Scared to buy a Prius...

My winter mpg in maine for Dec, Jan, Feb (these have been my lowest 3 months for MPG) from 12/2004 to 2/2006 has averaged 46 MPG. With regard to snow driving, I ski almost every weekend during the winter and I do not own a 4WD car. As far as I am concerned the more snow the better, I put snow tires on the car (Dunlop Graspic DS-2) in November and take them off in April, my drive to Sugarloaf USA is about 2 hours one way and I have never had any problem with winter driving in the Prius.

Month by month history follows:

Month Avg MPG for month
Jun-04 51.70
Jul-04 53.69
Aug-04 48.96
Sep-04 50.60
Oct-04 50.99
Nov-04 47.09
Dec-04 46.13
Jan-05 42.34
Feb-05 46.43
Mar-05 47.87
Apr-05 50.19
May-05 50.73
Jun-05 52.87
Jul-05 52.67
Aug-05 53.65
Sep-05 55.08
Oct-05 52.60
Nov-05 50.10
Dec-05 46.46
Jan-06 47.76
Feb-06 47.06
Mar-06 51.44
Apr-06 51.28
May-06 59.21
Jun-06 65.72

Dennis

 

if you are truly being 'devastated' by fuel prices, you should seriously take stock of your financial situation as a whole, and perhaps, give up automobile ownership altogether. if you cant afford gas, you cant afford a car...and also try cutting back on things a frugal family really doesnt need, like HBO III, bottled water, broadband internet etc. good luck !

 

So has anyone noticed a difference in the 2006 VSC programming from that of previous years?

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