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Originally Posted by stevey_frac
Assuming, I am as talented/effortful hypermiler as Matt Herring here, and assuming he isn't making up his mileage figures...
I should be able to get similar results. I know YMMV, but, If he can do it, why couldn't I? Now, Going from my cobalt averages of 40 MPG, to Matts Averages of 55 MPG would save me roughly $75 / month in fuel.
That's not insignificant. I think insurance on the Prius is also less then my current 2 - door coupe.
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Stevey...
The only thing you have going against you in a Prius is that you would be driving heavily on the highway. While I have been able to pull 55-58 mpg on the highway I consistently see 65-70 mpg in city driving. But, you are basing your highway mpg as 55mpg so that is on the conservative end and is a good figure to work with (read more about Super Highway mode in the Prius at cleanmpg.com or priuschat.com to learn more about how to maximize highway driving).
I'll also note that my mpg logs are based off my in-car guage minus 2% so I may actually be doing better than I am reporting. The Prius operates on fuel bladder and it is not possible to track mpg using miles driven divided by gallons filled. Most veteran Prius drivers at priuschat.com use the 2% value off their in-car guage to report their mpg (this is after tracking in-car vs. actual fills over years and years of logs).
If you have a Scanguage II it has helped me 10x more in my Prius than it did in the 4runner that I traded in because I am essentially monitoring two engines instead of one. I know this is a hypothetical for you but I highly recommend the instrumentation in the Prius or any vehicle.
I did receive a 10% hybrid discount on my insurance so that is an added bonus. Also, there are still tax credits available on some makes of hybrids that have not crossed over the units sold limit. The Prius crossed that limit a long time ago but some tax credits are still available on some vehicles.