Prius Gas Mileage vs Old Car

I have you way beat. :lol: Well, on the vast improvement of the Prius upon your old car's gas mileage. Try this:

High school/college beater 1990 Buick Century, 6 cylinders, 2 dead, dead mass air intake sensor (cost more to fix than the value of the car):
120 miles/TANK if I was lucky
14 gallon tank
$28 per fill-up
Fill-up AT LEAST weekly

The 'whoa so this is what it's like to be above the poverty line' purchase, 2005 Toyota Prius:
390 miles/first tank
11.8 gallon tank
$20.75 per fill-up (first fill-up last weekend)
Fill-up every 3 weeks or so

I am VERY happy with the Prius. Heck, the savings in gas money makes my future car payments seem smaller! :mrgreen:

Happy driving!

 

I think my previous commuter will have everyone beat. It is a 2002 Trans Am that I had heavily modified and a 427ci engine put in. The week I drove it I got about 7 mpg in stop and go traffic. Pathetic, huh? I have since had a turbo put in and made it a race track only car so no more commuting for it. I've only had my Prius a few weeks (drove it from Houston to L.A.). With that trip I got around 43mpg but just commuting to work, I am getting around 48mpg. Pretty cool...

 

I just picked up a 2002 Prius and couldn't be happier with the MPG. I'm still on my first tank (actually still above 1/2). I've gone about 225 miles and the MFD states that I've averaged about 47.8MPG so far. This is in Northern Virginia commuter traffic which is 1/2 70-75 and the other half stop and go. I was driving a 94 Ford Exploder which recorded a lovely 14.5-16.3 MPG. Yikes! From the sounds of other peoples mileage it seems like mine is a bit low, but I can't complain.

 

I was a miser before (for conventoinal gas at least ), with an '03 MINI Cooper:

Lowest Ever: 28mpg (Nothin' but commuting in winter)
Highest Ever: 40mpg (Spring Country road drive)
Typical: 33mpg

My first tank in the Prius went in today: 44mpg
The trip computer read 50.

I'm not sure the dealer had it filled all the way, so the pump fill may have put more in than it started at.
I had 360mi on the tank, 7 ticks down.

 

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For a Classic Prius your mileage is quite good. 47.8 US Gallon is not too shabby for a 2k2. My Classic (2k3) is doing 41.8 life time US Gallon and my best ever was 48.2 US Gallon. Don't feel bad your right up there.

 

I'm glad to hear that. I wasn't sure if mine was in the "normal" range or not after hearing about all these 50+mpg newer Priuses. I've got 325 on this tank and the display is showing me 49.2 right now which is awsome compared to my previous 15MPG beast. I have not taken it on a highway trip yet where there is a 65 MPH speed limit so I'm not sure how much lower it will go when I set the cruise at 73 for 250 miles. I probably won't know until football season starts up again in the fall.




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