Yea, I too find that "why haven't you been playing the game" comment distasteful. Perhaps he didn't know you just got your PiP nor that PiP just launched there.
I make a suggestion that you initiate a second contest (or a second part of this contest) that has all the same rules except requires at least 15,000 miles as the total miles. That is the average miles traveled in a year, and would give a good idea what the Prius can do over a long period of time that includes all the seasons.
Sad not Happy picture ! Ok I've gone on before about "The Formula" yet defended Markabele's decision to keep it BUT for the record I had to share this pic which was soon to be a decent challenge to Retured4999's dominance. I've got 39 miles to go and was on pace for 173-174, had 46 gas miles so I assumed I had another 5-6 to play with based on my last go... It was fogging up, wife hit defrost, we're going up a hill and ICE kicked in. In that one mile my calc went from 173.6 down to 146.6. That's a whole lot more that the 3-5% ? think that was the Max # someone said the formula could be off by ! So don't change it - fine, I'll have another go but its a LOT of gaming http://i1329.photobucket.com/albums/w545/golfx15/photo_zps30665b03.jpg
Boys, sorry but with my driving patterns, of 4-6 90 miles one way trips a month this is probely the best ill ever do.
I got that. This was a pretty glaring example. I just reset and started again... I figured the way the formula works I was better off resetting than building from 1 gallon (up to 1.99 that counts like 1.5 )
I've owned a PIP for 11 months but only have 8000 miles on it, so after actually making it to #5 on Top 20 list, I'm informed I'm a below average guy. I guess 10,000 miles might not cover all seasons for some, but does for below average guys like me. And I thought the current game took a long time to play!