On 11/23/06, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On my west to east journey from Sunnyvale, California to Yonkers, New > York, I drove 3,165 miles. The Prius has performed flawlessly > throughout. It is quiet, powerful enough for good performance in any > circumstances I've encountered, handles stably and surely. > > I have filled the fuel tank 8 times so far, at about 365 miles on the > tankful with a couple of pips left on the fuel capacity gauge, with > an average of 8.4 US gallons per fill up (total tank capacity from > dry is 10.9 US gallons). The fuel economy right now calculates to a > cumulative average of 44.4 miles per US gallon. Total cost for this > traveling has been ~US$160 worth of regular grade no-lead gasoline/ > petrol. > That's very impressive, Godfrey. My recent midwest trip started with a drive to AR, then to St. Louis, MO, and finally back home to PA. In all, about 2000 miles round trip. The first tank took me into the Appalachians of WV on I-68. Pretty much straight up and straight down. I got 16 mpg. No worries, right? It'll get better once the road smoothes out. Wrong. 16 mpg all the way to St. Louis. I usually get 20 or so on the highway. Finally, at the first fill-up on the way home it hit 17, then 18 and the final tank was 19.
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