Just got my Nautical Blue 14!

Hello All,

Exciting times for dorks like me. Although I'm not a hyper miler, I can't stop playing the game with the damn dashboard data; MPG's specifically. We are less than half way into tank one, and I'm averaging 53mgp, and a bit of that is climbing some hills here in Colorado. I've always been a major car geek; hell I've even been published a couple times (my wife frames the articles), but of all the cars I've owned, the Prius intrigues me the most. I had a Jetta TDI Sportwagen a couple years back, and although it was more fun to drive and a bit quicker off the line, it didn't sound like a rocket ship (my son's words) when we pulled it into the garage. In all seriousness, I'm hitting between 65-80 MPG with the air on without too much effort. Is this normal? I do understand how to feather the throttle, coast and glide etc, but I haven't seen less than 50 mpg on a trip yet; short or long.

The funny thing is that I came damn near to buying a new Honda Fit. We test drove it, and I couldn't get beyond the noise, and it was much less attractive when seeing it close up. Anyway, we are loving the Prius, and thinking of trading our van for another. I drive about 2500 miles a month, and the gas savings with just one of our cars will be $200 a month.

Sorry for the rant, but looking forward to corresponding with other car geeks like myself.