it and now she wants it (or another one). I hadn't considered that in the plan!

Reading some of the driving tips on priuschat while we were waiting for the car to get to the dealer has been a big help in learning to drive it efficiently.

[Richard P]

I filled up my Prius for the first time last Thursday; 34,7 liters for 746 kilometers for an average of 4,65 l/100km (Corresponding to 50.59 MPG)

My best : 4.3 l/100 km on a 251 km stretch (54.7 MPG)

I than reset the Trip statistic and for now, I have 3,7 l/100 km for the first 32 kilometers of the second tank (63.57 MPG)!

[goldenyears]

Nothing fantastic to report... with 800 miles on my 2010 driven with lots of hills exactly as I used to drive my 2002... highest mpg so far... 51.7, average over the 800 miles... 50.7. In my hilly driving situation this is at least 5 mpg better than was typical in the 2002. In my 2002 my highest average over a long distance flat highway driving was 56.something. I intend to study the forums to see how I should be driving the 2010 differently to take better advantage of the improved technology. How did I drive the 2002... cruise control 90% of the time and use of "B" rather than applying brakes to decrease speed or maintain speed on downgrades. The 2010 disengages the cruise when going to "B" whereas on the 2002 cruise was not interrupted by selecting "B". At first I didn't like getting cruise disengaged, but already now prefer it that way. I found in all but the steepest downgrades, it is not necessary in the 2010 to engage "B" to avoid use of brakes. I traded the 2002 for the 2010 at 80,500 miles (did not trust the 2002 hybrid drive enough to be out of warranty) and still plenty of wear left on the brakes at that mileage. I try to minimize all operating costs rather than focusing just on conserving gasoline.

[DaveinOlyWA]

Originally Posted by goldenyears

Nothing fantastic to report... with 800 miles on my 2010 driven with lots of hills exactly as I used to drive my 2002... highest mpg so far... 51.7, average over the 800 miles... 50.7. In my hilly driving situation this is at least 5 mpg better than was typical in the 2002. In my 2002 my highest average over a long distance flat highway driving was 56.something. I intend to study the forums to see how I should be driving the 2010 differently to take better advantage of the improved technology. How did I drive the 2002... cruise control 90% of the time and use of "B" rather than applying brakes to decrease speed or maintain speed on downgrades. The 2010 disengages the cruise when going to "B" whereas on the 2002 cruise was not interrupted by selecting "B". At first I didn't like getting cruise disengaged, but already now prefer it that way. I found in all but the steepest downgrades, it is not necessary in the 2010 to engage "B" to avoid use of brakes. I traded the 2002 for the 2010 at 80,500 miles (did not trust the 2002 hybrid drive enough to be out of warranty) and still plenty of wear left on the brakes at that mileage. I try to minimize all operating costs rather than focusing just on conserving gasoline.

thanks for the info. i think its very important to get feedback from people who experience all kinds of driving conditions. i am shocked at the minimal increase especially from a first gen Pri to a 2010. but the severe conditions do flatten out any improvements.

curious to see how things progress as you learn your car. also as you have alluded, B mode is not the way to go. granted on severe hills, holding your foot lightly on the brake (not hard enough to engage friction brakes) can be tedious and cause overcharging as well.

how often do you see a full battery? keep us posted

[Lucky2beme]

Leave it to me to be the black sheep of the Prius family!

I have had my new silver 2010 for 2 weeks.
It is the first hybrid I have driven.

My first fill up calculated at 38 MPG. I did not think that the tank was full from the dealer though, And who knows how the 10 miles it had on it was driven! I have noticed an average trip mpg to be around 44 on the screen.

I thought that it was because I spent most of the time with it sitting in idle showing it off to everyone! LOL

Still, seeing these posts, i want to do better.

I have always had a lead foot and being in CA, I have been using the A/C constantly. I have not been using the Econo button, but I will now!

It sure has the WOW factor down, that's for sure!