47.4 MPG On First Tank

And brag a little!

Congratulations!

 

Sounds about on par with what I'm getting so far. Filled up today for the second time, with almost 1000 miles on the clock do far. Not too bad. My Explorer would have used almost 75 gallons of gas so far, as opposed to the 20 I've used.

I also did an impromtu test today. I found that with cruise control, average mpg at 80 is not much less than at 70 (around 1 mpg). I guess the Prius is aerodynamic enough to minimize drag even at higher speeds.


Las Cruces, huh? I lived in El Paso for 6 years.

 

Cruces. I've heard great things about it. I lived in "The Old Pueblo" (Tucson) for 4 years and never got there. I always took the Hatch-Demming short cut going between there and Denver.

You'll love the car in that environment. Just try to look at the road every once in a while whilst you're trying to max out the MPG. Welcome to the game.

 

Wow, I'm in a warm climate and I've never gotten better than 41 on a tank... so on your first tank you've got me beat.

 

I think you said this (41) about a month ago. Still true? Man, I don't get it, in the L.A. basin and with that climate. Unless you're a total leadfoot and/or drive under 15 minutes almost every time out, something's wrong.

 

i'm aware that the milage I got while driving a Prius is likely due more to temperature and topography than skill, but I averaged pretty darn close to the EPA combined milage, with (what I thought was) very little modification. I tried to get the 'dead-zone' but my real milage came from anticipating stops - if I knew i'd have to stop, I tried not to use any gas. I think 41 (especially in California) indicates either traffic like I don't experience or a slam the gas until you stop habit (it's actually likely a combination of both, and things I haven't got the experience to diagnose yet)

 

I do drive my Prius with a lead foot, and I still get around 45-50 mpg so far.

 

You might as well start tracking it now...

http://www.w8kc.com/priusmileage.htm

 

I think you are doing great. I got about the same on my first tank but that was in the summer and it was 90 or 95 every day, also I live where there isn't much traffic so it's easier to plan ahead for stops and stuff. Even a little experience helps though because I went up to about 52 on my second tank. Cold weather has me down in the low to middle 40s now.

I don't beleive in the magic 5 to 10 thousand mile increase. I have 7K now and if I see an increase I think it will be next spring with summer gas and warmer weather.

 

Well, I've been seeing the same thing, about 40mpg is it at the moment. This is due to my only taking short trips while I'm off work. When I was working and commuting, I was getting about 50mpg, and took a longer trip the other day and got 54mpg round trip. However, my car is hardly getting warmed up at this point, so the mileage is crappy. I've got about 2500 miles on it after 6 months, not much.

-Roger