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High MPG

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Main Forum' started by Gurmail, Aug 25, 2004.

  1. Gurmail

    Gurmail Member

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    I have posted 3 pictures in the general album from my very first trip home!! Any comments are welcome and appreciated.
     
    #1 Gurmail, Aug 25, 2004
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    Way to go. Did you take delivery on top of a mountain?
     
    #2 hdrygas, Aug 25, 2004
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    I didn't get a chance to see your pics yet.. I'll find them sooner or later.

    Maybe high mpg is a nice Bay Area benifit. When i drive ( if i drive like a prius driver and not a race car driver ) i get around 50 ( about minimal ) to around 75mpg as an average.. but i don't hold it there.. i like driving fast.. so i get low 40's. Laterly ( with 300+ miles on this tank ) i started driving "prius like" and was achieving these high mpg.. which.. brings my mpg up a few points in one day. Maybe on my next tank after my oil change, i will try to get a high mpg tank.
     
    #3 V8Cobrakid, Aug 25, 2004
  4. Gurmail

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    Thanks. No, the delivery did not take place on the top of a mountain. I drove thriugh country roads, lakes and hills at speeds of 20-60 mph, more towards 30 than 60. There were a lot of ups and downs but very few stops. I have never gotten mpg this high again. ( one month and a week).
     
    #4 Gurmail, Aug 25, 2004
  5. DaveinOlyWA

    DaveinOlyWA 3rd Time was Solariffic!!

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    wtg.

    for anyone looking for his pics, just click on "ablum" at the top of this page and then do a search under "gurmail"

    i have gotten several instances of brief periods of high mileage and it is cool to see.

    i have also gotten 56.39 mpg on a tank to beat the EPA (although i suspect part of the reason was a generous gas pump! the computer was only at 54.5 mpg and i believe it to be the more accurate measure. i am currently testing this theory and will know more in another 2 tank fulls.)

    you will find taht your best mpg's will come not in EV mode but when the ICE is warmed up and running with minimal brake usage.

    i ALWAYS am over the EPA of 51 highway...that is due to constant speed more than anything (i rarely if ever drive as low as the posted speed limit)
     
    #5 DaveinOlyWA, Aug 25, 2004
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    ablum? not seeing an ablum? you sure it's ablum?

    :p

    Just playin with ya!
     
    #6 InTheWASide, Aug 26, 2004
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    Please look under Album at the top of the screen and then General Pictures. They are on the very first page. Thanks.
     
    #7 Gurmail, Aug 26, 2004
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