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Matt Herring · 05-01-2009, 01:08 PM

Pic is of my commute to work of 11 miles and additional 4 miles out of the way to go to the bank. The low bar in the 20-25 minute range is a result of sitting in the drive up window to process my transaction. It should be noted my mpg did not drop in that 5 minute window because I was over min temp and gas engine did not need to run to power up to temp. For some reason the Prius in-car mpg still factors stopped idle time as 0.0 mpg (even though not using any fuel), hence, the lower mpg bar in that 5 minute span.

I've been tinkering with dead band, EV mode and neutral coast and saw some good numbers today (in 70 degree weather). This 15.5 mile trip was 66.4 on the SGII and I have my in-car mpg up to 61.7 (up from 56.9 mpg in-car at this point in my last tank). SGII is reporting approx. 4 mpg higher than last tank.

I took a vid of my driving in dead band...what's the best way to post it?

05-01-2009, 01:08 PM	#77 (permalink)
Matt Herring Master EcoModder Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: North Andover, MA Posts: 857 Bone's 2010 Prius - '10 Toyota Prius Black 90 day: 56.78 mpg (US) Thanks: 5 Thanked 23 Times in 19 Posts	Dead Band in Prius Pic is of my commute to work of 11 miles and additional 4 miles out of the way to go to the bank. The low bar in the 20-25 minute range is a result of sitting in the drive up window to process my transaction. It should be noted my mpg did not drop in that 5 minute window because I was over min temp and gas engine did not need to run to power up to temp. For some reason the Prius in-car mpg still factors stopped idle time as 0.0 mpg (even though not using any fuel), hence, the lower mpg bar in that 5 minute span. I've been tinkering with dead band, EV mode and neutral coast and saw some good numbers today (in 70 degree weather). This 15.5 mile trip was 66.4 on the SGII and I have my in-car mpg up to 61.7 (up from 56.9 mpg in-car at this point in my last tank). SGII is reporting approx. 4 mpg higher than last tank. I took a vid of my driving in dead band...what's the best way to post it? Attached Thumbnails __________________ My Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/p...?id=1268001941 My Twitter: http://twitter.com/bone1124 Last edited by Matt Herring; 05-01-2009 at 01:20 PM..