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2004 Prius Lifetime Mileage Chart - almost 2 years

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Fuel Economy' started by swoozle, Jan 28, 2006.

  1. swoozle

    swoozle Junior Member

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    Bought: 3/1/04, currently has 28k miles.
    Location: Seattle
    Normal use: 50 mile round trip commute, freeway at 60-64 mph

    Here's a chart of my lifetime MPG performance (calculated, not by the display).
    The red is per tank mileage, so it jumps around depending on how good I was at filling the tank.
    The blue is a rolling 4 tank average that tends to smooth out those deviations and shows the true running MPG. It's interesting to note the seasonal variation (I live in Seattle).

    The whoop-de-doo in late December 2005 is from the ECM recall. The next tank sucked.

    I keep thinking that the mileage is dropping with age, but this shows it's probably just the weather. We'll see what it does this summer.

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  2. rocketman7

    rocketman7 Junior Member

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    Have you put new tires on yet? I had about a 2-3 mpg drop when I put new tires on around 20k.
     
  3. QED

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    Looks like your fuel tank filling skills improved after a few months. :D
     
  4. swoozle

    swoozle Junior Member

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    No new tires yet. 28k and still lots of tread, as far as I can see.