an 83 mpg commute this morning

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well done! all the best.

 

I never saw that mpg number again. I should frame that picture.

 

Is that for a tank of gas? If you went 687.1 miles on that tank, you should have joined the 600 mile club.

 

Yeah, that was almost a whole tank. One gallon left? (see picture at left.) I only check the gas mileage after going thru a full tank. (Short trip mpg numbers are pretty meaningless.) I think the actual number was closer to 65. It was just for fun. One time. I didn't drive over 35 mph, and no traffic.

A more realistic drive, driving normally and keeping up with the flow of traffic, I will get 56.5 (calculated) at the 600 mile point. That's good enough. I'd still be happy if I only got 40 mpg! Retired, and don't drive much. High gas mileage is not really a priority. (Maybe I should buy a Tundra? )

I'd like to know how some of these Gen4 guys are going 700 or 800 miles on a tank? Do they never go over 15 mph? Some set their tire pressure at 50 psi. I like a smooth ride... my tires are at factory specs.

 

Some of them are the Prius Prime, or they are trying to get those high numbers. But yeah, one member actually documented that he didn't drive much faster than 45 for the entire trip, he'd pull over and wait on traffic to die, or resume the drive when it was later in the day, just so that he could join the 700 or 800 mile club. IIRC, we had one member with right around 1000 miles on a tank.

 

I think it turns into a game or a hobby for some Prius owners. Maybe even an obsession? I know my car is capable of getting better gas mileage, but I just don't have the patience to do the hypermiling all the time. I am perfectly satisfied with a 600 mile tank, and 55 MPG.

 

The PC has a smaller tank, so I struggle to break 500 most tanks. My best tank is 569 miles (60.44mpg). I probably could have eeked out another 10 miles or so... but that would be past my comfort threshold... which is already way past most folks.

 

So far we see 40s-to-60s, just a month and 1500 miles into the new car. We just drive it, no eco techniques applied apart from some ordinary cruise-control usage.

It's working as well as we'd hoped.

 

That's outstanding, well done!

I am on 2nd tank struggling to get 42mpg. I now have display set at Eco Score, and I'm getting good scores, just so-so fuel economy.

Today I filled the Bridgestone Ecopias to 42 psi I come from a VW Golf TDI 5M that averaged 47 mpg it's first 200K miles. At that point I started using Biodiesel - and took a 4mpg hit.

I think biggest problem may be the Houston summer. A/C is always on. Lower air temperatures in AM seem to yield better mpg.

 

Eco Score being good does not equal mpg's being good, just a heads up. The eco score is an arbitrary game that is fun to attempt, but not realistic in just about any model of traffic.

If you're getting 42 mpg with Houston heat and using AC, that's not bad. There seems to be a sweet spot of below 90 degrees and above 60 degrees that this car loves. Also.... as much as it pains me, this car loves driving at 55 mph, me... not so much.

 

Well, I got 61 mpg coming back from airport early this evening. Higher tire pressures and lengthy trips are making a difference. This tank now up to 46 mpg.

I don't mind 55 mph but one has to watch flow of traffic. Too much discrepancy is dangerous and definitely not worth it .

 

Well... the speed limit on my commute is 55, so I just stay in the far right lane with cruise at 58.

 

There's a strange situation here in Van on the Barnet Hwy: weekday morning and evenings: the right lane is High Occupancy Vehicle only. What happens typically It's mostly single occupancy vehicles, in the left lane, not too crowded, everybody going like hell, while the right lane is empty.

On the rare occasions I need to drive it alone while the HOV's in effect, I usually throw in the towel, get into the right lane (breaking the law) so I can slow down to the speed limit.

This is dangerous too: you'll get the hardcore speeders coming up behind you trying to pass all the left laners on the right side, can't win.

Ultimately, I wish they'd just drop-kick the whole HOV concept there, it's not needed, the volumes are not that high (at least in my experience), it's underutilizing the two lanes, and it's dangerous.

 

I'm pretty rural, so I'm lucky to have just gotten a third lane.

 

In my Nissan Titan this morning. I got 11.8 mpg on the way to the lake. Now sitting at the Mercury dealer waiting on them to open because you know boats. Always something wrong... Gas but no fire and as a result i burned up the starter cranking. So this is gonna cost me.

Too bad Toyota doesn't make an outboard. Mercury engines - both i ever had including this one are have been than reliable.

But an staring at plugged in Prius Prime.

 

Swap to a chevy 350. Those things are nearly bulletproof and can be set up to be aquatic.