I think the mileage range is more of a factor of how often they charge up compared their typical trip length. That's why there is such a wide range. Although I do agree that driving style/environment plays a role, it doesn't account for an over doubling from the low (43) to the high (97).
What is odd is that there are multiple drivers with 100+ average MPG's for the PIP's, but they aren't showing up on the bar graph. mitch672-PiP (Toyota Prius Plug-in) | Fuelly As for the folks getting sub 50 mpg, man, you gotta plug your car in and charge it once in awhile.
Or they are regular Prii that are posting in the wrong area. I think that a lot of this is happening in tons of categories on Fuelly. For example, I went down to the Texas State Fair where they had an area they were showing off all the Prii. I talked to a gentleman that was looking at the C and he didn't realize it was a C. He then went on to tell me he owned a 2006 and didn't know if his was a C or not. He was a really nice older gentlman, but oy.
We are getting 105 mpg on average with the PiP. It would be more like 125 to 150 if my wife didn't have to do a 100 mile round trip once a week to have lunch with her dad. Fresh off my 72.3 mpg tank, I'm now at 71.8 at 120 miles with the next tank. I just can't bring myself to do 65 on the hwy anymore... Is there a cure for this?
No unfortunately not. I equate it to when I took all my nutrition classes during college. It took all the fun out of eating most yummy foods. The saying has a lot of merit...Ignorance is bliss.
Yes, I could lend you my wife for a while, so she can sit there and tell you how you drive like an old man!
A friend of mine said that I must be driving like an "old lady". I told her that the "old lady" would put me to shame.
I have an entry! Although I'll probably be at the bottom, I'd like to submit my attempts. I drive mostly freeways (I would say 80-90% of my typcial distance driven is on the 101 freeway in Southern California) usually between 55-58 mph. I pulse and glide whenever possible and look forward to doing the "accordion" when in traffic. This tank was driven the final week in October, starting October 21st to October 26th. Tires are OEM Yokohama's, 44 PSI in the front and 42 PSI in the rear. I hope to one day join some of you folks in the 600 mile club (but I'm still a little nervous about running out of gas, as the blinking last pip worries me)
Welcome to the club, Selzier. I added you but now you have brought us to another crossroads. Do we take ties and use miles as a tie breaker or do we only care about mpg and the 500 mile minimum such that ties stay ties?
I was lucky because the last part of my trip is a 2 mile 7% downgrade where I almost always top off my battery haha. I think that the using how many miles before filling up is a good tie breaker. I don't think there is any other constant measurable variable we could use to differentiate between MPG ties. For now I don't min being on the bottom (for now!!) Do I get bonus points for my S.O.C? And also that my car still has less than 5k miles on it?
I would say that the battery fill should be the third tie breaker. If the battery level is tied, then the first achiever gets the top spot. For Selzier - that downward slope into the garage is nice on the tail end, but probably kills you on start up.
It's true. If my instantenous MPG can be believed trucking up those two miles nets me roughly 17 mpg (I hover one or to pips under the 25mpg mark. If you take even a liberal spin on my MPG, say 20, that still only nets me 40mpg average for the climb up and the glide down
One more tie breaking rule - may even trump the first two items - Generation model. Regardless of miles, if someone does it with a Gen II car over a Gen III car, then I'll give it to the Gen II guy/gal over the Gen III car.
Actually, the GenII is the hypermiler's choice out of the GenII and GenIII. The GenIII averages higher but some think the GenII is easier to extreme hypermile.
I've had both, and I'll stick with the Gen III any day. Maybe Gen II is easier, but if you are in the groove, Gen III should be able to trump Gen II. But I see your point. A lower skill level might allow one to master the Gen II without mastering the Gen III. However, I'll assume the skill levels of people posting here as such that they can handle either car - but this is your list, so you get final call. I still wonder if you'll get the top 20 filled out... This may need to be a sticky post.
