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Mpg declines in show, ice winter

Discussion in 'Gen 1 Prius Plug-in 2012-2015' started by ppimd, Dec 2, 2012.

  1. ppimd

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    Travelled to western Pennsylvania this past week. A number of observations: Outside of any big cities on the East or West Coast forget about finding a place to charge your car. Don't even think about it as I saw in medium-sized towns and communities plug-in what?

    With snow and ice on the roads and very cold temperatures the MPG for the first time dropped to 49 miles per gallon that's without plugging in. Without plugging in, I would get in the 60 to 65 range and of course one has to use heat for the defrost.
     
    #1 ppimd, Dec 2, 2012
  2. bisco

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    yup.
     
    #2 bisco, Dec 2, 2012
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    #3 JimboPalmer, Dec 2, 2012
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    yeah, in "big cities", good luck finding a free charger outside of a garage that charges you an arm and a leg to just park inside. oh, and then some of these things actually charge you money! one garage here costs $3/20 minutes to park AND $1/hr to charge. sure as hell not charging there, lol.

    your best bet is to find random wall outlets, honestly. just earlier today, found one in a free garage at the local VA hospital. went for a nice stroll while the car charged up.
     
    #4 lensovet, Dec 3, 2012
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