Document your MPG by doing this!

I see your Gen II and raise you my Gen III. This was taken on July 16th at the gas station.



Although I don't get as good of gas mileage as you, you do have better PHEV system than mine. I'm working on my 1,500 mile tank when my converter took a dump at just over 900 miles and 4 pips left on the fuel meter. I'm estimating at about 130 real mpg. Low AVG speed is due to not driving while in READY mode for the converter to charge up the HV battery.

 

I don't have a plug-in, so it's relatively pedestrian, but you know...sometime in June I think.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3oKCihJYy...SDvY/s1600/2011+06+16+70+mpg+partial+tank.JPG

 

This was taken this morning after I arrived at work, nothing spectacular, but it's pretty much my norm and is above 50 mpg... Sorry, no finger, face or other body parts in the pic, it was too early...

 

there are a ton of fuel savings threads if you take a look. depending on your commute, geography, weather and driving style, 60-70mpg is not that difficult.

 

If you had looked at the posts clearly you would notice those members have PHEV systems. That being said, over 100mpg is achievable in the right circumstances. I believe the record is 118 mpg which is held by a woman in Japan. She is driving a stock Prius without the plug in upgrades.

 

rotfl!

 

I have not read past the first post in this thread, but came here because I'm pleased with the mileage on my '07. So much depends on the terrain I drive. The flat stretches coupled with going down hills sends it way up, but then the reverse subtracts. I will try to take a photo, but I have been getting 50 mpg and for a week or so, it hit 52.1. The weather is such right now that I need neither heat nor AC. When I first bought this used vehicle, I read many threads about how to drive better and I do lots of letting up on the accelerator, watching the speedometer drop a mile and another mile. I glide whenever I can. I don't accelerate wildly. The tips were/are very helpful and have taught me to drive differently than I do in the big truck. And now to cruise down this thread to see what people have to say.
I let somebody else drive it for awhile and their average was about 46 mpg.
This car is a delight. When I see many ads for new cars on TV boasting of up to 32 mpg, I'm so glad I have one which will probably give me at least 40 in the dead of the cold winter.
Don't know what cruise control is or for, but I would never give up my own control of speed. Too many moose jumping out from the bushes, LOL.

 

Having just bought my '08 last week, my first tank was 46.7, and my current tank with 280 miles on it so far seems to be settling in for somewhere in the 56-58 MPG range. I'll post a pic when I finish the tank.

My miles are mainly pizza delivery miles, and I'll admit that getting it into the mid-high 50s for this tank has required judicious modulation of the gas pedal and careful attention paid to the displays and a very sensitive right foot.

So far what I can say about being in the upper 50s is that traffic is annoying, highways suck, and so do uphills. I live in Colorado along the front range of the Rocky Mountains, and one surprising thing this tank has been just how hilly I've noticed the roads are. Watching my MPG display reminds me of riding a bicycle in terms of realizing just how many "flat" roads I've grown up using that are actually very long, steady uphills. It's good though, because it's got me thinking more carefully about how I can alter my routes to maximize mileage by choosing more mileage-friendly uphills and downhills.

 

That is pretty good considering your driving pattern. Congrats.

I am averaging 47-48mpg on this tank but that is based on long highway trips with very little stop and go. The 17" tires are the culprit. In the same conditions and routes usually net 55-58mpg with the 15" tires. *sigh*

Y ou'll be happy to hear that my last trip ended with 36mpg after carving corners at 70mph through the mountains then maintaining 85 mph on the highway. The total trip was 179 miles or so. lol

 

Here's another pic, same tank as my previous pic, this one taken this morning... 59.1 MPG at 380 miles thus far, and still have 3 blips left...



Have to admit, this is probably my best so far, and I have been watching how I drive, so it is possible to achieve over 50 mpg with little effort...

 

Batteries in the camera were dead when I came home so I had to charge some NiMh AAs and take the picture later.

I didn't bother cleaning the fingerprints off or making the lighting great. Just turned on the Prius in my garage and took the pic.

You can read http://priuschat.com/forums/gen-ii-...0-yokohama-avid-envigor-gas-milease-drop.html to see a more detailed discussion of my driving habits but the short version is

High PSI tire inflation (high 40s)
100% Gas
decent weather (60-90 F)
a route that forces some low speed driving (not my choice)
car is in garage at one end of trip reducing need for climate control

The commute to/from right now is ~16 miles each way with about 1/3 of that distance done at 65 MPH, about a 1/3 done at 45 MPH, and about 1/3 done under that (both ends of the trip involve either neighborhood or parking lot driving at lower speeds plus the feeder/backroads)

The only "aero" mod I made was to take the 16" unicorn antenna off the top and replace it with a $4 4" antenna from the local dodge dealership. It's very similar in looks to the non shark fin antenna I've seen on some Gen III Priuses but I don't know if those were stock or not. do not know if the Toyota dealer has a cheap 4" antenna but the Dodge dealer had it so that's what I did. cheap shorty antenna that works I expect it saves some gas but so small an amount it's almost unmeasurable.

Other than the antenna and tires everything else on the car is stock.

 

Sorry OP, but you are acting like an nice person.

You ask that people who obtain high MPG results post pictures, and then give snide sniveling remarks when your request is honored. No one here says that 60+ mpg is a Prius fleet average. We say it is achievable under certain conditions for most but not all drivers. Notice how people in this thread have tried to explain any non-obvious or non-typical parameters of the tank ?

My current tank is I think in the 500 mile range from a mix of highway and 50ish mph driving, and the MFD reports 58 something If I remember correctly. I took about a year of tank fills when the car was newer, and calculated that the MFD under-reports actual MPG by about 3.5%. The data is a public google doc spreadsheet you can find in my posts here if you are interested. I'll post a pic for you tomorrow with my middle finger.

 

There ya go. I suspect that after I actually learn how to drive this thing for economy.. I'll be able to post much higher numbers if I want to...I've had it a total of 3 days now.

 

Here is a video, 61.2 mpg for 549. miles.
54.8 lifetime mpg for 30,708 miles. The trip B has never been reset, it rolls at 10,000 miles, but the mpg avg is continuous.

could not add video directly so here is the link.