58.6 MPG over 574 miles road trip

WoW That is great MPG;s..... Thanks For Sharring!

 

That's great mileage, it was worth getting your doors blown off by a man on walker.

I completed a 2600 mile trip two weeks ago, and probably averaged about 52mpg for the trip. I mostly cruised at speed limit (70-75), and had a couple of high mountain passes at about 10,600 ft to deal with. Wouldn't like to do that a lot; purple battery city. Pri didn't miss a beat the whole trip.

 

70-75 and still got 52???????????? wow.. I can't break away from 39-42mpg no matter how i drive. 50,60, hard, normal, soft, ac, no ac.... i wish i knew what's up with my Pri!!

 

Very nice indeed!!!

 

The 52 was the average for the entire trip. The 70-75mph portion it was closer to 49, but level/flat driving was closer to 56, and the majority was with no A/C.

Your experience of 39-42, seems low, and hard to determine why without details. Considering Florida (relatively warm and flat), something must be amiss.

 

That's great. I know what you mean by the "social pressure". 56mph can feel pretty slow at times. On our last trip, I drove 70-75 for the most part, and averaged just over 48. But lately, I've been averaging 67mpg on my trip to work and back. It's awesome what this car can do.

 

i just did a 476 mile road trip and had the cruise set at 68. Intersting though as i passed a few of those radar signs that record speed it was always 2 mph lower than what i set the cruise at. I averaged 51.7. i just put new tires on 500 miles ago. they are american platinum which is a cooper tire brand. 65.00 each. i probably sacrificed a mile per gallon but the integrities were just to scary on wet roads.

 

For regular driving, I am struggling to go over 54 mpg. 58 mpg sounds really awesome to me.

 

Yesterday, on a trip of about 140 miles, my wife complained incessantly about how slow I was going ...about 64 mph EEC. ... E10 fuel ... 50.1mpg ... some hilly stretches ...

I'm not at all unhappy with the performance. Touring 2008 #2 ...6K miles. 42/40 in the tires.

 

You might try drafting...

Your next time out on a road trip and traffic isn't bad. try setting your cruise to just slightly faster than car up ahead. Now watch your MFD's realtime mpg, you should notice as you approach other vehicles your mpg will increase.
I've notice with larger lead vehicles I'll see a couple of sweet spots. One will be around 100 feet and the other will be real close (unsafe).

It would be neat to have a radar like gadget you could set that would control distance with faster reaction time. You could then form trains on the highway.

 

This is fine if you own a crash repair shop. If you don't like stone chips in your bonnet don't draft. Stay 2 or more seconds back from any vehicle in front of you.
That is at 55 miles per hour (about 90km/h) you need to be about 170 feet (about 50 metres) or more behind the vehicle in front.

On a single lane each way road you should maintain atleast this gap to allow trucks to overtake.