Toyota Prius: Mileage per gas tank

"dlamondin via CarKB.com" <u23821@uwe> wrote in message
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What mileage are you getting now? Do you commute? If so, what is the
one-way distance? If it is less than 5 miles, you certainly can't expect to
get the EPA city figure. What is your highway speed? If it is over 55, you
certainly can't expect to get the EPA highway figure.

Bill wrote: 

Bill,

I work from home so there is no cummute. Mostly I run around and the trips
are much less than 5 miles. When I drive on the highway my speed is usually
70 miles/hour. I guess those are two reason for the lower milage.

thank you,

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"dlamondin via CarKB.com" <u23821@uwe> wrote:
 

Being around 350 miles when the gauge first hits one bar isn't all that
uncommon for my 2004, but the real question is how many miles per gallon
are you getting? How many gallons have you put in at each fillup?

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Mike Rosenberg wrote: 

I'm not exactly sure how many miles per gallon I'm getting. I'm going to pay
a little closer attention to it and also keep track of how many gallonns I'm
putting in per fill-up. 

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"dlamondin via CarKB.com" <u23821@uwe> wrote in message
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I'm getting better than 50 however under those circumstances I'd expect
about 35 overall. You are probably doing better than that (you didn't say)
because one rarely gets more than 9 gallons in the tank any you are making
350 miles.

"dlamondin via CarKB.com" <u23821@uwe> wrote:
 

Over in GreenHybrid.com, we have a FAQ about how to get optimum Prius
performance. It is in the Prius forum.

Bob Wilson

I commute to work 52 miles one way and I take the secondary roads and
drive as close to 40 MPH has possible all the way. Ever since I changed
my route to work by staying off the interstate and slowing down I'm
consistently getting 63 MPG and easily 600 miles per tank.

Slow down and drive 40 MPH if you want higher MPG and more miles per
tank.

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Bravo! It's more relaxing too, isn't it?