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First 1000+ miles and 100+mpg tank on Gen III

Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Fuel Economy' started by mite66, Apr 24, 2011.

  1. mite66

    mite66 Junior Member

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    Following the creation of the 1000+miles/tank club by cproaudio, I decided to squeeze the lemon a bit more and reach that significant target myself.

    Previous fill up on March 20th @ 5372,4 km (3338.3 miles) ODO at Petro-Canada and stopped on first click at pump #7.

    Low fuel blinking at 6850 km (4256.4miles) on April 20th

    134km (83.3 miles) driven after blinking low fuel

    My calculations indicated that I could have waited another 150 km (93 miles) but was happy to reach the 1000miles mark so I decided to fill up today.

    April 24th - filled up at Petro-Canada again, same pump.
    6984km (4340 miles) ODO - at the time of fill up
    1611.6km (1001miles) total driven since last fill up
    38.01 liters (10.04 gal) total pumped (first click)

    $1.344/liters ($5.33 US/gal) $51.09 ($53.53 US) fuel cost

    4kWh Enginer kit worked flawlessly troughout the whole tank, was constantly able to fill 4.3 - 4.7 kWh when depleted.

    MFD showed 2.13L/100km (110.4mpg)
    calculated 2.36l/100km (99.7mpg)
    New DTE shows 1224km (760 miles)

    From now on, I will start to fill my tank only to about 50% to save a bit on the dead weight (about 44lbs)
     
    #1 mite66, Apr 24, 2011
  2. Michgal007

    Michgal007 Senior Member

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    That's cool! :)
     
    #2 Michgal007, Apr 24, 2011
  3. cproaudio

    cproaudio Speedlock Overrider

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    You got better mileage than I did so I'm sure you can hit 1,200 miles. I drove almost 300 miles on the freeway with the Enginer kit off so there's no way I can hit 1,000 miles this tank. So far I'm at 500 miles and 4 pips. How are getting 4+KW into the pack? do you have the BMS16D or MiniBMS?
     
    #3 cproaudio, Apr 24, 2011
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    Congrats!
     
    #4 REV-X, Apr 25, 2011
  5. rebenson

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    wow...
     
    #5 rebenson, Apr 29, 2011
  6. Flaninacupboard

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    I'm trying for a 1,000 miler. MFD is stuck on 99.9 and i'm about 575 miles into the tank, just dropped to 4 pips of fuel. I will have to carry a spare can of petrol, since without a scangauge and the imperial gallons meter topping out at 100 (should be more like 120 to match up with 100 US gallons) and the MFD being ~5% optimistic, i could end up only getting 950 miles.

    Ideally i'd like to get 108MPG, since that would be triple the economy of my last car (36mpg in a 2.2 vectra - like a chevy malibu).
     
    #6 Flaninacupboard, May 1, 2011
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