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2007 Prius mileage

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Fuel Economy' started by termite63, May 20, 2011.

  1. termite63

    termite63 New Member

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    After checking my mileage month by month for a year, my 2007 egg (white Prius) came in at 49.6 in Triad Area North Carolina. About 70 percent highway mileage. Has anyone checked gas mileage the old-fashioned way to see how accurate the electronic calculator is?
     
    #1 termite63, May 20, 2011
  2. firepa63

    firepa63 Former Prius Owner

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  3. bisco

    bisco cookie crumbler

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  4. brick

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    My MFD has been 3.5% optimistic relative to calculated mileage over the entire life of the car. You don't learn much from a single tank because the tank is so finicky about how much gas it will hold. I'm sufficiently picky that when I track mileage I record both, and the "official" mileage for a tank is the MFD mileage corrected down by the 3.5% difference. It takes the "bounce" out of the tank-to-tank variation that the stupid bladder induces.

    (Yeah, I'm a scream at parties. ;) )
     
    #4 brick, May 20, 2011
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