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12-18-2007, 12:42 PM
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Friends: 0 |  I've never gotten better than 44 MPG so far in my 07 Prius; I've only got 3500 miles on it, and haven't taken but one highway trip, but this is less than what I expected. I have a friend with an 05 Prius, who regularly gets 46 MPG; I don't drive fast, and try to coast whenever I can here in hilly Tennessee, but still I don't ever get up in the 46 MPG range... You folks who get 46 and better: are you using premium gas, or does that even make any difference at all? I use regular...
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12-18-2007, 08:04 PM
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Friends: 23 | Re: Why Don't I Get The EPA Mileage? wait til summer? 3,500 miles... that means the car is only a few months old, correct? |
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12-28-2007, 06:20 PM
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Friends: 0 | Re: Why Don't I Get The EPA Mileage? FYI, link still not working. Thanks. Quote:
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12-28-2007, 06:48 PM
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Friends: 0 | Re: Why Don't I Get The EPA Mileage? It's highly dependent on your local temperature, traffic conditions, commute pattern/distance, and driving style. My 12 month average has now reached 55.4 mpg - essentially the combined EPA average. I have an 18 mile (each way) commute in relatively warm Dallas, in heavy highway traffic (limiting my speed and optimizing pulse/glide), and I am not an agressive driver. See my data on my web site http://www.enerjazz.com/prius or on the direct chart below:  |
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Friends: 23 | Re: Why Don't I Get The EPA Mileage? Deleted and re-uploaded the PDF. See if that works. |
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01-03-2008, 05:20 PM
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I live in hilly Vermont and have a lifetime average over 47 MPG. Winter MPG is high 30s to low 40s, summer low to mid 50s. You would need to post your driving habits/commute, etc. A short 10 or 15 minute trip is going to be low. A 1 mile trip to the store painful. Still better than most vehicles on the road get AT BEST, better than the NEW 35 MPG CAFE standards for 2020 but still painful given what you CAN get in a Prius. I managed a 'personal best' last week - 110 miles @ 55 MPH all interstate no stopping. Car was already warmed up as I was coming back from MA and got gas at the least expensive station on my round trip route. Temps in the low 30s - plenty of hills: 59.7 MPG. How I wanted to hit 60 
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Friends: 0 |  Re: Why Don't I Get The EPA Mileage? Hello Tideland -- Thanks for posting this article (and for the whole thread, actually). I'm a newbie to Prius (December 07) and Chat (January 08). I'm looking for an article similar to the one you posted (Why don't I get EPA mileage) -- but that would describe good driving practices for the Prius. My car has just a few hundred miles on it at this point, and my commute is only about 10 minutes, currently in fairly cold Chicago weather. So I get that my mpg is not gonna be great. I have already intuited that the car does better when warmed up, when the trip is longer, and when there are fewer stop lights and stop signs). However, I'd love to read an article by one of the experts on Prius Chat about good driving habits under different conditions. I've tried the Search function, but haven't conme up with anything (except this post on EPA mileage). I know it's bad on chat boards to ask dumb newbie questions before searching, but I have diligently tried. Thanks, and apologies if it should have been obvious. -- Barb in Chicago |
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