Week of January 15 to January 21 (Nat’l Avg $2.529)

Whoops ! Accidentally posted today's drive ( and rant) in last week's thread. I'm still a bit rattled by my stressful drive in to work today.
Thanks for starting the thread , Gord.

 

You guys be safe out there. Roads are a little slick around here as well, but at least I have winter tires on.

42.5 - 4 to work. 50 - 4.7 home. 10-12*F (17-22 mph SE wind)
Tank back up .1 to 44.8 mpg

 

Today , 8.5 deg F wind W10. 35.2 miles , roads messy with a bit of fresh snow , 49.1 MPG. Yes , I used heat and defrost.

 

Here in Northwestern Oregon the lowest price gas is Costco in Warrenton Oregon where reg. 87 octane (10% ethanol / winter blend of course) is $2.599 / gal. Its been pretty much at that price for the last 3-4 weeks now even though oil is well over $60.00 /BBL. My wife and I have a 2010 Prius and her car is a 2016 Volt Premier. Gas prices don't have much effect on us directly of course indirectly all goods and services are effected by rising and lower oil prices.

Temp's yesterday were well above average 55-68 F. What a difference 20 degrees makes. Here are the results from yesterday.
Yesterday, my wife and I went down to Tillamook Oregon fishing in one of the many pristine rivers. We drove down via Highway 101 where speeds ranged from 25-65 MPH. Fishing was not great as we caught only 1 trout, and no steelhead, but it was a very warm day for Jan. The high temp was 68F and the low was 55F on the way back at 5:00 PM.

We took our 2016 Volt Premier which had all our fishing gear and my wife's camera gear as well. When we arrived home the total miles for the trip was 127.8, we still had 3 miles left of electric range on the dash.

Electric miles:61.6 with an indicated 13.9 KWH used

Gas miles: 66.3 miles with and indicated 1.25 gal's use (reg. 87 octane Costco Gas with 10% Ethanol winter blend)

MPG displayed on gas: 53.4 MPG

Now the same trip with temps' in the 40's would have yielded somewhere around 48 MPG on gas and 48-50 miles of electric.

It cost less money to use our Volt to take a trip like this than if we used our 2010 Prius with the exact temps.

$6.27 for the Prius (based on 53 MPG with gas at $2.60 / gal)
$5.05 for the Volt (1.80 for electric and $3.25 for gas @ $2.60 / gal)

 

Wow.

 

That looks horrible. It's definitely good you stayed home Andrew.

41.3 - 4 to work this morning. -17*C (2*F)
58 - 4.7 home. -6*C and no wind. Forgive my moment of gloating, but it was a beautiful Sunny afternoon here.

Off topic, I just looked up Longview to see where you're at. Noticed it's not that far from where my dad was born. Small world.

 

I wasn't expecting the semi to start sliding downhill backwards ! Scary stuff. Today , 2.5 deg F , wind WSW6. 15.5 miles , no highway , 45.6 MPG.

Engine really doesn't want to shut off when it's this cold. I did need electric front defrost , also.

 

I was... I'm a sick puppy.

 

Do we have such a thing on Priuses/Prii?

 

On my 2015 Gen 3 Prius ( cheap-o model) , it does. It's just above the rear defrost button.it blows electrically heated air on your windshield.
Or you can do what everyone else does in this weather: start the car , turn on heat/defrost full blast , come back and climb in the car 15 min later.

 

Thanks! I'll have to do more research.

 

I feel for you guys. We've had some terrible winters here. I think the heavy wet snow and/or freezing rain is worse to drive in than the cold. They all cost mileage. Just trying to stay on the road is tough and the best you can hope for mileage wise is to minimize the damage. Hopefully it won't last too long.

This week is looking like it's going to be really nice here. It's unseasonably warm and giving me a chance to make up some of what I lost in that last cold spell. Today was my best day in months I think. -5*C (24*F) and very little wind morning and evening.
47.8 - 4 mi. to work.
56.9 - 5.9 mi. work to home then right back out to renew car registration.
43.5 mi. - 1.1 mi. home.
Tank showing up to 45.4 - 148 mi.

 

You're an inspiration, adapting so well to your cold environment.