I Beat the EPA--Post 'em here

Well, I guess I beat the EPA!
After one year and 30000 miles, average was 48 mpg. I have two separate commutes, depending on which house we stay in. Primary commute is 40-miles, half 65mph and half 45mph with 10 miles of stop and go 0-to-45mph. Secondary commute (about 25% of the time) is 60 miles @ 65mph and 10 miles 0-to-50pmh. I have taken the Prius on numerous road trips, 200-to-500 miles at Interstate speed (with the emphasis on "speed"). On the interstate I tend to drive with cruise control as opposed to pulse-and-glide, which I use on my slower two-lane road routes (and when I am not annoying those behind me with my erratic speeds). I used the display screens for the first six months of so, until one day when I almost wrecked because of it! I find that I have "burned" the lessons of Prius driving into my brain and foot enough where I really don't need the screens for feedback. I was really happy over last Summer, when I was getting close to 55mpg over my normal commutes. But Winter (temps below 45-degreesF) and likely Winter gas mix brought me to 45mpg. Road trips were about 47 or so, at constant greater-than speed limit speeds. I really have enjoyed Interstate driving, since the Prius is very comfortable and there's plenty of space for cargo. I use the Prius for my Coffee House gigs too, since the hatchback is perfect for holding my sound equipment. I even use the car for lawn and garden supply trips, and carting small furniture. All in all, the Prius is a perfect car for my lifestyle. I would like a convertible version tho, even tho mileage would suffer, I'd still expect better mileage than my Chrysler Sebring convertible. The GY Integrity's wore out after 30000 miles. I've replaced with GY Comfortread and seem to be getting about the same mileage, after 1000 miles, as I was last year at this time. BTW, reagrdless of warnings, I always squeeze in an extra 3/4 gallon of gas at the pump by "topping-off", and that gives me an extra 35 miles range!

 

Not quite the latest, about 20 miles off but only about .2 higher than the picture.

 

And I haven't put air in my tires since January.

 

New Prius -- 6 weeks old. Filled up twice, each time after going 505 miles. Averaging between 51.5 and 52.4 mpg so far. :cheer2:

 

Very nice!

I'm somehow at over 61mpg still with 150 miles on the tank. If I can keep this up, which I won't since I have to drive 400 miles tomorrow . . . Wow I just got really sad haha.

 

My previus high was 58. Now I'm up to 60. This mileage is toi/from work, 14mi each way, and stopping every mile or so due to traffic lights and traffic volume. I'm really getting the hang of hyper-mileing that I can take advante of because my typical speed is 40.

 

anyone try evo mode with 80% or more short distace? what do get mpg?

 

Just reached lifetime 55.0 MPG on MFD at about 2100 miles.

 

I'm not sure why I failed to post in this thread last year but late is better than never

Separate tanks

60.2mpg at 488 miles and 58.1 at 337 miles

 

Well, drove through the PA mountains. 53.5 now.

 

We got our '09 Prius one month ago. Have only got 510 miles on it. Per the MFD we are getting 56.2 mpg so far. Needless to say...........we're very happy with the car. We've owned 4 previous Toyota's that were great too, but we love the Prius.

 

I love this car. Consistently getting over 50MPG on every tank.

 

Rolling hill driving, interstates mostly with a tremendous tailwind. Set the cruise control to 66 and in 480 miles we averaged 58 mpg at the gas pump. The Multi-Function Display said we had 54 mpg. Next day under slightly lighter tailwinds we averaged 55 mpg.

 

Interesting. This is the first case I noticed that the MFD mpg is lower than pump mpg. Maybe just the bladder issue.

 

Almost certainly the bladder. Eventually it's bound to happen. If you look at this version of my spreadsheet, you'll see that in about 1/3 of my fillups the MFD mileage is lower than calculated.

 

Is there an attachment somewhere I didn't see?

 

44 mpg with a lead foot through the mountains!!

 

that is quite impressive I am gonna upgrade

 

My 2008 Prius has averaged just over 52 mpg in almost 23,000 miles of driving in rural North Carolina.

 

Just took our first trip in our 2010 and we had a tank of nearly all 55 mph roads with little A/C and CC nearly all the time. 653 miles on the tank for a calculated MPG of 57.9. In this case, we drove roughly 6 hours a day for two days on one tank!