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Fighting to barely get above 35mpg

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Fuel Economy' started by MeganM, Apr 16, 2014.

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  1. dolj

    dolj Senior Member

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    I was about to post the very same thing, and totally agree.

    I think the variable fill bladder in the Gen II in the States can be largely blamed for the perception that the MDF is inaccurate. I think, with the bladder, I would believe the MFD over manual calculations, TBH, bearing in mind that it is 2-5% over optimistic.

    Having a Gen II with a solid tank, I get very consistent results, albeit a bit optimistic, with variation attributable to the reasons Uart mentioned.
     
    #41 dolj, May 21, 2014
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