Notice other drivers treating you differently in a Hybrid?
04-22-10 | 03:37 AM
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04-22-10 | 04:59 AM
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hi
I guess if I were to drive routinely at 90 and cared about mpg, a diesel would be a better option, but the Prius isn't too bad a choice either. On a side note, I read a few years ago that the car that gets the best mpg at 100 is actually a Corvette!Now driving a brick like a Hummer at 90 would be especially dumb to me.
04-22-10 | 07:07 AM
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Agree that driving 90mph is dumb in general - but your comment sounded like it was especially dumb for a Prius. Given that a Prius still gets better mpg at 90 than almost any other car, why is that especially dumb? I guess if I were to drive routinely at 90 and cared about mpg, a diesel would be a better option, but the Prius isn't too bad a choice either. On a side note, I read a few years ago that the car that gets the best mpg at 100 is actually a Corvette!
Now driving a brick like a Hummer at 90 would be especially dumb to me.
Now driving a brick like a Hummer at 90 would be especially dumb to me.
I guess if I were to drive routinely at 90 and cared about mpg, a diesel would be a better option, but the Prius isn't too bad a choice either. On a side note, I read a few years ago that the car that gets the best mpg at 100 is actually a Corvette!Now driving a brick like a Hummer at 90 would be especially dumb to me.
04-30-10 | 01:42 PM
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04-30-10 | 08:13 PM
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Why not? I drove my HS on several long highway trips this week, and knocked down 35 mpg indicated cruising 78-80 mph. So why wouldn't a Prius get about the same mpg at that speed? It's 700 lbs lighter and has a better coefficient of drag, and a 1.8l engine is more than sufficient to cruise at that speed without stressing the engine.
05-02-10 | 09:36 AM
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it's not paper ... but ... it may tell the story ... http://priuschat.com/forums/gen-iii-...rius-good.html
05-03-10 | 09:46 PM
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My 1.5 week old Prius V gets about 49 mpg at 70 mph. 
At 68 mph, i am getting around 50 mpg or so. And this is with the V's 17" rims and fatter tires, which has been known to knock about 1-2 mpg down (bad direction). I do use the Radar cruise control as much as i can...so, that may explain my pretty good numbers. I am sure that if i had IV or III, then i probably would get even better mpgs.
And obviously, my Prius is just barely broken in (just over 900 miles).
At 68 mph, i am getting around 50 mpg or so. And this is with the V's 17" rims and fatter tires, which has been known to knock about 1-2 mpg down (bad direction). I do use the Radar cruise control as much as i can...so, that may explain my pretty good numbers. I am sure that if i had IV or III, then i probably would get even better mpgs.And obviously, my Prius is just barely broken in (just over 900 miles).
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