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[efusco]

Here's the charge of the final numbers for the MPG Challenge. Those with a "P" are Prii, most of the rest are Insights, but 3 are FEHs...the winning FEH hit a very good 60mpg on the route.

[psyshack]

43 mpg on a 2.3L Mazda3 that corners on 17's. First tank,,, what yeah want to bet it gets better.

Good Job


psy

[Fenrir]

Rolled into the Clarion at 10pm with 80.8 on the dash. About what I was expecting for 60-ish mph average.

I so wish I could've been here for the challenge. I'm dying to know all the details, but it'll have to wait- need rest, if I'm not too excited to sleep!

I think I get the "Dirtiest Insight in the parking lot" award. Gotta get up early for a bath.

[SlowHands]

I'm going to drive up in the morning ... wish I could have been there today

[Dan]

Quick check in....

Drive was actually easy. If your under 5'10" you can actually lay the back seat down and lay diagonal across the back. Actually got 3 hours of sleep in-route.

By scangauge read a "today" reading of > 1200 mi

"today" mpg of 61.something

"today" drive time of 24.7 hours.

"today" turned out to be
morning commute Tue +
early cut out of work to Dallas Tue after lunch +
Chucks house to Wayne's house.

Thursday cruise-in was fun and turned out to be a good time to talk strategy on the challenge.

Friday Challenge was great fun. Jared nailed a stellar route. I got the number I was after with simply strategy... hold 1600 rpm on pulse and glide as long as possible. The course was timed, so I kept my MPH AVG above 20 to keep from disqualification. Was a bit too greedy on the EV and rolled in to the finishing "area" on 2 bars. It would still idle on electric but hitting the gas would light the ICE for sure. Made it to the finish but just barely

My car number assigned to me was "10". Turns out to be binary for SECOND

Way to go Jared!

Great Job for all!

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[efusco]

Originally Posted by Dan

Quick check in....

Drive was actually easy. If your under 5'10" you can actually lay the back seat down and lay diagonal across the back. Actually got 3 hours of sleep in-route.

By scangauge read a "today" reading of > 1200 mi

"today" mpg of 61.something

"today" drive time of 24.7 hours.

"today" turned out to be
morning commute Tue +
early cut out of work to Dallas Tue after lunch +
Chucks house to Wayne's house.

Thursday cruise-in was fun and turned out to be a good time to talk strategy on the challenge.

Friday Challenge was great fun. Jared nailed a stellar route. I got the number I was after with simply strategy... hold 1600 rpm on pulse and glide as long as possible. The course was timed, so I kept my MPH AVG above 20 to keep from disqualification. Was a bit too greedy on the EV and rolled in to the finishing "area" on 2 bars. It would still idle on electric but hitting the gas would light the ICE for sure. Made it to the finish but just barely

My car number assigned to me was "10". Turns out to be binary for SECOND

Way to go Jared!

Great Job for all!

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Dan's " " above refers to the fact that he pushed his prius, up hill, to prevent the ICE from kicking back on. The picture below shows him calling off two guys trying to be helpful and push his car up the hill. You'll notice a lack of shoes on Dan's feet as well here. There was a lot of laughing with that long uphill push.

[Dan]

I was hoping to say "uphill barefoot through the snow" but the weather was great. Two out of three though.

The gratification came after I started pushing the ScanGuage went from 105 to 106

Have to figure out how to work pedal power into my commute.

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[laurieaw]

Originally Posted by tarabell

If anyone remembers the movie Ben Hur, I get "Parade of the Charioteers" playing in my head as I read this thread.

boy, i remember that. i saw that movie 7 times the year it came out. can you say obssessed? can i even spell it?

[laurieaw]

Originally Posted by efusco

Here's the charge of the final numbers for the MPG Challenge. Those with a "P" are Prii, most of the rest are Insights, but 3 are FEHs...the winning FEH hit a very good 60mpg on the route.

weren't there any civics there?

[krousdb]

Just wondering... How were the SG's calibrated for the Pruii? What were the settings?