2010 MPG Stats - Post Them Here

[rctech]

Originally Posted by BillsPrius

Well for my route and my style of driving PWR mode was not a good choice. lol
47.5 MPG over 114 miles... worst mpg I ever got going to work and back. It was worth a try though.

Interesting side note... when I restarted the car to come home from work I had to re-engage PWR mode. When I use ECO mode it remembers the setting.

Bill

Sorry it didn't work out for ya.
The original thread for my recommendation is:
I Love Power Mode!!!

Ya, you gotta reengage pwr mode everytime you start the car (if u want to use it continuously this way). What was stranger to me is that you can do PWR and EV mode at the same time.

I ran with ECO mode for the first two months of my 2010's life. I hated the slow acceleration from stop, but i guess it was a price to pay for good milage. Then when I saw the I-Love-PWR thread, I tried it, and liked the quicker starts and accel. (from stop). and I actually got better milage (like around 49.5 to 52.0, but some of it may be due to seasonal factors like cold, rain, winter blend gas).

rich

[Mark57]

My fill up today is a new personal best, 66.1 mpg over 321 miles.

It's important to note that I've been running 5w30 Mobil 1 oil for the last 3 tanks with no ill effects on mileage whatsoever but please keep that discussion to a separate thread.

Tank 15
321 miles
MFD 68.7 MPG
Calc'd 66.1 MPG (my best)
Avg speed 23 mph

See my Fuelly page below for full history and details. There are only two big drops in mileage since I've owned it and they were two road trips in steep hills at high speeds.

[cressmanmusic]

I have a 2010 Prius III; best mileage I have gotten is 43.0 This is just judging from the display panel. Should I be calculating differently? I am doing mostly surface street driving with a few short trips on the freeway. I live in San Francisco so there are often uphills and I notice on the display worse mileage when I am going uphill.

Should I expect better? Or am I calculating wrong?

By the way, I can't figure out how to start a new post, only to reply. Anyone can fill me in really quickly?

[F8L]

Originally Posted by cressmanmusic

I have a 2010 Prius III; best mileage I have gotten is 43.0 This is just judging from the display panel. Should I be calculating differently? I am doing mostly surface street driving with a few short trips on the freeway. I live in San Francisco so there are often uphills and I notice on the display worse mileage when I am going uphill.

Should I expect better? Or am I calculating wrong?

By the way, I can't figure out how to start a new post, only to reply. Anyone can fill me in really quickly?

It seems like those who live in the hilly areas of SF often have worse milage than those of us in the flat lands. So yes, your mileage could be pretty normal for your area. I used to avg. 52mpg till my new job had me commuting uphill 1,000 extra feet. Now it is more like 48mpg (with the stock wheels).

As for new threads. There is a button at the top of this forum called "New Thread". Click that.

[cressmanmusic]

Originally Posted by F8L

It seems like those who live in the hilly areas of SF often have worse milage than those of us in the flat lands. So yes, your mileage could be pretty normal for your area. I used to avg. 52mpg till my new job had me commuting uphill 1,000 extra feet. Now it is more like 48mpg (with the stock wheels).

As for new threads. There is a button at the top of this forum called "New Thread". Click that.

Thanks for confirming I am doing ok. But I still don't see any button that says "New Thread". What should it look like? I can't believe I can't find it.

[PriusRos]

Originally Posted by cressmanmusic

Thanks for confirming I am doing ok. But I still don't see any button that says "New Thread". What should it look like? I can't believe I can't find it.

You won't find the New Thread button if you are in a thread. Go to the top of the page and click the name of the forum to go up one level.

And yes, you won't get good mileage if you are in a hilly area or with a lot of stop and goes. My area is not like SF, but it's pretty hilly and there are a lot of traffic lights. I can't get higher than lower- to mid-forties driving around locally.

[svn nrg]

I recently traded my 07 Touring Pkg 6 in for a 10 #5 (no solar). I drove the 07 like a normal car and got 44+/-. I'm driving my 10 the same and only getting 42. The first day after we got it we took a drive about 30 miles on the freeway then 20 miles around town and back 30 miles freeway. 51+! Same tank of gas and the 1-1/2 tanks since has been around 42. Wassup? It's been in the 30's and 40's and raining a bit. I'm not sure if they're putting Ethanol in the gas yet but from the same tank from 51 to 42? I talked to the dealer and "if no light is lit, everything is within acceptable parameters". I don't intend to drive it like a marshmallow. I don't need kto be an MPG Elite". I just would like to know why it's not getting at least as good if not better mileage than my 07. It also feels like it needs more throttle just to keep it on step. thoughts???

[DaveinOlyWA]

just got gas and got a double whammy...

1) first tank on winter gas. 541.9 mles, 56.7 on display, pump cal 49.5 MPG....bummer, a penny per mile increase in cost... MOSTLY due to

2) 20 cents per gallon higher than last time i got gas 10/13....
bummer

[abosman]

Prius III 2010 AVG 49.1 buying Sams Club Gas, last fill up 53.3 using Shell unleaded, go figure?

[DetPrius]

abosman, I am also in MI and am definitely seeing my mileage trend downward with the falling temps. Much of my driving is short trips where I don't have an opportunity to completely bring the ICE up to temp. I've blocked the lower grill 100% and last week took a 15 mile or so trip and saw the mileage climb significantly so it shows again how much the 2-3 mile trips I often do hurt mileage. My last tank was the first with a calculated MPG that dropped below 50.