85.7 mpg

what kind of warning lights has he got going??

what he do? run out of gas?

 

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looks like it, but impressive all the same.

 

ok i guess looking at the picture, he has the hazard lights on.

i need to see how he did this. did he post details on how he did this? i can do the same thing, but it wouldn't resemble real world driving at all, and im not interested in any results like this.

this would be like the car the University of Michigan had a science fair i attended back in 1977. they had a car that got about 130 mpg. but it ran a track at about 8 mph...so ya... i can coast my prius around and get that mileage too. but what purpose does it serve?

I think Rays 700 miles is much more impressive, because it was done when the car was serving a purpose. he was driving to work.

 

oh i have many documented examples of high mileage in my Prius so sure it is possible to get high mileage. getting that over a tank though is tough. i already know that a nice low steady speed will get high mileage, but i cant see any real world driving that would allow it. for you to make a 900 mile trip at 35 mph isnt what im interested in doing.

i think we could get great outstanding mileage in a lot of cars doing that. maybe not 90 mpg but very impressive numbers.

my highest mpg for any measured stretch is 111. 9 mpg for 21.2 miles however the speed was more along the lines of 10-20 mph.

but i can see that your record wont be broken by me that is for sure.

 

No thanks!

On the other hand, he points out that he was pushing the limits to demonstrate what the Prius is capable of in the extreme. He clearly is not suggesting anyone drive this way. He is not talking about real-world driving. He is an explorer, discovering what is out there on the edge. It's good to know.

 

Hi Folks,

I recently drove from Reno to Grants Pass, OR via Susanville and Shasta. During the drive around Mt. Lassen, averaging between forty and fifty mph with lots of slowdowns related to construction, I regularly saw high seventies and low eighties. I ignored these reading because if I picked up the speed or hit any hills, I immediately dropped down to me usual low fifties average and at times (big hills) hit the forties.

So I am not sure that I except these examples any more than I feel that an indication of 99 mpg is really significant for me. In the real world it’s a complete, useful trip average that impresses me. Still I am very happy with my mid-fifties mpg with out any driving inconvenience… And it's nice to know what's possible if for no other reason than to stop the whinning from the SUV set.

 

But won't the 10+ GALLONS of sweat that subsequently soak into my FLOORMATS AND CARPETING just weigh me down, thus negating the option of a cooling method with which I may "reward myself"?

 

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LOLOL :lol:

brad you have a point there. speaking of which... now that the weather is starting to cool down here (i said here not Texas!!) has anyone got any insight as to the hit the mileage takes with the air on?

i am working on it and it looks like it does affect mileage a bit... will have data in about two weeks or so. hopefully we wont switch over to winter gas and screw up my calculations. right now in WA we are having an early winter. i guess that is only fair since this past summer was about 4 months longer than any other summer ive seen up here in my 17 years.

 

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[pedantic=full]Where did that sweat come from? Your body? In which case you were carrying it anyway![/pedantic]

Now where did I leave those helium balloons I fill the cabin space with to reduce rolling resistance?

 

Here's one I wrote last week on Priusonline, and got no response. Now I see the light. Thought I was going nuts.--Thanks, all! The title was "Wierd impossible" :cussing:

Driving back from Showlow Arizona to Overgaard Arizona, a fairly flat drive, driving initially for about 20 minutes at 35 to 50 MPH in the town, observed the following on the consumption display:
The four vertical bars were at or above 90 MPG, with most having several regen marks. How is this possible?

Prior to driving home we had been in a traffic pile up for about 20 minutes at very slow, stop and go speeds, so the battery was near it's low charge level. As an aside we also were in a mild hail storm, which I'm sure had no effect on anything, except for our concern for body damage.
Does the vertical bar length include the value of the regen icons somehow?

I'm confused?? After reviewing most of the great material on this site I thought that I understood the system and displays pretty well, but I guess not.

Arnie 04 Salsa about 2000 miles in the Arizona mountains

 

Your not giving us enough info to give ideas.. but here they go anyways. your battery charges pretty quick when cruising. If you just came out of traffic, your battery will still charge up quick. If you're a good drive, your battery will stay at a nice peaked 6 bars on the battery. This will make the electric motors kick in more and make your mpg go way up. It's awesome i get this all the time but half the time i speed too.. lol.. but cool air also helps. The engine runs better once warmed up. I'll have to bring my camera with me some time to show my mpg read our for 5 minute intervals. I get really high mpg when cruising but i jackrabit on starts. so. it stays around 40-50... if i had the patience for a slow start.. i could probably get really god mpg average.