Thoughts on why the 2013 Prius is not recording a very high Mpg average. Is is falling below the prior 3 years and not since 2009 has the averages been below 47. It could be normal since it was released in November and old man winter hurt the average. It could be that new tires, new engine, break in period hurt MPGs. It could be a combination of all. Does anyone know if this is typical for all new model years?
i would say it's all season related. give it a full year. temps are starting to climb now and so are mpg's.
Ya,I know thats what I was thinking. Sadly, it looks like I may be turning in one of my worst tanks. Several things may be the reason, I had my tires rotated for the first time, I'm using a/c more. Did less hypermiling. Now when I say less, I mean I wasn't quite as vigilant, I like to start out with that mentality, but during some trips I lose focus. You know talking to wife, listening to stereo, phone call, too much traffic. It happens, I try to get refocused ASAP. This tank may have been under par. Still expect to see 48, but > 50 is the goal. Not sure how to get around he a/c. Once it gets >75 or 80 I certainly turn on the a/c. Maybe I'm just not dedicated enough.
Winter here drops mpg's 5-7 mpg, temps here in the winter run in the mid 40's for the most part but rain, and we get lots of it believe me, also lowers mpg's as well. Now that temps have warmed to the mid 50's or so, and somewhat drier weather last tank was 51.3 mpg calculated.
This last Wednesday was the first time we had a temp at 50 degrees or higher since last year! So yes temps play a huge roll and also you said they rotated your tires, did you check to make sure they did not change your air pressure back to 32 psi and 30 psi? Every time I go, I tell the dealer 44 psi front 42psi rear and the first time I trust them and don't check the psi bang back to 32psi and 30psi. So I try to remember to check the psi when I get home, but you know us seniors? long way home, what was that I was going to remember? Oh well.
^^^We still have the double pink Cherry Blossoms in our trees here just outside DC. Probably come down tonite with rain.
In addition, it could be that after Toyota has been marketing the prius pretty hard, there's a lot of drivers that are new to driving hybrids, and not really fuel efficient drivers? Idk, just a guess. I get 50+ on fuelly on my 2013.
Because the 13' only had the cold weather !!! they started to sell them in November around my area I bought a 2012 on 14 November and '13s were nowhere yet on the lot .. I was told several thousand got destroyed by Sandy in New Jersey not sure this was a sales lie stop me waiting ... but I needed a car anyway for the same reason (Sandy washed away the 2010 ....
OUCH! Luckily I live a couple of miles inland, We got hit, but my car didn't wash away. Do Prii come in via Port Elizabeth?
I too think weather is the reason, my first tank was 43.5 calced I bought it with an inch of ice and 5 inchs of snow on it(bought on 4/8/13) working on second tank my computer is saying 64.3, couple nice days I was getting 70-77 MPG trips (5-10 mile trips in town) Back down to a high of 39F today and the drive to work gave me 51 mpg . Can't wait for this weather to start acting normal and give us people in the middle of the country some loving
Not BAD for the temp and driving thru slushy snow, but aiming at getting 60mpg+ calced for this tank and every trip under hurts it
That what I meant ... the dealer told me they were in port waiting for delivery or whatever they do with them not sure which port he mentioned... but yes several thousand apparently were there and damaged/destroyed brand new (mine was little over 3 years and was not literally washed washed away but water was up to just about where the upper upper glove box is)
Wow! Sorry to hear that! Could the car still be sold for parts? Did insurance cover flooding? I bought my car in Toms River, inland of Seaside Heights, and the dealer asked several times if I was sure that my Sonata hadn't been in flooding conditions. We were certainly lucky.
I had comprehensive coverage. Insurance did pay actually more than KBB value and more than my loan was. So I was OK with that different issue with house. Even with flood insurance I got less than it will cost to fix everything. Homeowner insurance paid 0 (zero).
Sorry to hear about the house, but glad to hear about the Prius. I hear that your experience with the flood insurance is typical. I am not in a flood zone, but carry flood insurance just in case. I wonder if it's worth keeping at his point. We still have many homes on Long Beach Island just sitting empty with no walls. I don't know how they think they will be ready to go for the summer in 23 days. I also have friends in Atlantic City who are still not back in their houses yet.
In part, I think the 2013 numbers are skewed by incorrect classification, now that there are 3 models. For example, this particular Prius V is listed as a Prius: Prius + Advance (Toyota Prius) | Fuelly I wonder how many others there are? There are also some of these, that have an obvious data entry error throwing the average way off: Sandra (Toyota Prius) | Fuelly Drew's Prius (Toyota Prius) | Fuelly
