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hayden55 · 07-30-2019, 02:39 PM

i've been trying really hard and even my 2010 Prius can only get 61-62 mpg around town on my tank average going 120 miles now.
I did have a friend who bought a prius come over and demand me to teach him how to drive his car yesterday. He said he thought his battery was bad since he was only getting 41 mpg. I took it from my house to main street and back ~10 miles (straight, mild hills, 45 mph) and managed to get the gauge to read 84 mpg (on an already warm car on a hot day). He wasn't happy though when I told him to roll the windows down and try not to use the AC so much, pulse and glide the car with neutral, quit stomping on the brakes, and never go over 45 mph.
He told me: "Nah man I can't drive like that."
Crazy to me the amount of people who will buy Pri' and then proceed to drive them to where the hybrid has no benefit to them over a civic or something.

07-30-2019, 02:39 PM	#106 (permalink)
hayden55 Master EcoModder Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: USA Posts: 1,171 Sport Utility Prius - '10 Toyota Prius II 90 day: 52.98 mpg (US) 300k Sequoia 4WD - '01 Toyota Sequoia Limited 4wd 90 day: 20.19 mpg (US) Thanks: 352 Thanked 268 Times in 215 Posts	i've been trying really hard and even my 2010 Prius can only get 61-62 mpg around town on my tank average going 120 miles now. I did have a friend who bought a prius come over and demand me to teach him how to drive his car yesterday. He said he thought his battery was bad since he was only getting 41 mpg. I took it from my house to main street and back ~10 miles (straight, mild hills, 45 mph) and managed to get the gauge to read 84 mpg (on an already warm car on a hot day). He wasn't happy though when I told him to roll the windows down and try not to use the AC so much, pulse and glide the car with neutral, quit stomping on the brakes, and never go over 45 mph. He told me: "Nah man I can't drive like that." Crazy to me the amount of people who will buy Pri' and then proceed to drive them to where the hybrid has no benefit to them over a civic or something. __________________ "I feel like the bad decisions come into play when you trade too much of your time for money paying for things you can't really afford."