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Originally Posted by sendler
That has to be the lowest tank ever recorded in a Prius. Was it a full tank? The Prius has a bladder tank and is notorious for it being more stretchy one day than another causing huge fill errors. Give it a full three tank average before you can know what economy it really gets.
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It was from "stupid full", meaning filling out the filler neck (yes I know, bad) to about 2 bars (less than 1/4 tank).
The instant readout said 25.6 mpg, so it wasn't too far off. The car is in fine shape and such, I think it's just the ridiculous traffic I have to deal with.
Re: Gen 1, I use (my wife actually) the Prius for taking our kids (4 kids) so a gen 1 isn't really feasible. Also, I'd like to learn on the cars that people need fixing more often. A lot of Prius and Civic Hybrid owners have asked me (my garage is Honda/Toyota specific) about getting their cars fixed, but no dice. Thanks for the suggestion though, I remember visiting the Honda showroom when those came out. I was intrigued and I even saw the Jeremy Clarkson special that talked about them and how Honda lost money on everyone built. Have always wanted to try one but have never pulled the trigger.