Just bought 2011 Prius Two

Re: Just bought 2011 Prius II

The first tank from the dealer never matches what you compute from the fill-up, since they probably don't fill it up completely. Also, the Gen III Prius readout is a bit optimistic from what I've heard. Do a search, there's several threads already on this subject.

 

Re: Just bought 2011 Prius II

Greetings and :welcome:

Your mileages will improve somewhat as you read more in this forum and get used to driving the car. When the temperatures moderate up there in NC, then the mileages will improve even more.

I'll save you some aggravation with the search button.
Your real world mileage will probably be about 2-3 mpg less than what the 'dizzy-wizz' display tells you it is. When you get down to the last bar on the fuel gauge (cool Prius nerds sometimes call them 'pips'), and you hear the first warning beeep, you should have a little less than 2 gallons of fuel left...they do that on purpose.
Try to resist the urge to over fill the gas tank to inflate your tank mileages. The system "miles to empty" will adjust itself over time to your vehicle's average mpg.

Other than that...read the owner's manual a couple of times, and in between owner's manual induced slumber periods, you'll be able to catch some quick tips in the forum.

Good Luck!

 

Re: Just bought 2011 Prius II

I always need to take off 3mpg from what the car says, and that will match my pump numbers.

 

The computer is on the high side. If you're really concerned, do manual calculations at each fill. MPG does depend on driving habits, the crazy hyper-milers go to extremes to squeeze out every last mpg they can get, I think many of them must have OCD. I'll probably get flamed for that comment.

Don't worry about it, just drive it the way you want to, the car will figure out how much gas it needs, it'll be more in winter.

 

That's a question I'd like to ask you when you've filled a few tanks. My 2010 model mpg read out is about 2.5 mpg high--and there are a bunch of us like that--
We'd like to know if they've fixed it for 2011, and you're the person who can start telling us.

 

Mine's between 2 and 2.7 MPG high as well, for the first 4 fill-ups, at least.

REV

 

Computer overestimates by about 5%

 

You must do better than 25 miles every bar
More like 50 I would think

 

Can I ask how much you paid for it? I am also looking for Prius II, but here in DFW area 2010 models are almost all gone. They are asking ~$23500 + TTL which I think is pretty high Pretty much all dealers seem to get the cars from the same place, and I don't want to explore farther. Any advice?

 

I just got a 2011 Prius III w/Nav on 2/12/11. It's Barcelona Red. Whatever MPG it gets is much much better than my big ole Tundra. The Tundra is for plowing and hauling my boat. The Prius is for driving. It handles much better than the 08 Prius. Also, the sound system is awesome!

 

I was quoted $22,500 for a 2011 Prius II. (+ TTL) This was around 2/5/11 and the only incentive I found for Los Angeles Area is 2.9% financing on a purchase.

 

I am running an ECEL spreadsheet for my wife and her MPG. The best mileage she is getting is
60.31MPG and the lowest is 52.95MPG.this is on a 2011 model. This is in SW Florida, with no hills at all, and 70 miles a day of mostly 45 MPH with some city driving. She is very conservative with the gas pedal and really keeps an eye on the mileage and by the way...is thrilled with the car.