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WINTER FUEL IS HERE...

Discussion in 'Prius c Fuel Economy' started by alfon, Oct 9, 2012.

  1. alfon

    alfon Senior Member

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    Just filled up at Costco in Warrenton, Oregon. Well, I can say for sure that the
    winter blend fuel is now in the storage tanks and in the Prius.

    Usually when I fill up when I return home in Seaside I have an indicated 65 mpg or
    so. When I arrived home it was only 57 MPG. I can tell that in the instant readout gauge
    was reading lower than usual.

    So average mpg's will go from 52 mpg calculated to about 47 mpg calculated.

    Also the price I paid at Costco was $3.889 per gallon for regular gas. I believe it is
    the highest I have ever paid for gas at Costco in October, which is the off driving season.

    I really feel sorry for the owners of the big land yachts that will now get 12 mpg instead of maybe
    14 mpg's, thanks to winter blend fuels. The price also went up when it should go down
    for winter blend gas.

    It seems like we are living in a Bizzaro world, to coin a phrase from the Seinfield show.
     
    #1 alfon, Oct 9, 2012
  2. PriusCamper

    PriusCamper Senior Member

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    $3.88? Drivers in California are paying $5 a gallon! LOL... Hard to feel sorry for you... Esecially cause on the Oregon coast you're never pressured to drive faster that 55mph... Rural Oregon is awesome! You're so blessed!
     
    #2 PriusCamper, Oct 9, 2012
  3. rockfeller

    rockfeller Junior Member

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    Why the MPG goes down for Winter blend, its a news for me.
     
    #3 rockfeller, Oct 9, 2012
  4. PriusCamper

    PriusCamper Senior Member

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    Prius' that get a bad tank of gas get really bad MPG... It's happened to me twice allready... Most cars aren't so bad when that happens, but Prius' can be terrible with bad gas....
     
    #4 PriusCamper, Oct 9, 2012
  5. Oldwolf

    Oldwolf Prius Enthusiast

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    #5 Oldwolf, Oct 10, 2012
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  6. rockfeller

    rockfeller Junior Member

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    Thanks.
     
    #6 rockfeller, Oct 10, 2012
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