50 mpg city 60 mpg fwy

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  1. gringostar

    gringostar Junior Member

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    Hello all,

    The following Los Angeles Craigslist folks swear their 2005 Prius cars get 50 mpg city and 60 mpg fwy. I've emailed them and asked them for a photo at say 300 miles. None of them have responded back to me. Maybe some of you would like to ask them.

    You'd think that someone getting such incredible mileage would be ecstatic to show off???!!!

    2005 Toyota Prius in great condition!

    2005 Toyota Prius

    Toyota Prius 2005- one lady owner
     
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    Update: The first guy emailed me back and said it was a mistake. He changed his ad. Nice guy. The third listing is hillarious. He gets 60 city and 50 fwy. I guess it's possible if one were to drive say 10 mph in the city.
     
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    Why do you care?
    That kind of fuel economy is driver dependent.
     
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    I care a lot. I find it humorous that many sellers out there are trying to lie to the general public about the actual mpg of these cars. I find it interesting to post somewhere where the general public knows much much more than most sellers out there. These sellers are lying!!! Call me the mpg Prius Police. So be it. I feel strongly about honesty and I hate to see others lie especially when trying to sell a Prius.
     
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    Go look up EPA for a 2005 Prius
     
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    48 city 45 hwy
     
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    prius epa .jpg
     
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    Honda was sued for overstating MPG
     
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    There you go, although the city/highway is reversed from your OP.

    Explanation: If you drive like the test cycle as it ran in 2005, expect 51/60 MPG.
    I personally routinely beat the old EPA numbers, but most people do not.
     
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    i get 65/60, but i drive 11 mph.:)
     
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    I routinely get about 2.4mpg (actually 99.9l/100km) on my Prius.

    I'm not putting that in my ad when time comes to sell... ;)


    (It's a bug in the software: somehow driving off on electricity alone, so accumulating distance with no fueluse whatsoever causes this error for the first half mile or so, then it jumps to e.g. 2.1l/100km, so around 110mpg).
     
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    It will be hard to sustain a charge of 'lying' when they can produce the original and official Monroney label clearly showing EPA ratings of 60 city, 51 highway. Even your fueleconomy.gov image shows those figures.

    Granted, that is from the outdated EPA scale, and few drivers achieved those numbers, especially in typical SoCal traffic. But as Sagebrush mentioned, some drivers do meet and/or beat the EPA figures, both old and new. (See the above page's individual user reports for examples.) I routinely beat the new scale numbers in both my current vehicles (hybrid and non-hybrid). I also routinely beat the old scale EPA numbers in one past non-hybrid, and less frequently in another.

    You could get away with a 'misleading' claim for the average driver, but 'lying' is an exaggeration.
     
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    You don't believe everything you read right?
     
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    I have a 2008 I always get better mileage on the highway usually 48-52. City 46-48. In the summer with Las Vegas heat it drops 2-6 mpg.
     
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    Only if I read it on the internet.

    OP: YMMV.
     
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    down hill both ways?
     
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    both my 10 yr old prii are damn close to the mpg as shown on a new one, why buy a new one? I don't like the dash on the gen 3 anyway
     
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    if its on the net it has to be true, its the law!
    :cautious:
     
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    The main thing I like about the Gen III is the lack of any belts whatsoever. The Gen II still has a water pump pulley (with belt). Otherwise, the Gen II is a sweet ride.
     
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