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Saving More Gas/Emissions than you realize

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Main Forum' started by tntna, Dec 21, 2004.

  1. tntna

    tntna New Member

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    Here's a happy thought that I had the other day. First, I don't try to intentionally annoy the person driving behind me. However, I do go the speed limit and watch the conditions so I don't 'speed' to a red light, or have to come to a complete stop very often. More ofthen than not, I have someone behind me that would have been going faster, racing to a red light, etc. Since I'm going slower than they would, they are using less gas and likely getting a better MPG too. So I'm going to look for a decal/bumper sticker that reads along the lines of "if you are tailgating me, I'm saving you gas money" or "if you're behind me, I'm saving you gas money. :mrgreen:
     
    #1 tntna, Dec 21, 2004
  2. tomdeimos

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    So far 2 friends have tried out my car. Both were like you describe, rushing up to red lights and then braking hard.

    One of them drove on the highway for a considerable distance. I had just driven to his house with overall trip mpg of 52. Best he could do was 42.

    He might have driven 10 mph faster (over the speed limit) than I do, but not enough to explain this difference!
     
    #2 tomdeimos, Dec 21, 2004
  3. DanMan32

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    Actually, 10MPH over speed limit on a highway could result in 42MPG. MPG drastically drops after 65MPH.
     
    #3 DanMan32, Dec 21, 2004
  4. MaxZolt

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    I've noticed the same thing. When other people (usually my parents) drive my Prius, they get somewhere between 30 and 40 mpg (city driving), while I usually get around 45-50. I've also noticed that they tend to brake a lot harder, and I've seen them generate up to 150 Wh - 3 of those little symbols on the Consumption graph - in a five-minute period.
     
    #4 MaxZolt, Dec 21, 2004
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