Ok so I began driving my used Prius $3k from a forum member this week. I’ve been getting 47mpg according to the car’s meter, but the manual equation comes to 52mpg using Fuelly???? I don’t know if that’s correct because I can’t believe it’s getting that kind of mileage! The picture attached is 360 miles of driving in 4 day. I’m coming from my former daily that had max 26mpg and I drive 100 miles per day to work. I love the middle finger I’m giving oil to the companies. Don’t get me wrong I love fast cars. And I’m going to get a manual transmission German sports sedan later this year as my weekender, nice car, road trip car, but my Prius daily driver is amazing. I love how I don’t have to obsess about keeping it super clean like I do with my other car. I can park close now. I intend to drive this to 500k or more miles. I averaged 27k miles a year in my other car.
Welcome to the fraternity. I prefer to think of it that way, as opposed to a religion. I am glad to hear that you are pleased with your car's MPG so far, but I would caution you that mid-40s (at least for a Gen 2) is more like what you should expect once Fuelly averages out the differences in fill level. That's still pretty darn good for a $3K car.
Ya I have a hard time believing it’s accurate. All I know is a full tank cost me $21 at Costco. My other car was $40-43 for a full tank. Those are real difference! The good mpg was obtained from me driving hwy 95% little of no stop and go, and averaging 68-69 miles per hour. Ya can a mod change the title to “club” and not religion. Sorry miss use of the term.
Welcome aboard! I think what davecook was referring to was the different amount of fuel the tank holds from fillup to fillup. The second generation Prius has a rubber bladder for a gas tank so it can be very inconsistent on the amount of gas it holds each tank. That causes substantial swings in mpg. Using a site like fuelly.com and taking your average over 3 or 4 tanks at a time is going to give you more of a true average. Your driving conditions are pretty conducive to getting good mileage out of, though. Enjoy!
That causes substantial swings in calculated mpg. This is one of the reasons I think the on screen average is reasonably accurate tank to tank, and not as inaccurate as people make out.
The best way to do this, is to use the "Report" button on post #1 and ask the question. Mods don't always ready every post.
Its an 06 with 253k miles. I'm pretty comfortable working on cars so the miles don't scare me. My 2010 msport bmw has 142k miles and never been to a shop. I have a garage with a respectable tool selection.
What's nice about buying a new Prius is saving gas all those years and if something does go wrong down the road you already saved a ton of money.
nah I really don't want my commuter car that'll acrue 27k miles per year with a monthly payment. It doesn't make sense to me to do that, and I haven't had a car payment in 6 years. Yah I'm a cheap. But an Audi S4 weekend car, I'll gladly shove money to the bank lol.
Yeah you'll get a lot of fluctuations in your hand calculated MPGs due to variations in fill volume. Just keep plotting it on Fuelly for a number of consecutive fills (don't skip any) and the trend line will give you a really good estimate of your true fuel consumption.
