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Bill Contact options for registered users 's Avatar posted on
June 8, 2006, 12:23 am
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Alive&Kicking wrote:

The conversion from km/liter is km/liter times 2.38.

The EPA mileage numbers are notoriously HI.  EPA says Prius gets about
60 MPG - HA! Consumers report quotes an average of 44 MPG, city &
highway My 05 gets about 40 - 41 in town but I live at 5200ft and have
lots of hills.  Just returned from a 3300 mile trip and got about 50.

Turn off the air conditioner the get a 1 - 2 MPG boost, if you can take
the heat.

I'm told using synthetic oil may increase mileage 1-2 MPG

Want to get 50 mpg?  Drive 55.  It's as easy as that.



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June 8, 2006, 12:30 am
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Bill wrote:

You may be right but I'd rather get 50 or a bit less and not have the
rearend of my new Prius mashed  by the guy behind me.


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June 8, 2006, 2:14 am
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 rickror@commspeed.net wrote:


I get 50 to 53 MPG at 65 MPH.

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Any idea what the average mileage is for the first 4 or 5 miles, with a cold
engine?



 

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June 8, 2006, 2:13 am
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First five minutes with a cold engine would be anywhere from about 20
MPG to 35 or 45 MPG, depending on the outside temperature and the
average speed.

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Alive&Kicking wrote:

Just be careful about what sort of gallons that you are converting
into/from!  There's the US gallon, and the Imperial gallon.  (The
Imperial gallon is about 1.201 US gallons.)

http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Fuel_efficiency

<quote>
To convert x L/100 km to y MPG, perform:
235.2146 =F7 x L/100 km =3D y MPG (US liquid gallon), or
282.481 =F7 x L/100 km =3D y MPG (Imperial gallon)

To convert a MPG to b L/100 km, perform:
235.2146 =F7 a mpg (US liquid gallon) =3D b L/100 km, or
282.481 =F7 a MPG (Imperial gallon) =3D b L/100 km

To convert m km/L to n mpg, perform:
2=2E352146 * m km/L =3D n mpg (US liquid gallon), or
2=2E82481 * m km/L =3D n mpg (Imperial gallon)

To convert c MPG to d km/L, perform:
0=2E4251437 * c mpg (US liquid gallon) =3D d km/L, or
0=2E354006 * c mpg (Imperial gallon) =3D d km/L

You may also like this online converter:
http://www.euronet.nl/users/grantm/frans/fuel.html


 

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