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April Fuel Economy Stats

Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Fuel Economy' started by Tideland Prius, Apr 16, 2011.

  1. Tideland Prius

    Tideland Prius Moderator of the North
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    Date: 22nd March - 16th April 2011
    Total Dist: 26,078 km (16,299 mi)
    Tank Dist: 733.4 km (458.4 mi)
    MFD: 4.5L/100km (52.7mpg)
    Calc'd: 4.96L/100km (47.4mpg)
    Fuel Added: 36.370 litres (9.61 gal)

    Remarks: Swapped back to all-season tyres halfway through the tank
     
    #1 Tideland Prius, Apr 16, 2011
  2. krelborne

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    Date: 31st March - 14th April 2011
    Total Dist: ~4400 mi
    Tank Dist: 521.5 mi
    MFD: 60.5 mpg
    Calc'd: 56.9 mpg
    Fuel Added: 9.167 gal
    Avg speed: 30 mph

    Remarks: Best tank ever (summer gas?). Temps have been 70-80 for the most part, requiring some light A/C use. 65% city/35% highway, no freeway.
     
    #2 krelborne, Apr 16, 2011
  3. sipnfuel

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    Date: 03/30/2011 - 04/14/2011
    Tank Dist: 479 Miles (US)
    MFD: 57.2 MPG (US)
    Calc'd: 53.9 MPG (US)
    Fuel Added: 8.88 gallons (US)

    Remarks: Bought cheap independent gas station gasoline because my regular station was closed for maintenance. Did it introduce more of an MFD error of almost 6%? More use of A/C, 30% city, 70% Freeway. Avg speed 33 mph. Installed vent shades.
     
    #3 sipnfuel, Apr 17, 2011
  4. krelborne

    krelborne New Member

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    Date: 14th - 17th April 2011
    Total Dist: ~4700 mi
    Tank Dist: 363.7 mi
    MFD: 49.5 mpg
    Calc'd: 46.7 mpg
    Fuel Added: 7.788 gal
    Avg speed: 41 mph

    Remarks: Mostly wife driving it on tough, super-hilly freeway with long, fairly steep inclines. No ethanol for that tank, too.
     
    #4 krelborne, Apr 17, 2011
  5. pakitt

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    I am not making a normal post this time for the FE Stats. I will just post a pic form the MFD after coming back from my commute today. The planets aligned, I left later today to the office and got back late as well - and my Prius made me a gift, even driving through hilly Munich... :)

    (today I have seen gas sold at 1.64€/L = about 9.12$/gal - I don't think it will never go below 1.5€/L again - I have this bad feeling about it).
     

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  6. Tideland Prius

    Tideland Prius Moderator of the North
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    Date: 21st March - 12th April 2012
    Total Dist: 39,753 km (24,845 mi)
    Tank Dist: 735.7 km (459.8 mi)
    MFD: 4.4L/100km (53.5mpg)
    Calc'd: 4.82L/100km (48.8mpg)
    Fuel Added: 35.480 litres (9.374 gal)
    Avg Speed: 37km/h (23mph)

    Remarks: None
     
    #6 Tideland Prius, Apr 19, 2012
  7. walter Lee

    walter Lee Hypermiling Padawan

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    Date: 03/10/2012 - 04/03/2012
    Tank Dist: 674 Miles (US)
    MFD: 66.6 MPG (US)
    Calc'd: 63.7 MPG (US)
    Fuel Added: 10.5887 gallons (US) E10 87 oct
    comments: 50/48 psi, 100% grill blocking, avg 18mph, hypermiling


    Date: 04/03/2012 - 04/12/2012
    Tank Dist: 225.8 Miles (US)
    MFD: 64.7 MPG (US)
    Calc'd: 57.84 MPG (US)
    Fuel Added: 3.904 gallons (US) E10 87 oct
    comments: 50/48 psi w/hypermiling, 100% grill blocking, avg 19mph; Giggled gas tank during fillup to get extra gas to burn for +800 mile road trip @ fillup change tire pressure to 38/36psi for high speed traction and no hypermiling.


    ==== I-70 super highway trip from MD to MO: start ======

    Date: 04/12/2012 - 04/12/2012
    Tank Dist: 479.3 Miles (US)
    MFD: 52.5 MPG (US)
    Calc'd: 51.72 MPG (US)
    Fuel Added: 9.267 gallons (US) E10 87 oct
    comments: 38/36 psi, 0% grill blocking, avg 55mph, hypermile first 60 miles then cc set between 60 to 72 mph with no hypermiling; part of 14 hour road trip.

