I did some freeway testing today with a little city driving.
Put over a 100 miles on it and got 58.2 mpg @ 60 mph avg (going by the display). I had a cross wind of 15 mph. I notice at 65 mph the charging bars were at two to three for awhile and my IMA battery started about half way at the beginning of the run and then ended at one bar below full?
I was struggling to keep it in lean burn though? The traffic was really bad and we kept slowing to 55 mph and then back up to 70 mph. I don't know if its me or the conditions or the car trying to maintain lean burn???
I wanted to get a baseline before I do anything to the car. So I noticed the car didn't seem like it coasted very well for something this light. So when I got home after I filled the gas tank to start my first full tank log, I decided to check tire pressure.
PF 25 psi
DF 28 psi
PR 28 psi
DR 26 psi
So I set all of them to 40 psi so this should help some?
Also I went to the DMV and while waiting I kept hearing the people complaining about our new registration $$ increase that happen the first of August. Then one of the employees told a guy just be thankful your car isn't a Hybrid or electric because it doubles the price. WTH !!!!
So Hybrid and Electric vehicle owners get penalized for not burning enough fuel??? Thanks Idaho
