I got 200 mile on it so far, with 50.8 mpg first tank. I drive 400 - 600 miles a week. Is the mpg read out accurate?
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.
It's a little more optimistic in the Gen 3 Prius than it is on the Gen 2 Prius but given that you're in the middle of winter, that's pretty good.
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.
I got close to 400 miles now, showing 50.0. I'll put another 100 on it today and guess I'll fill up at the cheapest place I see. I doubt the problem has been corrected, probably the same computer as the 2010 but I'll let you know. I got a 450 mile trip planned next week, not counting 300 miles the wife will drive it. I would guess I'm getting between 47-48 mpg. This is still not bad for one that's not broke in yet. My wife uses cruise control, I like to watch and glide as much as possible. If no one is behind me, just take it easy, not in a big hurry myself.
My first fill up was 8.75 gal, drove 417 miles = 47.65 mpg, computer read 49.9 mpg. A little over 2 mpg off. I'm fixing to fill up again. This first week have driven over 800 miles. I'll also post this on my gas gauge I loose one bar for every 25 mile driven. I think there are 10 bars readout on gas gauge. I'll post again in a couple days. It don't appear the mpg computer has been fixed, probably never will be exact. I'm doing a little better this tank of gas so will let you know more later.
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?
Just drove 481 miles yesterday, computer read out read 55.3 mpg. My math 10.0 gallons to fill= 48.1 so read out off 7.2 mpg I did fill tank all the way up, its hard to get exact amount of gas each time at fill up. I still had two bars showing I could go 70 more miles.
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 just filled up with gas again, already got 2k miles on it in two weeks. This time I filled up to top both time. 591 miles, held 11.3 gal=52.30 mpg. Computer read 53.3 mpg. Computer is a lot closer than before.
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.
I just filled up again, held 10 gal had been 520 miles= 52mpg. The computer read 53.3. This is filling it all the way up so the last two fill up, computer has been off 1.3 mpg.
