First road trip in my 08 Prius

I got my 08 Prius 3 weeks ago this past Friday night. It was 4-18-08 when we picked her up with 3 miles. Friday and Saturday, May 9-10, 2008, I took my first trip in her. I went from Dallas to Lubbock, TX. My son graduated May 10, 2007 from Texas Tech.

I filled up on Friday morning. Before I tell you about my trip, let me tell you what I have gotten in mileage to date. My first tank, I got 462 miles which netted me 47.97 MPG. My second tank I got 332 miles, but I filled up with 4 bars left for my trip and I got 52.65 MPG.

On my third tank, this was my Friday fillup. I had to go to work so I filled up and drove 22 miles to work. At 2 PM I took off and headed to Lubbock after picking up my wife. I drove a total of 441 miles on that tank and I received 45.69 MPG. Most of this was done at highway speeds (70 MPH) and running a/c.

I filled up in Lubbock just as I was leaving as I was down to 1 bar on my fuel gage. I drove back home again at highway speeds, I used a/c a lot and I still have 3 bars on my tank. I will drive it this week to work until I get down to 1 bar. Once I fill it up, I will come back and update this story. Just so you know, Lubbock is about a 6 hour drive from Dallas.

I am very impressed so far with my Prius. I traded in a 1996 Lexus ES 300 on it which only averaged 20 MPG in the city. In the city only, I am averaging over 50MPG. While I was in Lubbock, I had an old man stare curiously at the car and after a few minutes, he came over. He said I want to take a close look at the car that gets over 40MPG. I said, I get over 50! He said OH!. He stared momentarily and walked away.

I talk about my Prius quite a bit, but many others ask about it. This car turns heads! I will take another trip starting on May 22. This trip will take me over 3,000 miles, I will go to Ohio, to Colorado and back home to Texas! I hope to take pictures and update this site as I am on the road. That trip will really tell me what I can expect from my Prius. Please check back when I write that trip! Take care and thanks for reading. Go Prius and go Red Raiders!

 

Hey Fed:

I averaged 47.47 on my trip back from Lubbock. Look for my thread about my latest trip coming soon!

 

Pablo, were you doing 85-90 to do that? That is way too fast for me!