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Rental car real world (no hyper-miling) experience

Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Fuel Economy' started by AZGeek, May 18, 2013.

  1. AZGeek

    AZGeek Semi-informed Member

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    Just got back from a photography "vacation" driving roundtrip from San Francisco to Vancouver, BC and back over 16 days. Put over 4,000 miles on the rental car (2013 Model Two or Three) on >95% highway driving. I still need to tally up the various gas receipts for actual FE, but was overall very pleased with what I got --- especially since I was driving through the Cascades and Sierra mountain ranges. The pic below shows the summary for the entire trip:

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    retired4999 Prius driver since 2005

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    Very nice trip, Vancouver, BC is a great city did you get to horse shoe bay park? I thought this was a great park, nice and clean and nice shops and great restaurants. Hope you had a great time! :D
     
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    retired4999 Prius driver since 2005

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    Almost forgot, nice MPG on your trip. (y)
     
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    Photography vacation, by all means post a Few photos so we can all enjoy.
     
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    retired4999 Prius driver since 2005

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    Until AZGeek post a few pic's for us to look at here is a tease.
    Horse bay bay park. Vancouver. BC.

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    JMD 2012 Prius 4 Solar Roof

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    I spent a week in the San Juan Islands, WA not far from there. Just beautiful.

    Those ferries and water taxis are fun
     
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    Yep! beautiful area! (y)
     
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    We did a water taxi ride to visit a friend, and he had a small modest home a inheritance from his grand parents. His neighbors had huge homes. Many we're successful Microsoft employees with vacation homes.

    No cars. Great place to relax but I can see after awhile getting cabin fever.


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    Great Job on photos! Nice! (y)
     
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    Had a blast. I had never been to the Pacific Northwest before and really liked Vancouver BC as well as Seattle. Beautiful areas with tons of things to do and see.
     
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