March 2005 MPG Averages

Way to go Evan!

 

Ave tank Km: 825
Total Km: 1875
Tank Km/L: 20

Avg Temp: 35
Price per Liter: 110yen

Finally weather is warming up now average is 20Km/l and I can keep up.
If driving around 90Km is best crusing speed.
Oh gas price is up so, it may reach 4bucks a gallon soon :roll: but I hope not

 

Took delivery on 1 March. Put 1500 miles on it during the month. Topped off on the 31st to see how things were going. Totaled all gas put into it and the miles driven (not the mpg indication) to get fairly true mpg for the first 1500 miles.

Oh yes, didn't drive it much different than my previous car (okay, so I coasted a bit on downhill runs, if there was no one behind that I might hold up). The temps ranged from low 40's (F) to the high 50's. Mix of interstate, around town and rural roads.

The calculated mpg was 48.7. The electronic reading per tank load stayed around the low 48 -- about a half mpg less than calculated).

Think this is pretty good as, from the Consumers Report test of overall 44 mpg, I am doing much better.

Come on warmer weather. Guess I'll go with synthetic oil the first change too. Now if I can only get better mileage out of my lawn tractor!

 

March Stat.

355 Mile
Gas price 2.399
screen MPG 45.9MPG
calculated MPG 45.5MPG

Thanks

 

Can you beat this??????Purchased a 2005 Prius on Jan 5/2005. Fuel consumption at 1500 K. Distance of approx 180K. Set cruise control at 100K. Light wind on super highway. Readout when I arrived home 4.2 per 100 K....or 65 miles to Canadian gallon.

 

Gee.....after approx 1500K on od I filled tank and travelled approx 180K Readout on arriving home was 4.2 per 100K = 65 mpg. Cruise at 100K super highway. Should even be better after broken in around.

G. Kadey, Tillsopnburg, On Canada

 

Fuel consumption.......distance travelled after fill 170K.....Early morning.....light wind....cruise control set at 100K (60MPH) super highway travel.

Readout after
arriving home .....4.2 litres per 100K.....or 65 MPG
Canadian. Believe the US Gallon = 4/5 Canadian gal. AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!

 

WOW.........at 3.6L per 100K is approx 75 MPG . Must have had a strong tail wind both to and fro. How many K on your Prius. Mine at 2000K, yet to be broken in.

Langley in B.C.?

 

Odometer: 9528M
TripB: 573M
Tank: 10.17G
TripB/Tank: 56.4 MPG
Display Milage: 573 M
Display MPG: 47.4 MPG
Price of Gas: $1.999 per gallon.

 

May I sugggest that you leave earlier to arrive at your destination on time rather than driving above the posted speed limit to make up time. At 70/80 mph your vehicle will use 15/20 % more fuel than driving at 60 mph. Also, set your cruise control between 60/65 and you will be suprised at the reduction in gas used. Of major importance if your vehicle requires premium grade gas at a premium price. An added benefit of driving slower is the safety factor.

 

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Actually the speed penalty is even greater in the Prius because the other wasteful factors have been greatly reduced. The low coefficient of drag helps but here is my experience.

At 60 mph I get right at 60 MPG and at 70 mph I get tight at 50 MPG and at 80 mph I get right at 40 MPG. When I do the math I get 25% more fuel at 70 mph and 50% more fuel at 80 mph.

 

Yea......a big pay off if one keeps their speed at 65 mph, or less. Gas here is .85 cents a litre and that would translate to about $2.47 per US gal....at regular grade.

 

sigh... prices here in hawaii never looked back. i doubt we'll see prices dip below the $2 anymore. regular is $2.30-$2.70 depending on which island.

 

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Not that it matters but I think it should be 20% more fuel at 70 mph based on your examples.

At 60 mph, fuel consumed = 1/60 MPG = 0.0167 GPM
At 70 mph, fuel consumed = 1/50 MPG = 0.02 GPM
At 80 mph, fuel consumed = 1/40 MPG = 0.025 GPM

So, it should be 20% more fuel at 70 mph and 50% at 80 mph.

Vincent

 

You are correct. Thank you.

 

Here are my totals for tanks driven in March


Total Miles 1206.7
Total gallons 26.45
Total MPG= 45.62

The price went up from $1.96 on the first fill-up to $2.10 on the third fill-up.

The last fill-up was a little suspicious as the MFD had it at almost 50 mpg, so I am thinking our first tank in April will be higher than the MFD.