Week of May 21th - May 27th, 2007 (US Ave $3.18)

Hard spring rain slowed traffic considerably - 77mpg

 

Home to work - 32.1 mpg, outdoor temp 46, little or no wind. 29.0 mpg and 467 miles on the tank, a bunch of short trips Sat, Sun gave 28.8 and 29.1 for Sat and Sun. Included a run to the Chicago Prius gathering, it was nice to meet a few of the people...and oh my oh my were the brats delicious! Very nice intro by Tony, and great talk about battery pack by FireEngineer.

 

Pretty typical commute considering that I was about a half hour late out the door. This tank started last night at a rest stop on the NY Thruway and has established itself miraculously close to 58mpg despite cruising at 65 and travelling through the Berkshires. There must have been a tailwind!

 

Still wishing I had been able to see the news last night...

Temp at 51F this morning -- no wind:

1) 50.8mpg for 25.5mi (Home to work)

The tank is sitting at 48.0mpg for 165.3mi -- I'm above the 3/4 mark but not by as much as I'd like to be. We'll see where I'm at by the time I get home today...

 

51mpg for the morning drive. 64f no wind.

psy

 

you be the judge......saturday it was 80 and i got sunburned sitting at a horse show. yesterday morning it was 32 when i left the house. good grief.

i really think the warmer weather helps, but for some reason, we have been dealing for weeks with high winds.......constant, not just now and then. it's gotten quite frustrating.........

 

Laurie, I take it there was wind this morning as well? It has been windy most days, but didn't seem too bad this morning in the Twin Cities...

Did that article with you in it run yet?

 

Im looking at 15 to 25 mph headwinds for the afternoon drive. The winds really get old in a hurry. Come the heat of the summer they seem to lay down. And you cant find a breeze to save your but when your burning up in 100 degree heat.

Last summer the winds remained. Couple that with high temps is what put us in a death grip drought. I hope that doesn't happen this summer.

psy

 

107 to work, plus a nicely charged SOC level. Good for making a run at 80 for the day. I need a record 65 going home to pull it off.

Whatever psyshack says about summer I second.

 

14.4 mi @ 73.9 mpg @ 75 degF

Off to another quest for the 70+ week. Went well this morning, only one failed glide, but that transitioned me to S4 easily, so all was well. Scored big on one of the lights I never usually catch.

PoE = 128.5%
PoNFE = 160.6%
EGP = $1.96/gal

EGP still < $2/gal... nice!

Ohh yea... no, the warmer weather isn't helping... that was last month... now it's causing A/C to suck FE

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Chris also talked with me about 20 minutes or so...don't know if he will interview anyone else, but think he wants to get the story out soon. Stressed that using the brakes and accelerator as little as possible makes the biggest difference, along with ScanGage, being aware of the traffic/engine.

Since they are talking a lot about $3.18 gas, I'd expect to see laurie get a mention in the near future.

 

The warmer weather has helped considerably. Most morning commutes coming in around mid to upper 60's with two at 72 mpg. Coming home usually in the mid 60's with more congested traffic.

Did some extended interstate driving over the weekend - 61 mpg on the way there. Ran the A/C on the way back to keep peace in the family with 56 mpg resulting.

Thanks,

Bob

 

Way home from work was garbage crawl and go... filled up today to a 28.5mpg tank, bringing my overall for this truck now to 27.7mpg
Taking it tonight to mechanic buddy who will do tuneup and put on new slightly bigger exhaust system with more flow, also changing over to Amsoil for engine and trans. Putting the ScanGauge into the 98 for a week or so to see what I can do with that. That little gadget sure has helped me on this truck. I :Banane41: my ScanGauge!

 

Ok, I'm not doing quite as good as I thought but there are 2 things for me to keep in mind:
1) I'm still learning about the car, and 2) The car is still getting broken in. A 3rd might be that I'm still destroying the EPA.
1) 46.4-5.8
2) 53.1-9.6
3) 58.0-9.6
4) 69.4-6.3
5) 61.5-13.9
6) 84.3-8.6
7) 93.0-5.3
Average for today:61.0 Tank is at 67.8 after 114 miles and I still have all of my pips.

 

Larry, you continue to amaze!!! :Banane57:

So what led to your choice of a Prius as compared to a HCHII ?

I had an okay trip this afternoon -- in spite of bad traffic. I got it up over 57mpg during the drive and then got to a parking lot called HWY 252. Had to go straight to the townhouse to pack some more (that's where I am now)...

Temp at 82F:

1) 52.3mpg for 31.3mi (Work to townhouse)

Tank is up to 48.7mpg over 196.8mi!! Still reaching for that magic 50mpg that will get me over the 700mi mark for the tank.

