Drove a route to the university tonight. The Gen 2 would've netted me around 4.1L/100km. I started out the trip with 4.2L/100km showing on a new tank. My Gen 3 doesn't have a trip summary like the newer cars but it does show that terrain matters greatly. 3.9 = 60mpg indicated. Of course calculated is probably closer to 4.1 or 4.2 (56-58mpg). My normal commute averages out to 4.2L/100km (56mpg) in the summer but with traffic it's usually closer to 5L/100km (47mpg). Winter adds another 0.2-0.3 so I'm down to 45mpg.
Nice! I wish I could see that. Maybe if I did more city driving in warmer temps, on non ethanol gas, with better roads....
Unless you pump 91, the fuel is mixed with ethanol here. I know if I use ethanol-free 91 (from the US), I will gain 1-2 mpg. But the difference between 87 and 91 here is not worth the extra 1-2 mpg (almost 25¢/litre or 75.6¢/gal at current exchange rates). The difference between 87 and 91 in the US is much smaller.
There are very few stations where I live where you can get E0 but you pay about $.50 per gallon more. Look up stations here. Ethanol-free gas stations in the U.S. and Canada
This is what our 2010 Prius II with 149 k miles was able to achieve this morning on my commute into work: 7.5 years and still going strong. Trying to make sure I am ready to do my best for the Prius Challenge .
That's pretty good. I never understood how everyone was able to get that mpg although I did not make a "conscious" effort to increase my mileage, I just drove regularly and use eco all the time (actual eco, where the light said eco on the dash). When I first got the car I was getting 52mpg, then when I got rid of it, it was still getting 49mpg. So pretty consistent all those year. I never got to the 57+ mark. I think once I had a run of luck and got 54mpg but that was fleeting.
There was a fair bit of traffic and it was slightly warmer up here in the Bay Area. I need to double that mileage on Friday March 3rd, otherwise I might disappoint @3PriusMike and the other team members at Sonoma raceway. I'll keep trying to get better.
It will be a 2017 Gen 4 with the tech package, according to what was said at the orientation. Should be easier to attain higher mpg, but I got to use what I got.
Our 2010's lifetime fuel economy is pretty much what's shown in the Fuelly icon (4.9 liters per 100 km, translates to 48 mpg US) , apart from maybe a couple of 1000 unaccounted km's at the outset. This is on 17" Michelin Pilots, and sometimes on X-Ice. In the early years it was mostly my wife driving it, short trips between clients. We're both retired now and it's still a lot of short trips, shopping runs and the like. Good car, good mpg.
