Canadian Prius c fuel economy thread

For Canadians that have any possible access to 100% ethanol-free gasoline, please go to pure-gas.org for the few addresses, details & a great zoomable map, showing the 5200 stations(10 in every 350) selling 100% pure gasoline. After switching our 3 cars to 100% pure gasoline, the 3 cars' mpg increased(of course, in Canada decrease is better) by 8%, 7-8% & 5%. All engines run smoother, quieter, & need less downshifting to ascend hills.
Altho most(?) U.S. drivers don't have access to the 5000 stations selling 100% pure gasoline, Canadians DON'T EVEN HAVE 200 STATIONS. British Columbia & Ontario have the most stations selling 100% pure gasoline. If you have any stations within range, use 100% pure gasoline. Your engine will thank you by giving you a car with better performance.

 

Thanks for the headsup litesong. Found a place in Waterloo - that's I'm going to start going too.

 

Most of the time, buying higher octane gasoline for your lower octane designed gasoline engine is not worth it. Your 87 octane 100% ethanol-free designed engine gives its best performance with 87 octane 100% ethanol-free gasoline. This is not rocket science. But it is good 87 octane 100% ethanol-free gasoline designed science.

 

I don't know where you live, but I see 3 stations selling 87 octane 100% ethanol-free gasoline in & around Toronto. You really must get all the ethanol out of your gas tank & use a series of tanks to see the delights of 100% ethanol-free gasoline. You & your engine will understand that 100% ethanol-free gasoline is well worth some inconvenience, time, distance & planning to guarantee you pump 100% pure gasoline into your tank.

 

What station did you find in Waterloo selling pure gas and what was the octane
thanks

 

I see. pure-gas.org seems to have 2 mistakes. Two places located close to Toronto on the map really are in the wrong place, & both should be somewhere in the U.S.

 

All octane's, I called them - but I haven't had a chance to fill up there yet.

(Waterloo - ESSO - 87 89 91 - Wagners Corner - 885 King St. North)

 

If I'm reading the site correctly, there are no stations in the Greater Vancouver area that have ethanol-free gasoline any lower than 91 octane.

My fuel economy on a commute from East Van to Burnaby with a big up/down in it, over five days in which the first two had Eco Mode off and the remaining three had it on - came out to 4.3 L / 100 km.

 

I am getting an average of 4.1 on a little over 2100 kms in the 2 weeks that I have had it. I live in a area with a lot of mountain/uphill and, of course downhill driving. I drove down a mountain the other day and the engine didn't come on for at least 10 kms. !!!

What a great car...

Premium Package Silver Metallic

 

That's ~84 mpg US...drive home was ~73 mpg US. That's including the usual 5-10 min warm up period.

 

I just returned from a 1243 km return trip from Vernon bc to Cranbrook bc. I drove the Crow's Nest highway. The trip average was 4.8. This is excellent considering that I was traveling through the mountains at speeds of 100 -110 kph

 

My commute from Clark/1st to south Burnaby was amazing today. I took Knight, Marine and North Fraser way... and managed to eke out 3.3 L / 100 km! Normally I'm up in the 4-4.3 range taking that route or any other. I think it was because today the traffic was "slow and go" but not often stopped. So sometimes I was stuck behind a truck at 40 km/h but I just continued to glide. This trip involves an uphill and down, although it is net a little bit down. What really surprised me was that by the top of the hill, I was around 5.1 for the trip - normally it's a lot higher going uphill. I credit the fact that I hit very few red lights and was moving in slow, steady traffic, such that I rarely had to gas it up quickly.

 

The shortest distance-wise route is to take Kingsway to Boundary and down the hill, then continue onto North Fraser Way. The obstacles are:
- Ongoing construction along Kingsway means frequent unpredictable stops and lane changes
- Kingsway has many blind corners where I can't judge an upcoming red light until I'm too close to stop efficiently
- More pedestrians and, worse, parallel parkers blocking the right lane of traffic
- The Boundary hill is too steep to capture as much regeneration energy as possible, and most of the time I have to stop completely at the bottom of the hill
- The same hill going up is quite taxing on the acceleration

Nonetheless perhaps I'll try Kingsway again when - if - the construction ends.

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On the way home I took North Fraser again, Marine, Argyle to 59th to Knight and then home (since there is no direct turn from WB Marine to NB Knight). I managed 3.8 L / 100 km with a slight net uphill. So today I averaged 3.55. Not bad! I found myself behind a gradually accelerating truck again so I decided to roll with it because it helped me keep my acceleration down. And unlike other times that I go easy on the accelerator, nobody wants to cut in front of me when I'm behind a truck, because they're going to pass the truck too Total drive time was about 28 minutes. On super-good traffic days I can rarely get down to 25 minutes with Kingsway, but then on the worst days it's more like 35 so it's a gamble.

59th is a little residential street and I know I shouldn't be using it to cut over, but it just happens to be the first turn with no stop sign. If I wait longer and make the next turn from Argyle I have to brake at the top of a hill and wait longer.