I'm just over the 3/4 mark right now so I'll get it over 200mi on the first quarter (yes, there is a lot of top off before I get down to the full mark) -- just not sure how much over.

 

Larry, your experience will be interesting. My guess is that most of the high FE Prius drivers here like myself did not drive their earlier non-hybrids too efficiently. I can probably speak for others when I say the thought of NOT driving efficiently, in addition to being bad, is just plain boring.

You may be coming from the other direction. I don't know that much about your work in your Saturn, but I bet it was much more effort involved. You may find yourself after a couple of weeks in your Prius thinking "is that all there is to it? I miss all the Saturn activity."

Or maybe not. We'll see.

At any rate, not surprised to see you making a run at 70 already.

 

Note: For previous weeks, look [post="28419"]here[/post], and for later weeks, look [post="30965"]here[/post].

Data Dump...

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Column1	Column2	Column3	Column4	Column5	Column6	Column7	Column8	Column9	Column10	Column11	Column12	Column13
#	Notes	Start trip	Start mpg	Start SoC	End trip	End mpg	End SoC	Avg mpg	Trip mi	°F	50W car	Er± mpg
01	Drive in Mon 5/21	404.4	63.8	4	418.8	64.1	4	73.85	14.4	75.0	2.0	3.7
02	Drive home mon	418.8	64.1	4	433.1	64.4	4	74.63	14.3	81.0	1.0	3.9
03	Drive in Tue	433.1	64.4	4	447.5	64.3	4	61.43	14.4	68.0	2.0	2.8
04	Drive home Tue	447.5	64.3	4	461.7	64.6	4	75.74	14.2	80.0	1.5	4.3
05	Drive in Wed	461.7	64.6	4	478.1	64.9	4	74.66	16.4	79.0	1.5	3.7
06	Drive home Wed	478.1	64.9	4	492.3	65.2	5	77.22	14.2	86.0	2.0	4.7
07	Drive in Thurs	492.3	65.2	5	506.7	65.4	5	73.06	14.4	82.0	1.5	4.3
08	Drive home Thurs	506.7	65.4	5	520.9	65.7	4	78.56	14.2	81.0	0.5	5.1
09	Drive in Friday	520.9	65.7	4	535.3	65.8	4	69.63	14.4	77.0	2.0	4.1
10	RT Lunch Fri	535.3	65.8	4	551.7	66.0	4	73.27	16.4	88.0	?	4.1
11	Drive home Fri (tires to 57# all)	551.7	66.0	4	566.7	66.1	4	70.00	15.0	77.0	2.0	4.2
12	Trip to target	566.7	66.1	4	571.8	66.1	4	66.10	5.1	77.0	0.5	11.4
13	Back from Target	571.8	66.1	4	577.0	66.1	4	66.10	5.2	77.0	0.0	11.3
14	Birthday RT sat	577.0	66.1	4	602.8	66.2	4	68.52	25.8	73.0	?	2.4
15	Home to GS Sun	602.8	66.2	4	607.7	66.1	4	55.74	4.9	74.0	?	9.1
16	GS to Bryan (odo 6209)	0.0	59.2	4	69.3	59.2	6	59.20	69.3	73.0	?	0.0
17	RT to movies Sun	69.3	59.2	6	80.0	59.1	5	58.46	10.7	75.0	?	0.7

Column1	Column2	Column3	Column4	Column5	Column6	Column7	Column8	Column9	Column10
Weeks stats
Current city	58.03%							Goal EPA_mpg for current city/hwy split	55.86 mpg
Current hwy	41.97%							Current_mpg for current city/hwy split	67.31 mpg
Difference (PoE)	120.50%

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The Prius does better in the type of driving I normally do. A Prius is best when speeds are in the 45 mph range with stop&go and the HCHII is better at higher more steady-state speeds. My P&G routine would likely be hard on the battery pack on an HCHII since the Honda tends to blast out large amounts of boost when accelerating. I'm probably not explaining it real well but I'm sure Wayne could give a much clearer explaination.

mparrish-I'm already seeing that to get the numbers I did in my Saturn is practically effortless in the Prius. In the Saturn, I would have to pulse up to speed, hit the kill switch, coast, then pop the clutch and start all over again. Occasionally, I would have to key off quickly so the engine would re-start. My wife has caught me reaching for the kill switch numerous times along with trying to shift gears. As Wayne was telling me Saturday, I have to keep in mind that the car is still breaking in and the tires may take 2-3K miles before they're ready to provide max FE. I CAN'T WAIT THAT LONG!