Kids Science Project - Prius Owner's Feedback Needed

1. What year is your Prius? 2005

2. What color is your Prius? Salsa Red

3. What mileage do you get with your Prius? 52mpg or 60mpg if I try hard

4. What car did you replace with your Prius (make, model, year)? 2001 GMC Sierra Ext.Cab Z71 (twin-turbocharged with over 800HP) and a 2000 C5 Corvette.

5. What mileage did that car get? The truck: 14mpg avg. The Corvette: 25mpg avg.

I added links for pics if she needs any.

 

1. What year is your Prius? 2008

2. What color is your Prius? Spectra Blue Mica

3. What mileage do you get with your Prius? 54 to 56 mpg

4. What car did you replace with your Prius (make, model, year)? 1992 Mazda Miata

5. What mileage did that car get? 25 to 26 mpg

 

1. What year is your Prius? 2008

2. What color is your Prius? Super White

3. What mileage do you get with your Prius? 48 mpg average

4. What car did you replace with your Prius (make, model, year)? 2005 Toyota Tundra Regular Cab V8 2WD

5. What mileage did that car get? 15 city 18 highway

 

1. What year is your Prius? 2006
2. What color is your Prius? Pine Mica
3. What mileage do you get with your Prius? 50 MPG
4. What car did you replace with your Prius (make, model, year)? Nissan 350 Z 2003
5. What mileage did that car get? 25 MPG with premium.

 

1. What year is your Prius? 2008

2. What color is your Prius? Barcelona Red
3. What mileage do you get with your Prius? 47 mpg average
4. What car did you replace with your Prius (make, model, year)? 1990 Honda Civic DX
5. What mileage did that car get? 32mpg

 

For your daughter's sake, I'm not going to officially reply. Not the answers you're looking for - as our Prius is the polluting gas hog of the stable now. It replaced an EV that gets infinite miles to the gallon.

 

What year is your Prius? 2008

What color is your Prius? Spectra Blue Mica

What mileage do you get with your Prius? 42 mpg (so far...only had it 3 weeks)

What car did you replace with your Prius (make, model, year)? 2000 Ford Focus

What mileage did that car get? 21-23 mpg

 

While I don't have a Prius (I have an '07 Camry Hybrid), I'll throw this in, just in case she desires a comparison:
1. What year is your Prius? '07 Toyota Camry Hybrid
2. What color is your Prius? Desert Sand Mica
3. What mileage do you get with your Prius? 38 city / 40 -> 42 Highway (60 - 65 mph)
4. What car did you replace with your Prius (make, model, year)? Pontiac Grand Am (6 cyl), 1996
5. What mileage did that car get? 22 - 26 city / 28 highway

 

1 - 2008
2 - Silver
3 - 51.7 (and climbing!)
4 - 2000 Dodge Durango 5.2L
5 - When traded - 17.5 mpg - It took me 225,000 miles to finally get good mileage for that car. Up till 200,000 I was only getting about 15

Good luck with the project

 

1. 2007

2. Silver

3. 50-55 miles per gallon summer, 40-45 winter

4. 2003 Toyota Corolla LE

5. 25 miles per gallon

 

1. What year is your Prius? 2003
2. What color is your Prius? black
3. What mileage do you get with your Prius? 52.3 MPG over 50,000 miles
4. What car did you replace with your Prius (make, model, year)? Toyota, Camry, 1991
5. What mileage did that car get? 32 MPG over 183,000 miles

Bob Wilson

 

1. What year is your Prius? 2004
2. What color is your Prius? Silver
3. What mileage do you get with your Prius? 4.3 litres per 100 kilometres city 5.6L/100km highway
4. What car did you replace with your Prius (make, model, year)? Toyota Camry SV21 wagon 1990
5. What mileage did that car get? best 7L/100km, worst 9.5L/100km, average 8L/100km city.

 

1. What year is your Prius?
2006

2. What color is your Prius?
"driftwood pearl"

3. What mileage do you get with your Prius?
59.9

4. What car did you replace with your Prius (make, model, year)?
Volvo 850 1997

5. What mileage did that car get?
22.0

 

1. What year is your Prius?
2006

2. What color is your Prius?
Barcelona Red Metallic (little known fact: red ones go faster without using more gas)

3. What mileage do you get with your Prius?
Lifetime Avg 44mpg (2 winters, 1 summer, so it's skewed a little low right now )

4. What car did you replace with your Prius (make, model, year)?
1995 Toyota Camry Wagon

5. What mileage did that car get?
I didn't keep records for that car as well as for the Prius, but I'd estimate around 20mpg.

 

1. What year is your Prius?
2008
2. What color is your Prius?
Silver Pine Mica
3. What mileage do you get with your Prius?
46 miles per gallon
4. What car did you replace with your Prius (make, model, year)?
Nissan Maxiam 1989
5. What mileage did that car get?
16 mpg in the city/ 21 mpg on the highway

 

1. What year is your Prius? 2007
2. What color is your Prius? Seaside Pearl
3. What mileage do you get with your Prius? 52 MPG as of 5/13/08
4. What car did you replace with your Prius (make, model, year)? Kia, Rio, 2003
5. What mileage did that car get? Didn't check regularly, but was around 29 MPG the few times I checked.

 

What year is your Prius? 2007
What color is your Prius? Silver Pine Mica
What mileage do you get with your Prius? 43mpg (14 month average)
What car did you replace with your Prius? 2003 Honda Civic Hybrid
What mileage did that car get? 38mpg (4.75 year average)

 

1. 2005
2. Tidelands Pearl
3. typically 44 regardless of driving conditions
4. Honda Accord coupe V-6
5. about 25

 

1. What year is your Prius?
2008

2. What color is your Prius?
Silver Pine

3. What mileage do you get with your Prius?
Current 52. Lifetime 48

4. What car did you replace with your Prius (make, model, year)?
2004 Jeep Wrangler

5. What mileage did that car get?
18