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Top 20 - MPG Record Holders

Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Fuel Economy' started by F8L, Jul 25, 2012.

  1. Agent J

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    thats what friends are for.. pushing each other up by pulling oneself up! (if that makes some kind of sense... ) =p
     
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    YAY! I'm averaging 51 MPG per fuelly.com! Take that!

    Oh wait... that's normal... DARN IT! :(

    I also don't know how I'm going to compete now that I think about it. I can't let my tank go below a quarter of a tank. It would make me fidgety. Plus in the summer during Hurricane Season I never let it go below half if I can help it. You never want to end up on the interstate out of fuel in a mass evacuation. Nor be the vehicle behind the vehicle that ran out of gas and you happen to have room. The law can force you dump all your belongs and take the people as passengers.

    Soooo... How about... If I get to 1/4 tank, and use the fill up showing how many gallons I filled up with and what the current MPG states to extrapolate out to 10 gallons of fuel, can I attempt to enter then? :sneaky:
     
  3. retired4999

    retired4999 Prius driver since 2005

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    I don't think that will work, but don't feel bad I never go below 2 bars. Makes me to nervous. :D But I am not the OP, I'm sure they will chime in! :)
     
  4. kalome

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    Without topping off you had almost 5 gallons of gas left. You can break into the Top 20 with using only 8.5 gallons if you can get 60 mpg or more (60 mpg X 8.5g = 510 mile tank).
    Currently the #20 spot has a dash reading of 58.9 so you would need close to 60 mpg (manually calculated) to make the top 20 anyway.
    I know you just started hypermiling, with a little more practice maybe you can shoot for a dash reading for around 62-63 and get gas once you have driven 500 miles.
    I'm guessing you would have used ~8.5 gallons. That is if you are comfortable using a little more gas than your last tank (8.5g vs 7.14g).
    If not, it is going to be too tough (over 70 mpg calculated) to get 500 miles with only 7 gallons of gas.
    Then again you can always top off when you get gas. I don't do it, but some people on here do.
     
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    You don't need to use 10 gallons to get on the leaderboard. You only have to do 500 miles.

    Right now you'd have to make 60 MPG to make it worth taking the picture and for 500 miles at 60 MPG you only need 8.33 gallons.

    Take that up to 65 MPG and you only need 7.7 gallons.

    So your issue isn't avoiding the last two blocks on the gas gauge it's getting above 60-65 MPG.

    And you have until June to do this without it being hurricane season. Besides during hurricane season you'd get worse gas milage due to heavy air conditioning use.

    Get your best tank in during spring and none these are a factor.
     
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    'bout to post up (hopefully) a 62+ mpg tank. Gimme a day or two to finish it out. :)
     
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    Hey guys...OK so it ended up being exactly 62.0.
    -Ambient temps in CA - 35-60F, Winter
    -I used P&G, P&Cruise, cruise control on any freeways (first time sticking to this)
    -I always tried as much DWB as I could (with moderate success)
    -Stock tires, Yoko avid blah blah blah 40 psi F, 38 psi R

    Please list me accordingly. Thanks.


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  8. Agent J

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    awesome job! congrats! actually saw your fuel up last night on fuelly right on the updates bar and recognized your handle. you finally nailed it! keep it up! ;)
     
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    Thanks man. First time I realllllly went for a good solid tank. Last tank I thought would be good, but not good enough ;)
     
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    Woo good thing I checked back here!, I'm still in the top five!!!, but when summer comes back around I'm going for that 3rd spot!
     
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    Can you bump me?...broke my record again.
    Temps stayed mostly 40s/70sF except for most of last week where we hit 30s/50sF.

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    Given the driving temperatures. 62 mpg is very good for a metro area that uses E10. In Washington DC Metro Area, I am getting between 58 - 60 mpg right now for 530 miles with about 2.3 gallons left in the tank. I'm driving a tad faster because I'm testing out the fix on my front right tire. On the 15thm ran over a nail - got the tire fixed the next day but I've been feeling uneasy since then BUT it seems that this fix is holding up ...
     
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    Way to go, dimetech! I've added you to the list.

    kalome, You need to slow down. You're climbing the list too fast. You're going to start freaking markabele out! Hahaha
     
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    lol, 80+ is going to be tough to achieve.
     
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    Do you live near an airport and have a few days of vacation time coming up? :p
     
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    Haha. I actually live pretty close to Sky Harbor but I don't think I have the patience and endurance to drive around in circles for that long.
     
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    This is my first full tank of hypermiling the entire tank and it took me a lot of will power to do it for 500 miles!

    A description of your techniques and conditions: P&G, speed up down hill and slow down going up, driving speed limit or a little under, 50/50 city and highway. Southern California.
    Time of year: Now
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  18. F8L

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    Imagine what will be possible once summer blend fuel hits and temps are in the 80s or more. I'd say this same tank would be in the 67+mpg area.

    Congrats!
     
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    Really? I did not know we had winter blends in CA. I'm going to have to go for it again in summer then. I just have to keep the wife out of the car or the mileage goes down hill fast, haha.
     
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    Yup. Particularly in cities with bad air quality like LA and the SF Bay area.

    Temps below 60F really hurt mpg as well. I notice a marked increase in mpg when temps are over 60F and an even larger increase when temps are over 90F if I don't use the AC.