Finally broke 100MPG in wife's Prius!

[bennelson]

Hey Guys,

I got to borrow my wife's Hymotion Prius today. I drove to and from a study group I am involved with that's about 12 miles from home.

For the ride back, I remembered to reset the trip odometer and scangauge. I took the 35/45 mph backroads. The Prius display was pegged at 99.9 mpg all the way home.

When I parked, the Scangauge for the trip said 131 mpg! I went inside and got my camera. The engine must have come on while the car was parked and I was getting the camera, because it then read 130mpg when I actually got the photo.



Pretty excited that I finally got a real recorded 100MPG+ trip down.

Interestingly, my Electro-Metro, with electric use converted to eMPG, it usually clocks in at 130 MPG!

[jakobnev]

Yeah, i also got 130MPG today. *wink* *wink*

[mcrews]

ben congrads!!!!

[Weather Spotter]

Great job!


Just have to ask, was that all down hill? What was the first half of the drive like?

[bennelson]

Rolling hills - up and down. There is one big hill in my area that there's now way you can get up without using then engine.

I feel like I'm just finally starting to get to know this car now.

[3-Wheeler]

Very impressive!

I have difficulty getting to 130 mpg with the Insight on occasion!

Jim.

[Daox]

Nice job Ben. There is more where that came from!

[drmiller100]

geesh that is amazing.

good job!

[Ryland]

That is just 130mpg on gasoline, not counting the electricity from the plug in kit that is installed, right?

[Daox]

Yeah, the SG (or OEM display) doesn't calculate battery energy used.