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Old 04-25-2016, 12:38 PM   #14 (permalink)
He-man
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Rocket - '99 Chevrolet Corvette
90 day: 31.51 mpg (US)

Pooter - '01 Honda Insight
90 day: 66.9 mpg (US)
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Originally Posted by MetroMPG View Post
Second 100+ mpg trip!

101.2 MPG (US) / 2.33 L/100 km per the car's computer (FYI, it has been within a couple of percent accuracy at fill-up time)

Again, ideal conditions:

22 C / ~73 F ambient
very light breeze
dry, rural (empty) roads
80 km / 50.2 mile round-trip
38 mph trip average, including a small amount of sub/urban driving on either end

And, again, this was driving with the aim of keeping the thing in lean burn as much as possible, plus engine-off coasting to stops & turns.

That's too slow though. On the open (rural) road portion of the trip, I'm probably averaging ~45 mph.

It needs more aero mods so I can go faster and continue getting these results.
I know these are old numbers but it makes me wonder if the hybrid system actually helps at all. When i first bought my insight the hybrid system was not working and i was easily averaging over 70 mpg but when i fixed the system i had to struggle to get it to 60 mpg which i can't do currently averaging around 55 this gas tank.
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