Having driven the car for nearly a month now, I'm quite pleased with the early results. Any doubts that I may have had prior to purchasing the car have been erased. This is the perfect car for my needs- hence my username. My diligence with keeping up with actual fuel economy has been slack for the first two fillups, but I am going to sign up for Fuelly and share my personal MPG calculations when I can in this forum. The trip odo and HSI are giving me good MPG feedback as I drive the car. A few snapshots I have taken during my commute or after I arrive to my office and shut down the car. The observed numbers are a tad lower on the return trip home, due to slight elevation rises. Take these pics with a slight grain of salt since my commute in everyday is in traffic and slightly downhill
Awesome results! Can you please include the screen showing average speed? I find that VERY helpful when determining what my capabilities are. For instance, most of the time you see a 60mpg+ tank it is followed by a sub 35mph average speed. Those of us with high speed commutes (40-50mph average speed) are usually stuck in the high 40s to low 50s. For elevation and speed tracking I use MyTracks which is a mapping App for the Android phone. There are others for the iPhone. http://priuschat.com/forums/gen-ii-...artphone-app-help-fuel-economy-questions.html
How about posting the readings when you get home or PM time photo? Photo shows going to work. Just a guess since it is showing AM time. Would like to see the difference. Awesome mileage you are getting there. BTW, any modes you are using eco or regular mode?
Thanx for the info & no worries as many factors are involved to make our mpg but it all balances out in the long run.
Here is a snapshot of my trip after I got home last night. Slight caveat: had to take a slightly different way home. Added a few miles to my trip, and wound up missing out on the large uphill climb at the end of my trip. Wound up going through the valley. All in all, still quite pleased. This tank is turning into something fun to watch. Most of my driving is in traffic resulting in average speeds of 29-35 Next post will have the results of my most recent tank to date, and todays morning trip to work.
Can only go as fast as the car in front of me! Admittedly, I am keeping this car to the right lanes and in ECO mode a lot more. Used to be a medium footed left lane and middle lane driver before buying the Prius. This tank averaged me out to computed 60.9/calculated 57.03. Using the P as my commuter car is now a no-brainer. And when I have to run errands on weekends, its not terrible either. Making multiple stops at Home Depot, etc each day this weekend did bring the MPGs down a bit. The computed number read 63.1 when I came home from work Friday night. may have calculated out to the mid 58s or even 59 mpg if I kept it parked throughout the weekend! http://priuschat.com/forums/gen-iii...-please-post-your-results-77.html#post1506590
