Cargo to Go

[Leslie Bartlett]

I have an acquaintence with a Prius who did a Houston to California and back
run, averaging about 54 mpg.  It's real, but he said it was a tough drive
because one had to be shifting all the time to balance battery and
engine.....
les bartlett
houston

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From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Farrell
Sent: Monday, April 10, 2006 11:44 AM
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Subject: Re: Cargo to Go


----- Original Message ----- 
Now come on Terry, aren't imagining those mileage numbers?...;-]

David Ilvedson, RPT


I figured someone would take me to task on that. But absolutely not. No
imagination, no exaggeration. 
 
Now yesterday was Sunday and traffic was very light. When traffic is not a
consideration, the Prius can actually be quite a bit of fun to drive. When
there is no traffic, there are a host of driving techniques that one can
employ to dramatically increase fuel mileage (forcing the car to run off the
battery, gliding, etc.). Driving to downtown yesterday, for my first 10
miles or so I had zero traffic and I could drive as silly as I wanted - I
was averaging about 85 mpg until I ran into a bit of traffic that made my
average plummet to 75 mpg!
 
We bought our Prius in mid January and with that first tank of gas, I have
been recording our fuel purchases and mileage. Below is a spreadsheet of our
data so far:
 

Date

Price

Gallons

Miles

Computer MPG

Actual MPG

Cumulative Computer MPG

Cumulative Actual MPG

Total Miles

Total Fuel Cost


01/21/06

2.349

8.978

434

55.0

48.3

48.30

434

21.09


02/04/06

2.299

8.269

474

55.8

57.3

55.80

57.32

908

40.10


02/17/06

2.199

9.408

498

57.1

52.9

56.45

54.99

1406

60.79


03/04/06

2.259

8.463

460

56.8

54.4

56.57

54.78

1866

79.91


03/14/06

2.439

9.167

498

56.6

54.3

56.58

54.66

2364

102.26


03/26/06

2.509

7.968

439

53.8

55.1

56.02

54.74

2803

122.26


04/09/06

2.739

7.415

381

55.4

51.4

55.92

54.25

3184

142.57

 
As you can see, our cumulative mileage is 54.25 so far - and that includes a
lot of rush-hour driving when traffic does not let you drive the way you
might like. 
 
Terry Farrell
 

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Original message

My new Toyota Prius carries a grand action very easily along with several
cases of tools - and yesterday going to a job in downtown Tampa and back (25
miles) I got 75.5 mpg (a definite improvement over my Lincoln)!
 
Terry Farrell


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