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Old 11-20-2023, 10:16 AM   #7 (permalink)
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Toby - '13 Toyota Prius C
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90 day: 62.36 mpg (US)

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I stopped ecomodding, yes, but I still hypermile and drive an efficient car.

My Prius C averages 60-65 mpg. My 1st gen Insight with a few ecomods averaged ~75 mpg. I also aggressively combine fuel discounts (currently paying about $2.349 for gas). The cost difference over my 10k miles a year between the two cars is a little over $60 at that fuel cost, or closer to $100 back when gas was around $4/gallon here.

Ecomodding my Prius might save me $50 a year at most, assuming somewhere between a 5-10 mpg gain, if that's even possible. For me there are many easier ways to save $50 a year, such as shopping around for good tire deals, such as here where I saved $200 on a $500 set of tires+installation. Or where instead of spending $3k in expensive luxury car maintenance on my wife's Volvo we sold it and spent the $3k upgrading her to a nicer, newer, safer Mazda that gets 38-40 mpg on regular instead of 25-30 mpg on premium.
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2013 Toyota Prius C 2 (my car)


2015 Mazda 3 iTouring Hatchback w/ Tech Package (wife's car)
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