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Discussion in 'Prius c Main Forum' started by cubchan, Mar 8, 2012.

  1. cubchan

    cubchan Junior Member

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    Prius C showed up in Indianapolis today. I got a blue streak 3 and am in love with it. Pics will come tomorrow.

    58.6 mpg on the ride home :)
     
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  2. Sunkiss'd C

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    Welcome! I'm new as well. Today I managed to snatch the only Habanero in the southern Los Angeles area :)
     
    #2 Sunkiss'd C, Mar 8, 2012
  3. vinnie97

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    Now that's what I call a great first reading.
     
    #3 vinnie97, Mar 8, 2012
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    Waiting for a dealer trade to get my Habanero cII, maybe Friday or Monday! Retiring my faithful Yaris.
     
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  5. alfon

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    Thanks and congradulations. Please keep us updated
    on your mpg reports etc.
     
    #5 alfon, Mar 8, 2012
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    Congrats!
    About time.
    What dealer?
     
    #6 gohammer, Mar 8, 2012
  7. ataylorracing

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    Ditto on which dealership. We got our new 2011 Prius II from Becks on Feb 13th (Sat) and I got 62.1 on the first 170 mile trip at 55 mph cruise control. I live up in Fishers. They have a neat VIP program once a month with food and prizes. I won a bottle of wine and a box of Girl Scout cookies. They give a tour of the shop and answer all questions. That 62.1 mpg was better than the 60.1 mpg best that I had gotten 4 times with my old 3 banger Geo Metro while hypermiling! I was shocked!
     
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    Welcome aboard enjoy the ride!!
     
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  9. cubchan

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    It was at Beck Toyota on the southside. Andy Mohr still says that they can't be test driven or sold until March 12th for whatever reason
     
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  10. cubchan

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    Took a while to get some pics. The weather around here has been a little rough.

    Today I took a trip to Castleton, then Avon about 80% highway and 20% city driving and got 58.3mpg. My friend accused me "pussyfooting" on the gas so on the way back I drove like a typical irresponsible driver and still got 55.8mpg, I was impressed.

    Then I let an experienced prius owner friend drive the car home from there and he got 82.1mpg on about a 20 mile trip...
     

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  11. alfon

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    Thanks for your post; any info on mpg for the Prius C
    is great for many of us here on the fence.

    62.1 mpg for a new car not broken in is unheard of. Espically
    on the highway where the EPA states 46 mpg for a rating.
     
    #11 alfon, Mar 10, 2012
  12. Mister MMT

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    Congrats cubchan.

    This is incredible. It looks like the mpg of this car are closer to the European scale which is 67 mpg combined (3.5 l/100 km). Strange enough, it rates 75.9 mpg on highways (3,1 l/100 km) and 58.8 mpg city (4,0 l/100 km). The inverse of the EPA scale. Your report seems in line with this.

    Experience and SpritMonitor tell that about 20% of Hybrid owners get the Euroscale figures. But remember, many drive a lot faster on our Highways, particularly where I live: Germany...
     
    #12 Mister MMT, Mar 10, 2012
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    Wow, that is very impressive mileage!
     
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  14. samer2012

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    Greetings,

    I am uber happy to see that there are other Prius Chats from Indy. I just got my Prius 2012 after 5 years of putting it off and actually buying two Honda Fits in the interim. Finally made the jump and am super happy.

    I purchased mine from Terre Haute Toyota and got a good deal. Is there is a Prius club in Indy? Also any recommendations for Clear Shield installers is greatly appreciated.

    samer
    Avon, IN
     
    #14 samer2012, May 27, 2012
  15. ataylorracing

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    Our 2011 is rated at 51 in town and 48 highway. I need to test something though....it appears that the car gets better mpg at 62 than at 55, just sudging by the graph on the dash.
     
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    I just found out earlier than my physical therapist at Ortho Indy was not only originally from Kokomo, but has a Prius too! We should start some type of meet and greet sometime....kind of like IndyCarz does.
     
    #16 ataylorracing, May 30, 2012
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    Congrats!
     
    #17 dbv8787, May 30, 2012
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