San Francisco owners MPG

San francisco is hilly, tons of traffic, stop sign almost every block some blocks are less that 500 feet! Yes expect SF city mpg 30-38 mpg, my vw tdi got 22-26 mpg the Volt gets 55-65 mpg e depending on price of gas vs kwh cost! Heck my ram pickup get 7-11 mpg city! I would burn 20+ gal of gas every 160-200 miles!

 

Make sure you have your ECO button pushed to the on position... I had a friend who for fun turned mine off and my MPG went way down. You can tell because the A/C will blow full blast when it's off.

Thank you, but keeping the car in Eco mode makes it border line painfull to get it up a 15-20 degree hill.

Eco just controls the throttle response and AC/Heater.

I keep AC off most of the time. Just the fan. It's around 60-70 in San Francisco most of the time

 

Eco mode don't help much in S F driving condition. Hills. Stop and go, heavy traffic, lots of cars in a place there not much room! Pick idea routes and time to drive! It's lot worst in the L.A. area spending 1-2 hrs to travel 10-15 miles!

 

reset the meter and take it for a nice long drive outside the city. 20 miles should give you a reasonable readout.

 

agreed, but a test run outside the city would give you a better comparison to fuelly.

 

I'm across the Bay from you, but live in a hilly neighborhood. After 2 years, I'm averaging 37mpg, always on Eco mode. Most of my trips are under 3 miles, a mix of city and highway traffic; which (off-topic) makes it difficult to have non stinky/moldy AC, since a common solution is to run the vents on outside air for a few miles. I just don't use the AC much, which is silly for a new car with 6,000 miles.

 

i get 37-38 mpg on the city , but when driving in freeway is more MPG could 40 or 40+mpg depend how long drive in the free way speed about 75 Miles .

 

They say Prius v is very good for short trips, with a shorter warm-up time. 35 MPG in SF does not sound too bad at all for a v.

There have been prior threads on San Fran MPG, probably not for v though. Use search function.

 

Well not if you leave the AC off, lol.

 

I have a 2014 model 3rd gen Prius purchased used at 2017 at 96 k miles and as of now it has 238k miles I worked for ride share in SF for 3 years I experienced exactly the same numbers. It gets 48-50 mpg on highway. I perform basic maintenance myself There isn’t any evidence of burning oil yet. What comes out is what goes in

manual calculations confirms Prius comp. results 35-38 mpg in city 48-50 on Freeway. Brand new vs. used tires also affects the average mpg as well as if driving with fresh oil vs old. I also observed about 10-15 mpg difference when power button is on vs. eco. I was going with 5k OCI since started performing oil changes myself based on the drained oil condition I observed recently, switched to 7.5k. Before backing up to 7.5k once I tried 10k as recommended by manufacturer drained oil was almost black although it might Still be fine for the peace of mind I have decided 7.5k is the sweet spot. 0w-20 full synthetic Walmart oil. Not burning oil yet at 238k on odo.

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I don’t think there is much difference if any in between Prius vs Prius V average mpg. Both are basically the same car one with larger trunk space.

I disagree, having been driving 1000 miles every week in SF for past 3 years. Staying with eco mode is well worth regardless of driving conditions. I have clocked total of 155k miles in SF and keeping track of my actual earnings I keep close look fuel consumption in daily and weekly basis. In Stop and go traffic and speed up to 15-20 mph Prius stays mostly on electric drive until battery needs to be topped off or if additional torque is required to keep moving. There for , Prius advertised factory average mpg readings for in-city driving is slightly higher vs. Freeway driving.