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I do 600 km every two weeks! Living 20 km from work plus weekend trips add up quickly.

 

Re: June 2005 mpg averages

Tank Mileage: 846km (525.7 miles)
Total Mileage: 5846km (3633 miles)

MFD Average: 4.5L/100km (52.3 mpg)

Amount Filled: 39.100L (10.3 US gallons)
Price per Litre: 84.4¢

 

Is this the Canadian-only June results?

First tank for June (2nd tank overall):
414 Miles, 9.85 US Gallons= 42 MPG (Computer had 44.9). Price per gallon: $1.979 (testing native american reservation gas...). Wife drove over half the mileage, and she lives by cruise control...
Lifetime mileage 43.74 over 817 miles.

 

I just haven't needed to stop for gas yet. So far, it's 510 miles at 61.6 MPG with three bars left on the guage.

 

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Picked up the Prius on June 1, I filled up last night with 408 miles on the car and two bars still showing. I set the pump at the lowest delivery rate, it clicked off at 7.996 gal. I clicked it a couple more times but could only get to 7.998 gal. MFD was saying 43.7 and this figures out to 51. :mrgreen:

The one thing however, the car had 5 miles on it when I took delivery, don't know how many were on it when the dealer filled it up...

 

My first tank got 397 MPG is this okayyy
???

 

Re: June 2005 mpg averages

First fill up on 12 June. I've owned my Prius
since 19 May. I filled with two bars remaining.
I didn't do much of an extra fill, except to round
out the amount to $16.31 (I obviously added a
smidge extra).
Although my work commute was bringing my
average down, I was able to raise it up with
all the driving I did to and from the Green Party
of Texas convention that we were hosting in
Dallas.

8.199 Gallons
$1.989/gallon
417 miles
calculated avg. 50.9 mpg
MFD showed 51.1

Esther

 

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I just got my car in May, but I noticed an improvement in June.

May: 42.0 MPG on 800+ miles

June: 45.5 MPG on 250+ miles

I have just over 1000 miles on the car and have noticed a steady improvment in my MPG. I am still nowhere near the 50+ that some people report, but that is possibly because I am in Los Angeles and have lots of accelerating up hills (every freeway entrance) and lots of traffic waving. (slam on breaks, quick acceleration)

Anyway, looking forward to the gas mileage post break-in period.

 

Re: June 2005 mpg averages

Since my mpg post in May the car has had a few fillups after 480-500 miles each avg about 49mpg (actual) and the computer showed mpg in the low 50's. That post in May showed 480 miles of driving yielding computer mpg of 55+ and actual of 59+.

Today I filled the car up. Same filling style ('topped off' a few times after auto shutoff), same station). Tried really hard w/ my methods as stated on the May post. I drove most of the tank this time (wife drove only a little bit). The results are outstanding!!

Miles: 479.8
Gallons: 6.904
Computer mpg: 56.9
Actual: 69.5!!!!

(BTW, gas in Buena Park, CA is $2.259/gallon)

 

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Those are US gallons I take it.......must be a record MPG I would think.

 

Re: June 2005 mpg averages

Tideland P: Yep! I can't put anymore gas in the thing!

My brother and I pride ourselves in figuring out the cars. There is potential in the cars; we're not making something out of nothing-we're just minimizing the wastes in our driving styles. His Honda Insight (EPA 67mpg City) would normally get mpg in the 70-74 range and occasionally would get leg mileage of up to 80-92.

As I wrote in the May mileage post, I try to drive the Prius to make the computer either turn the engine off or run it at a lower setting. Basically I accelerate smartly (not too hard) to cruise (preferably 40-50; Freeway speeds depending on slope and conditions). Then lift completely off and then immediately go back on throttle easy to maintain cruise. Other factors may vary my style but this is basically it.

We're not lollygagging and slowing traffic either. However if in a rush, mileage will suffer.

It's a feel thing combined w/ monitoring the display.

 

You really can't count on the calculated average for one tank in this car. I think your next tank will fall in at less than the mfd average. Great figures nonetheless. Let us know how the next one calculates.