Week of April 16 to April 22 (Nat’l Avg $2.714)

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  1. PaleMelanesian

    PaleMelanesian Beat the System Staff Member

    58 mpg / 5.3 - home last night
    64.1 / 5.4 - out to music practice
    57.4 / 5.4 - home
    55.9 / 12.4 - school and work this morning. Added a mile with detours around road work.

    Tank is up a couple ticks to 52.3 / 562 mi.
    F____|___/_E
     
    PaleMelanesian, Apr 20, 2018
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  2. RedylC94

    RedylC94 Well-Known Member

    Living in a hilly area, and frequently crossing the southern Appalachians, I put my Prius's engine through a lot of such temperature fluctuations, and even wider ones (because my "glides" are often longer). However, I worry about what that might do to it's long-term health, especially after reading of so many head-gasket failures of high-mileage Prii.

    Yesterday, 80.1 mpg indicated (about 76.5 actual) returning ~16 miles from a local bike ride. A week earlier, 84 indicated mpg on that route, except that I didn't zero the trip meter until after the first two miles, so the engine was pre-warmed that time. That was a record for me (previous being about 70 actual on a partially different route between the same points).
     
    RedylC94, Apr 20, 2018
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  3. Gord

    Gord Super Moderator Staff Member

    Great numbers RedylC94 :cool:

    Thursday night, 2UP, motorway route, no wind!, warmer 80°F, 4mph crosswind, N:
    43.5 / 22.5
    Friday morning, 2UP, that's 5 mornings I've seen over 50 on FCD (hasn't happened since last August! :D), 52°F, 1mph headwind W:
    48.4 / 22.5 - UG had that journey at 53 MPG - it felt good!
    Tank steady at 45.7 (FCD 48.1) / 567.2 / Range 35 . Guess gauge F____|___«E . UG up 0.2 at 45.8 / DTE 52
    LFL @ 542 miles

    Filled up - numbers later!
     
    Gord, Apr 21, 2018
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  4. EdwinTheMagnificent

    EdwinTheMagnificent Legend In His Mind

    Very nice numbers , RedylC94. We never dreamed of getting this with our GLC's , did we ?
    Today , 42 deg F , wind N4. 15.4 miles , 71.05 MPG(76.4 fcd). Tank is at 136.9 miles , 63.98 (68.8 fcd).
    Yesterday took a bike ride after work. Exactly 60 min , 13.3 miles.
     
    EdwinTheMagnificent, Apr 21, 2018
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  5. RedylC94

    RedylC94 Well-Known Member

    Thanks!
    That's true, but if I'd had a way of measuring fuel consumption during a single trip like that in the GLC, and had tried as hard, with as much low-speed engine-off coasting, it probably could've easily exceeded 60 mpg. The best it ever did on whole fill-ups (inevitably including a few bad sections) was about 53 mpg several times, I think. My equivalent best whole tanks for the Prius have been about 9 or 10 more.
     
    RedylC94, Apr 21, 2018
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  6. Gord

    Gord Super Moderator Staff Member

    Filled up Friday:

    To gas station near home after dropping off car sharer at other end of his dead-end road:
    49.3 / 21.1

    Tank Stats

    Miles on tank: 588.3 miles
    GallsUS: 12.892
    Calc. MPG : 45.63 MPG
    Calc. Range: 31.5 miles (allowing for extra in tank)
    FCD Range: 15
    FCD MPG : 48.30 MPG (5.83% over-report)
    UG MPG : 46.07 MPG (0.96% over-report)
    No. of trips: 28
    Average trip length: 21.0
    Average speed 30mph
    Driving time on tank: 19hrs 32mins
    Days since last fill: 28
    Commuting: 68.3%
    Ave. Temperature: 48.9°F
    Ave. no. of people in car: 2.12
    Pmpg for the tank: 109.1

    Back home:
    43.2 / 2.0

    Saturday morning, went to Gainsborough, 69°F, 8mph headwind E:
    48.9 / 18.7

    Back home, 71°F, 12mph tail/crosswind SE:
    50.7 / 18.7

    Tank at 49.0 (FCD 51.6) / 39.4 / Range 580 . Guess gauge F««««|««««E . UG at 47.8 / DTE 609
     
    Gord, Apr 23, 2018
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  7. PaleMelanesian

    PaleMelanesian Beat the System Staff Member

    Filled up on Saturday.
    599 mi
    11.561 gallons
    51.81 mpg

    Then I did a bunch of trailer towing, so my new tank is in the 30's mpg.
     
    PaleMelanesian, Apr 23, 2018
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