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Vacation Mileage

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Fuel Economy' started by Prudence, Aug 15, 2007.

  1. Prudence

    Prudence New Member

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    We took the annual back home to Indiana trip and just got back this evening, here's the stats:


    470 miles @ 50.9 mpg NY to Ohio. Rain on most of this leg.
    498 miles @ 53.8 mpg Ohio to southern IN, Northern IN and into Ohio again
    492 miles @ 55.9 mpg Ohio to NY and home again. Two full pips left on the gauge yet.

    We drove 70 mph the entire part of the last leg, other than a few areas of 55 for road construction. We had rain part of the way with a high of 88 degrees in the day.

    We had the A/C on the entire way and cruise control wherever possible. I thought for sure going 70 and a bit over and having the A/C on would take me down into the upper 40's. We couldn't believe the 55.9 on the last leg. This also included zooming out at 85mph to get out of a not very nice person's way. :) I love this car!


    Edit: OEM tires are at 38/36 and we didn't use the EBH.
     
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    JimN Let the games begin!

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Prudence @ Aug 15 2007, 08:50 PM) [snapback]496600[/snapback]</div>
    :eek:

    Wayne
     
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  5. Prudence

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    QUOTE(Prudence @ Aug 15 2007, 08:50 PM)

    ...and we didn't use the EBH.


    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(FireEngineer @ Aug 15 2007, 11:10 PM) [snapback]496654[/snapback]</div>
    uh-oh!! Please forgive me Wayne, I was in vacation mode and lost my head! :p What was I thinking?
     
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    I just drove from Nashville TN to Charleston SC(total 1260.7 miles).Averaged 70-80 MPH,kept the A/C on,got 50.8 MPG.This includes in-town driving while in Charleston(minimal).Car has 7500 miles on it:got it in April.I'm averaging around 48MPG with my routine driving.I don't think this is too bad;particularly after the 18MPG I was getting in the 2000 Chevy long-bed pickup I traded in(it had the V-6)!
    When I hit 10,000 I'm gonna try Mobil-1 synthetic oil & increasing the tire pressure to 40/38 as suggested in this forum & will report what happens.
     
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