tedjohnson
07-11-2011, 02:58 PM
I have owned it for a year now LMPG is 58 and since April, I have not had a tank under 60 mpg, It has carried 4 adults with room to spare, a single bed and mattress, and 10 ft boards from Home depot. I have rigged it up to sleep in with a mosquito not across the open hatch. Handled great in the snow last winter. It is worth more now than when I got it, ie its resale value stays high. Its reliability is among the highest , and more than a million are on american roads, so any needed spare parts are available from wrecks and rebuilds. Yes it was 22K new, but why the fuss about Chevvy Cruze's and Hyandai whatever's that maybe get 40 mpg (based on posts here), and have unknown reliability? Guess the car?
2RR2NV
07-11-2011, 04:56 PM
this is a trick ?, right?
tedjohnson
07-11-2011, 04:58 PM
No, my daughter has one of those , she is lucky to get 30, and it lost the tranny at 85kmi to the tune of $3,500. Lousy MPG and lousy reliability....
tedjohnson
07-11-2011, 04:59 PM
No trick - its real.....Of course listing the vehicle in the heading is a give away, too bad they do that.
PaleMelanesian
07-12-2011, 08:30 AM
Very nice results! I love how versatile that car is.
But, you have to realize the "Chevvy Cruze's and Hyandai whatever's" have a lot more mileage potential if driven right (and in the right environment).
Right Lane Cruiser
07-12-2011, 08:37 AM
Ahem.
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/594/81F_with_a_17-23mph_tailwind_from_the_SSE.jpg
This was over 22.0mi
More recently on a mostly highway route (the last 3mi was stop and go city traffic -- I left the highway at 63.7mpg):
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/594/Elantra_best_highway_trip_ever.jpg
over 19.7mi
PaleMelanesian
07-12-2011, 09:15 AM
per-zactly, Sean! ;)
Still, he's talking about lifetime average. His is most excellent. The Prius is also a more versatile vehicle than either your Elantra or my Civic. It will outperform both of them in an urban or rush hour situation.
Right Lane Cruiser
07-12-2011, 03:17 PM
You are right about the lifetime and the versatility!
You got me curious about my own lifetime average since I've included 5 years of non-hypermiling driving in the mix. Calculating starting with the first tank I really started applying techniques to (before I officially joined the site -- 3/31/2007) I get a lifetime average of 47.2mpg (about 18K miles -- they stopped accumulating much when I got the Insight).
Looking at just the last 4 years, I get 49.5mpg.
The last 3 years yields 52.0mpg... but that's hardly fair because I only burned through 5 tanks in that timeframe. (Plus 3/4 of the one I'm on now) I did loan out the car for significant portions of tanks, though.
Ted is definitely better off in the Prius. :thumbs_up:
Hi Ted:
Am I to understand that you are driving an as yet to be named or revealed Japanese prototype of some kind because 58 mpg in anything is impossible! Just ask the EPA :D
Wayne
