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Old 04-01-2012, 04:38 PM   #1 (permalink)
bennelson
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Location: Oconomowoc, WI, USA
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Electric Cycle - '81 Kawasaki KZ440
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90 day: 30.48 mpg (US)

Electro-Metro - '96 Ben Nelson's "Electro-Metro"
90 day: 129.81 mpg (US)

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Finally broke 100MPG in wife's Prius!

Hey Guys,

I got to borrow my wife's Hymotion Prius today. I drove to and from a study group I am involved with that's about 12 miles from home.

For the ride back, I remembered to reset the trip odometer and scangauge. I took the 35/45 mph backroads. The Prius display was pegged at 99.9 mpg all the way home.

When I parked, the Scangauge for the trip said 131 mpg! I went inside and got my camera. The engine must have come on while the car was parked and I was getting the camera, because it then read 130mpg when I actually got the photo.



Pretty excited that I finally got a real recorded 100MPG+ trip down.

Interestingly, my Electro-Metro, with electric use converted to eMPG, it usually clocks in at 130 MPG!

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