FireEngineer's HyperMileage

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(TonyPSchaefer @ Jul 18 2006, 08:05 PM) [snapback]288517[/snapback]</div>

Master!

 

C'mon, admit there is photo shop involved!

I guess I could do that if I towed it with my other car uphill and then coasted downhill!

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Tideland Prius @ Jul 18 2006, 09:33 PM) [snapback]288545[/snapback]</div>

I know, I was just kidding.

Wow, it sure would be great to get that kind of mileage! I get around 52-54 on average...but I am all over the place (I drive 28k miles per year, around 80% freeway).

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(TonyPSchaefer @ Jul 18 2006, 10:05 PM) [snapback]288517[/snapback]</div>

Simply Outstanding!

 

Somebody with too much time and money on their hands (and a car hauling flatbed would help too) should find a segment of road that slopes enough to basically coast 40 or 50 miles at a time. Haul the prius to the top, hypermile on the way down, haul it back up, repeat... 30 or so times until you have about 1500 miles on a tank.

I think the east slope of the rockies coming into denver could do the trick.

You'd burn a ton of gas in the flatbed, but think of the picture you could get from the MFD!!!!

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(daronspicher @ Jul 19 2006, 06:04 AM) [snapback]288610[/snapback]</div>

A thing of beauty is a joy to behold for ever. I can think of a number of ways to dry lab, the Prius. I am the past master, never caught, not even suspected. Organic one and 2. Quantitative Analysis, Quant and Qual Organic. Never equaled, never beaten always 1-2 % above or below the actual published data for the reaction. God Bless the Library and the Handbook of Chemistry and Physics. Trust no one!

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(daronspicher @ Jul 19 2006, 08:04 AM) [snapback]288610[/snapback]</div>

Maybe I-80 from Wendover to Salt Lake would be a better choice.

 

Let me get this straight: only 90 degrees, and all that whining ?!?

j/k I *know* how humid it gets in chicagoLand in the summer.

I've never hit > 700 miles on a tank. 690 was the longest so far. I think this tank might make it though. I think I started with a fullish tank, and am now at 550 miles, 66.7 mpg on the MFD, and over two bars of fuel remaining.

Nice driving, Wayne !

 

Nice job on the miles. Yesterday, I had about 40 minutes to kill and I drove a 2.5 mile loop where there was hardly any traffic and I averaged about 92 mpg over the 28 miles. I have been learning a lot on this forum and for the last 200 miles of this tank I have been getting around 75 mpg. My mfd shows 65.5 mpg over 500 miles and I still have three pips left. With what I have learned, I should be able to go 800 miles on my next tank.

I took a picture of yesterday's consumption screen with almost all 100 mpg segments; I will try to figure out how to post it.

Thanks,

Chris

 

Chris,

I hope you know not to presume 12.8 gallons in the tank (or whatever the rated capacity is) at fillup. The time I ran out of gas, I put in 11.03 gallons, the most ever.

I might drive 20 or 30 miles after my the car beeps to put in fuel, but no more. I don't think it is worth running dry.

 

I agree with you; as this is my second tank and I am very unaware of the actual capacity of my tank. On my first tank, I went 10 miles after the last fuel pip started blinking and put 10.792 gallons in the tank. If I don't hit 700 miles this tank, oh well. I'll try again next tank before winter. I'm not doing anything other than anticipating traffic and using the p&g technique.

When I had time to kill, I really pushed the no arrow glide. That would be truly impossible to use in everyday driving as my speed varied from 28-40 mph.

Like I said, the last five days of regular driving have yielded numbers in the low to mid 70's. We shall see. I'm just glad I am not using premium fuel and getting 15.5 mpg like I do in my other car that is for sale.

Thanks,

Chris

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(VABeachPrius @ Jul 22 2006, 12:07 PM) [snapback]290497[/snapback]</div>

Aww cmon and admit it: you are pushing the car up hills

 

Whatever it takes to save $0.16 of gas a day.

 

The Prius Fuel tank holds 11.9 gallons. I also ran out of fuel once and it took 11.5 gallons. I doubt you would ever get that much in your tank though I learned that the last several bars disappear much faster then in the first half of the tank. I NOW fill up with two - to three bars left. I don't care how far I go in a tank of gas only what the mileage is.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(EricGo @ Jul 21 2006, 07:43 PM) [snapback]290235[/snapback]</div>

Yes, 90 degrees - at 11:45 AM! When I left after 3:00 my MFD showed 100'F on the parking lot. But since my mileage wasn't nearly as impressive (53.1 mpg, even with A/C) I didn't take a picture.

Tony - how do you get the average temps for your spreadsheet - is that from the paper?
(I'm thinking I might borrow your spreadsheet format and plug in my own numbers, maybe just add a column, see how things come out.)