What is your fuel tank range poll?

I am just wondering what kind of range people are getting between fill ups. I know somebody with a second-generation Toyota Prius that is getting roughly 550 km on a tank of gas. This ends up being about 343 miles for the people living in the US. This is with just one bar of fuel remaining in the gas tank. At very optimal summer conditions, and extremely good result would be 750 km or 470 miles. I hate to say it, but it's definitely not a lot better than my Honda Civic which is 1994. The gas tank sizes are exactly the same in both cars. This is a 2009 model, so one would expect that it has the latest firmware and any software bugs removed. The extremely long range can only be achieved during a couple months of the summer. Soon as it starts getting a little bit cool, the fuel economy sinks right down to the short range. The car is not driven on short trips, it does a 40 minute commute one-way everyday.

What kind of range are you getting out of regular gasoline which is 87 octane?

 

Yes indeed, I posted this message on the generation three forum to mainly see what people are getting on the third generation vehicle. I only mentioned the second-generation Prius because that is the only example that I have. The second-generation Toyota Prius results are also welcome as they were extremely indicative of what the third-generation is going to be like. For all the hype in the marketing of the third-generation, the reality is the generation three vehicle is just a slight improvement over the second-generation Prius on a lot of items. What Toyota may claim 90% of all new parts and vehicle, the reality is it's the same parts and really the same vehicle as the previous generation and of course slightly enhanced, ironed out some of the wrinkles of the previous generation. With more actual data and newer technology Toyota has tried to improve the third-generation. From what I've read on the Internet they have achieved that goal on most things. Toyota has learned from the mistakes made in the second-generation, and pushed the technology further.

 

I am asking the question to generation three people.

That's very interesting that your second generation Toyota Prius actually has better fuel economy than the third-generation. Guessing from what I have read, many people claim the third-generation Toyota Prius has better fuel economy than the second-generation. From what I've read below your average fuel economy might be better so far on the third-generation vehicle, but I'm guessing that is mostly because it hasn't gone through winter yet. I'm sure when you average winter fuel economy with the summer the third-generation Toyota Prius would probably have slightly worse fuel economy than your second-generation did.

 

Thank you for the information, it's very interesting that you first-generation Toyota Prius actually gets about the same fuel economy as your third generation vehicle. From what I can see, the Toyota Prius has definitely improved in terms of styling, performance, comfort and handling. But it seems the fuel economy of the vehicle is probably more determined by how you drive the Toyota Prius. It seems to be the general impression I'm getting. Do you alternate between driving the two cars or is one of the vehicles driven by one person and the other vehicle driven by the other person constantly. All I'm trying to find out, if the fuel economy of the two cars is influenced by a different driving style.

Totally off-topic, how have you found the reliability of the first-generation Prius to be so far. Have you had any major repairs, or even minor ones that were very expensive? What is your general opinion on how the car is holding up. Does it squeak and rattle and has minor issues with buttons or something not working?

Interesting fuel economy figures on the website my hybrid car.com. Interesting that you have two entries with extremely high fuel economy.

 

Extremely interesting results, you're probably getting one of the better results that I have seen on this website. Ironically however, most of my commute is going to be 55 km one way on mostly highway and at a speed of probably around 105 km an hour. It's going to be 80% on the highway and then about 20% of the road going through a town with stop lights and speed restriction at 70 km an hour. At 70 km an hour the Toyota Prius will not be able to achieve great fuel economy as it is far too fast for the vehicle to be going on electric battery. Unfortunately at that speed, I'm probably going to end up consuming as much fuel as if I were to go 100 km an hour due to the fact that the internal combustion engine is going to be doing all the work. What I really find interesting however, is that Consumer Reports website clearly points the Toyota Prius as having a much better fuel economy on the highway than in the city. Which is the total opposite of what you are experiencing with your car. It's also interesting that your worst range of the tank of fuel is actually better than most people on this forum have reported as their best mileage from a tank of fuel

Interesting note about the Toyota Prius driving much better in stop and go traffic from a purely comfort point of view.

 

This is absolutely fascinating picture of fuel economy. I was not aware that the Toyota Prius can keep track of mileages for individual tanks of fuel. From what I know about the second-generation Toyota Prius, the fuel indicator resets every time the Prius is filled up with fuel. To be more precise, the fuel mileage indicator resets and the fuel gauge goes to full. Did you have to do anything special to get the graph that you have taken a picture of?

 

From what I have been able to deduce, by looking at the data that is generated by John 1701a. It's very fortunate that he keeps a very good record of fuel economy on his car and at the same time posts the most current results on the web. This is extremely good data in terms of both fuel economy and from what kind of range one can expect from the car. It also gives me an idea of how much he fills up his car every time. Some people like to fill it often and always like to have at least a quarter tank of gas, while some people like to drive it till the needle shows empty. I see that his average range seems to be about 850 km with an average fillip of about 32 L.