88.9 MPG commute

Man, I am glad I am not the only one taking pictures with my phone. My wife thinks I am obsessed. I just got 99.9 mpg going to the market 1.4 miles away. Not a long distance until you consider that I have a wife the 3 daughters, which means I got to the market almost every night.

 

How far of a commute do you have? What type of driving? When I fill up my Prius at the Shell station 7 miles away I can be between 80-100 mpg for the first 5.5 miles until I head up the hill to my house. The best I've done after the hill is 69.7 mpg. My goal is to break 70 if I can!

 

Guys, superchargedMR2 is asking the right questions. While it is great that you get high mpg, IMO it's kind of meaningless without putting that mpg into perspective. I live in some foothills and get great mileage on the trip down, but give that back up on the return trip home. Heck, we can all get 99.9 going downhill.

There is one fairly flat stretch of road nearby that has a 35 - 40 speed limit. I can usually get high 70's on a 5 mile circuit. Years ago I used this road to nurse 716 miles on a single tank, averaging 63.3 mpg. Of course that was a Gen II, but I am waiting to try this out with my Gen III (hopefully soon).

 

Nope.

You will just have to repeat the result

That is an awesome result if 1, it was a round trip; and 2, the battery SOC is not lower at the end than the beginning of the trip.

I hit 80 MPG *once* in my G2 Prius with the above qualifiers, but I had to start with a warmed up ICE.

 

I agree with AzGeek.

My commute this morning at 50deg was 47.8mpg over 48miles. The trip home at 70deg was 67.5mpg over 48miles........

I did take a picture of the display after I got home today. *insert cheesy grin*

 

If this was on the Trip A or B mpg display, it will still be there when you turn the car back on. But turn it on only in accessory mode (i.e. don't press the brake), otherwise the engine will start within about ten seconds and quickly wreck the reading.

I've had a number on round trip commutes (i.e. two warmup cycles and zero net elevation change, despite several thousand feet of total climb) in the low to mid 70s. But none happened this early in the year, when weather is still cold. Have patience, and keep practicing so that your skills are ready when the favorable weather and traffic conditions appear.

 

ohhhh yes man! You can!

 

Pics or it didn't happen....

 

I've never seen a screen like that on my 2010. Is it new for the 12 or is it hidden on my 10?

 

I don't think the 2010 model has this BUT I would like to know if we can do a software update on these!?!?

 

It is new for the 2012 I believe. It comes on when you turn off the car. It is in the same location as the MID on the dash. Unfortunately it only stays on for less than a minute and cannot be recalled that I know of. So you have to be ready with a camera before turning the car off.

 

After seeing a 2012 today, I now see that OP is talking about a different display, not available on my older car.

But one way commutes don't count as much as round trips, due to elevation changes. An example one-way reading with a bit of elevation change is shown in my photo album: 91.3 mpg on a 100.1 mile segment.

 

Show off.

 

I just had a 300+ mile trip from NYC to DC where I got 64 mpg. My average speed was 57 mph. I got lucky with light traffic, good weather, and mostly stayed in the right lane. The trick to getting 60+ at these speeds is to not accelerate into a hill. If I was doing 60 on level ground, I would slow to 55 going uphill, then speed up to 65 on the downside...IOW pulse and glide.

No pics though...so I guess it didn't happen.

 

Actually, you're describing Driving With Load, where you maintain a consistent load on the engine (and in particularly avoid heavy engine loads) and allow the speed to vary with terrain.

 

Loading is Good and so is Efficiency.

A Screen capture from Priidash. I have not seen such a high MPG in a while especially after my afternoon commute. Not much elevation change but I may have to ask to add a GPS elevation display

http://inlinethumb26.webshots.com/49305/2481988720070670239S500x500Q85.jpg

If you end up adding a Priidash sceen to you car please be carefull of all the eye-candy!!!

 

WOOAH. I just went on my first 2 hour trip (110miles) with my Prius and I was driving an avg 75mph but at the end of the trip, my trip display showed 52.x-ish mpg. I hope to one day see my trip display show a distance of longer than 50 miles with my consumption being in the 60s-70s mpg!! I can only manage 60ish mpg on my 11 mile daily commute driving at around 55-60mph.

Jealous