    Date: 04/14/2012 - 04/14/2012
    Tank Dist: 442.1 Miles (US)
    MFD: 54.0 MPG (US)
    Calc'd: 46.89 MPG (US)
    Fuel Added: 9.428 gallons (US) E10 87 oct
    comments: 38/36 psi, 0% grill blocking, avg 54mph, <30 miles of city driving in St Louis for 1st funeral, rest is cc set between 66 to 77 mph in the rain with no hypermiling; part of 14 hour road trip.

    Date: 04/14/2012 - 04/14/2012
    Tank Dist: 415.1 Miles (US)
    MFD: 46.1 MPG (US)
    Calc'd: 44.55 MPG (US)
    Fuel Added: 9.317 gallons (US) E10 87 oct
    comments: 38/36 psi, 0% grill blocking, avg 62mph, 100% highway with cc set between 70 to 80 mph in the rain with no hypermiling; part of 14 hour road trip.

    Date: 04/14/2012 - 04/15/2012
    Tank Dist: 400.5 Miles (US)
    MFD: 50.7 MPG (US)
    Calc'd: 48.04 MPG (US)
    Fuel Added: 8.337 gallons (US) E10 87 oct
    comments: 38/36 psi, 0% grill blocking, avg 45mph, last 40 miles city w/hypermiling to 2nd funeral, rest is superhighway with cc set between 70 to 80 mph in the rain with Driving with Load Hypermiling(mountainous elevation changes). @ reset tire pressure to 48/46 psi, 50% grill blocking (bottom only); part of 14 hour road trip.

    ==== I-70 super highway trip from MD to MO: end ======
     
    #7 walter Lee, Apr 20, 2012
  8. Tideland Prius

    Tideland Prius Moderator of the North
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    Wow! My numbers are the equivalent of your highway numbers! Ugh. Must improve!! haha.
     
    #8 Tideland Prius, Apr 20, 2012
  9. walter Lee

    walter Lee Hypermiling Padawan

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    48 mpg is a new low for me...and my overall MPG has dropped from 60.9 mpg to 59.6 mpg... LOL.:p

    I was clocking 82 mph to 77 mph on the GPS ( which was registering about 1 mph slower than the Prius' speedometer) on I-70 via Indiana- Illinois and Ohio. :cool: If I had gone any faster the state highway patrol would have shut me down. :)

    Unless I'm called to shuttle kids around for after school camp :rolleyes: - I'll be busy pushing my overall MPG back up to 60 mpg and trying to get +70 mpg per tank. :D
     
    #9 walter Lee, Apr 23, 2012
  10. Tideland Prius

    Tideland Prius Moderator of the North
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    I can't hold 70mpg for a tank. I'm only aiming for 60mpg (I've gotten close at 4.1 or 58mpg). Traffic here wants to go, go, go.
     
    #10 Tideland Prius, Apr 24, 2012
  11. Sabby

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    Date: 27st March - 24th April 2012
    Total Dist: 10,213 miles
    Tank Dist: 416 miles
    MFD: 57.7mpg
    Calc'd: 53.94mpg
    Fuel Added: 7.712 gal
     
    #11 Sabby, Apr 24, 2012
  12. pakitt

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    Again I will not please Tideland, but I am posting only a partial, yet for me surprising FE for April - not a full tank, but a record fuel consumption on my way back on my usual commute route yesterday - this car never stops to surprise me...
    Read it all here.
     
    #12 pakitt, Apr 29, 2012
  13. Tideland Prius

    Tideland Prius Moderator of the North
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    lol. No worries Pakitt, I don't force anyone to post here. These threads were meant to help newbies in case they wanted to see how other people fared in similar months to account for seasonal changes (e.g. someone picking up their car in November wonders why their mileage is crap vs. someone picking up their car in April and is ecstatic that mileage off the bat is superb)
     
    #13 Tideland Prius, Apr 29, 2012
  14. djlen

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    Date: 4/13/12 - 4/30/12
    Total Dist.: 4999
    Tank Distance: 473.1
    MFD: 58.5
    Calc'd: 54.0
    Fuel Added: 8.754

    My best tank stats. yet, although this was only my 12th fill-up. Still I always feel disappointed at the difference between the MFD number and the Calc'd mpg.
    I am still learning how to pulse and glide and with the nicer weather on the horizon expect to see better numbers with each fill-up, down the road.
     
    #14 djlen, Apr 30, 2012
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     # Date. Miles Gal. MPG Price City % Notes
    1 4/13/12 11.90 3.930 50% dealer tank
    2 4/22/12 474.0 9.77 48.5 3.779 35% my first fill after dealer tank
    3 4/26/12 383.0 7.57 50.6 3.699 10%
    4 4/27/12 275.0 5.36 51.3 3.759 15%
     
    #15 Big Steve, Apr 30, 2012
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