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This was my first tank:

Tank Miles: 432
Tank MPG: 53.2
Avg Temp: 70F/20C

 

Tank that ended in April- 654 miles @ 58.9 MPG.
Current tank so far 250 miles @ 58.7 MPG.

 

Thanks Doc-
Did you have the family with you on the highway trips. It sure makes a difference to have a full car doesn't it?

My first guess gauge bar dropped off at exactly 200 miles. It won't be a great tank in the end as I'm driving to the drag race championships in Houston. 380 mile round trip at 75 mph will pretty much toast the numbers on this tank and into the next.

 

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Tank Miles: 397.5
Total Miles: 5667
Tank MPG: 40.4
Lifetime MPG: 43.9
Avg Temp: 40s (but a wide range)
Price of Tank: $23.90
Price per Gal: $2.42 (!)

I never got 9.8 gallons in the tank before - and the gas station wanted the money all at once! Maybe my bladder is stretching for the season (or we finally got that groundhog out of there lol).

 

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I've had my Prius for about 3 weeks and got 44.7 miles on this April tankful. I'm more in love with this car each time I drive it!

 

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April 7 2005

4th Tank

Odometer: 1764M
TripB: 514.7M
Tank: 8.327G
TripB/Tank: 61.811MPG
Display Milage: 514M
Display MPG: 55.6MPG
Lifetime MPG: 51.38502125MPG
Price of Gas: $2.539 per gallon.

 

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Can the moderator please merge this thread with the one of the same name begun by BigFire? [I couldn't post this there for some reason.]

And make it sticky

Thanks

 

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No need. I saw my mistake and remove my old entry.

 

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First tank with my 02 Prius.

Miles: 427
Gallons: 9.2
Calculated MPG: 46.1
Indicated MPG: 49.7

Not sure why the 3.6MPG disparity, possibly I didn't top it off after I picked up the car on Saturday. But when I tried to top it off today it only took an additional .2 gallons, and the 3.6MPG difference would equate to about .8 gallons of gas.

 

Second April tank- 660 miles at 58.0 MPG.

On this last tank I drove 250 miles to the drag races. There was a 150 mile stretch of interstate. I started it at 58.8 MPG and was ready to watch the average melt like it usually does. It started to but when it had gotten down to 58.1, I found a flat bed 18 wheeler with a big air dam in front and got behind him. I maintained a one second following distance which is not all that close. The flat bed allowed me to see around him pretty well. He drove 77 mph, a speed at which I usually average around 42 mph. After 120 miles of this my average had improved to 58.3! It was not difficult driving to follow this guy and he made no indication that it annoyed him. I'm sure some truckers would not like it but they draft each other all the time and I could always see both his mirrors. Your mileage may vary.

 

Hokie-Dave
We are in Fairfax and have not yet filled the tank with gasoline. Our purchase was 27th March and we are mid-way in our first tank (in the car at purchase).
efusco,
"luggage and bicycles" caught my eye.
We would like to haul three (or two) bicycles but have not obtained any bike rack. We still have the one we used over the rear bumper on our 1992 VW Golf 4-door that we just sold. I am interested in very specific details of your bicycle-hauling device/method. We have a Pkg#2 Silver.

 

I must be driving too much because I'm half way through my second tank and I only bought the car 9 days ago. lol I commute from Manassas to Falls Church every day, so that is 60miles x 7 days or 420/week plus litle trips. Wow! I never thought about how much I drive, I should get a life....



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Edited- was in a hurry to get back to my experiments from lunch while making the original post.

Haven't gone through one full tank of gas yet this month, but here's the current stats for my black beauty.

2nd tank ever
Last fillup: $20.75 (March 27)
Current miles on tank: 392
Gas gauge just dropped down to 1 bar
MFD mileage display: 43.1 mpg
-my commute is only 2.5 miles
-we drove to the airport on hwy 40, about 20 miles, traffic at 75 mph, with 3 people in the car

Not bad for the circumstances and still getting acquainted with my new toy.

 

galaxee
Driver's commute in Fairfax / Burke is (round trip) 5.5 miles
We did drive to Woodbridge (VA) Sunday afternoon to deliver our old car 1992 VW Golf mileage 141,365 at the start of the drive. A family agreed to take and use it.

 

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April tank #1:
ODO reading: ~47MPG
MFD reading: ~49MPG (consistently ~2 MPG more optimistic)
347 miles
2/3 freeway driving @ 65-70 MPH
Temps in the 50-70's
4700 Miles total driving to date (3 months time)