- Absolutely No Front Wheel Drive Pull Whatsoever! Awesome. - Voice Commands work better than I ever imagined about 8/9 times! - My Insurance went up over $200, No accidents ever no tickets ever, knock on wood - I have nothing but contempt and hostility for the Auto Club. They suck alot. - More hidden storage areas than any car I have ever had - 53.6 Miles Per gallon on my first tank! With AC on Auto all the time, I never turn Auto AC off. My mileage seems to be alot worse in town then it is on the highway, complete opposite of what the window sticker described. -Right now, having only put 8 additional miles on the Prius since the last tank fill, I am only getting 32 mpg. I hope it goes up alot. I thought it was because I used cheap Vons gas but its more likely because I am only driving short distances (work is 2 miles from home) - If you push the voice button and say the F-word, it pulls up gas stations -- must think you ran out of gas and that's what we say when we run out of gas.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(macreative\";p=\"42987)</div> Short trips are a MPG killer on the Prius. My weekends are filled with very short trips. One time when I filled up on a Saturday morning, my MPG was in the upper 30's over the weekend. On my current tank I was holding between 51.1 and 51.4 over the past week. Today's short trips droped it to 50.8. BTW this is the first time I have been able to keep my MPG over 50 on a tank. Perhaps the 3500 mile is a point of a MPG jump.
i get a lot better in the city than on the highway... You need to learn a lot of techniques to driving in the city for you to get good mpg. Coasting to lights and timing lights is key. I drive 80+ on the freeway though, so thats why it goes down. My last tank my mpg was 52.4
I think pure city driving will get higher mileage I think it's the short trips period that kill the mileage. If you were to drive 20 miles in the city I think you would see a big difference, compared to just going around the block.
