I've become completely spoiled...

I know what you mean, if we don't get 700 miles plus on our Plug In, my wife goes into a funk and accuses me of of using the PWR button! Fortunately, the difference between summer and winter temps here in SoCal is often only 10 or 15 degrees.

 

i'm aching for a new car that will give me 70...

 

PIP?

 

I'm looking at the BMW i3. Small car, big motor, range extender, can get after-market 2" receiver hitch.

Bob Wilson

 

Ack, my wife could care less about my 700 per tank and 70 mpge average. She's been averaging 55 mpge and generous PWR use. Wish I could convince her to drive more sedately.

 

sounds interesting, but i'm priced out for the time being. will be interesting to see how the pre owned models start to price out. one thing that concerns me is the potential for getting to know the service manager a little more than toyota. i don't even know his name.

 

Just one word.......2012 or newer PIP, pulse and glide when appropriate.

Bingo, we have a winner!

 

I've hit 60+ MPG on a tank only 2-3 times....both in the "height" of fall or spring for some reason.

 

no a/c or heat.

 

We run our a/c at 74 and auto/recirculate, everyday, every trip. Outside temps are 90 to 95. Still get 70+ mpg and that's for 2500 miles we have owned the PIP. Not particularly hard to get that mileage if you drive the PIP like it was designed. Stay away from that PWR button! We also have Dynamic Radar Cruise Control which REALLY helps economy on the freeway at 65 mph. The DRCC can drive more economically than a human can.

 

is that without plugging in?

 

We make a 150 mile roundtrip on L.A. freeways and surface streets twice a month to visit the daughters. Takes us 1 1/4 to 2 hours one way depending on traffic. We start off with a full charge which gets us about 20 miles down the road on EV with regeneration. We don't bother to plug in at our destination (but we should if we were really serious about hypermiling). So it is 20 miles +/- of EV and 130 miles of ECO/EV, a/c at 74. We average in the high 60's for that 150 mile trip.

Once a week we drive up and down the mountain, 4000 ft. elevation gain in about 30 miles. On the way up we average 40 mpg on ECO/EV. We drive down on EV only. Average is close to 80 mpg.

Driving around town, we plug in 2 or 3 times a day to top off the traction battery, a/c always on auto.

 

and how do you figure the 70 mpg? i do it on each tank, but dividing gallons pumped into hv miles travelled.