Jerry's Evolving Thoughts on "new-to-me" Prime Premium

You pitched the battery. You mean you threw it out to decrease weight??

 

Just ran it dry from an EV perspective .

I’m not like @Grit in this regard .

Ask him where his rear seats are.

The front seat may soon find its place next to it if it’ll save another mpg .

 

My other guess was you coated it with tar.

Removing your front seat would make you a back seat driver.

 

Gas bill offset by car payment, right?

 

I'll be heading out on a long trip shortly after you. 750 miles first day on Interstates then mostly shorter days on Interstates and back roads. Will be interesting to compare notes.

 

Don't worry Jerry, you'll blow your great mileage and no gas cost in no time flat come Friday I hope you can plug in free some times while on your trip.

I'm up to 92 MPG on 500+ miles on my current tank. Over 200 of that was from where I got gas in Skowhegan ME on the way back from New Brunswick, EV range was about 3 miles since I had nowhere to plug in. I arrived home with 64 MPG showing. Tank meter shows just shy of 1/2 tank now.

 

You guys ARE spoiled. I think my average in Gen 4 is just under 64 mpg. Many people would be exstatic with that mileage.

 

I feel your frustration. coming into town they have purposely times the lights so you hit red.
The local government somehow feels if you need to stop you may stop & shop more. I do not see the logic in that, but suffer the consequences.

 

This is a bit of a stretch in logic. Have you asked the local traffic engineer how and why the lights are timed?

 

^ Can sympathize on that traffic hell.

On the upside, this is the best car for that kind of routine, at least given that most of the rest are terrible.

I actually look forward to a modest traffic jam now, as my commute home usually takes a 65 mph highway down to 45 for a time, and I can run far longer in EV than I could otherwise. The other day, a 60 MPG commute on a good day became 70 thanks to the lower speeds.

 

I find that by taking the surface streets to run errands it takes a few extra minutes and greatly extends the EV range. In the past, with my VW TDI, the vehicle was more efficient on the freeway, so that was my preferred path. Now, it's the side streets and that is typically the shortest path as well.

 

I've noticed that too. If it didn't take me from 25-30 minutes to close to an hour for that particular destination, I'd probably jump off the highway as well. Especially since I've found the surface streets a bit more calming lately.

 

You are correct. I was ecstatic the few times I got over 60 MPG on 10 or more gallons in my Gen II. Had to be back roads with rolling hills and VERY few traffic controls. The 64 MPG trip I posted that you quoted was all 50 MPH or less roads with lots of slow downs for small towns. The 70 MPH parts of the trip, with no EV capacity left were just under 50 MPG. Which just about killed me. And yes 99% of the motoring population would think I'd done really well compared to what they drive. Doesn't matter, I'm used to ~45 MPG in winter in the Gen II and 50-55 MPG regularly in the summer. Anything less than that is just unacceptable. Now I'm getting spoiled with the EV enhancement to my MPG.

You have to wonder sometimes. Something is clearly off when you hit EVERY red light even when you are the lead dog at the last one. No sense getting up to speed when you know you can't make the next light without exceeding reasonable acceleration and the speed limit as well. Of course the people behind get all POed not realizing they would be stopping at the next light no matter who, or no one, was in front of them.

There are some demand signals. They will trip based on time occasionally just in case something like a motorcycle is waiting but doesn't trip the sensor. But usually they will trip at some time after a vehicle shows up which really screws the pattern on the major road.

 

Perhaps you should check your tire pressures now the tires are "limbered up".