I just completed a trip of nearly 2200 miles in my 03 Prius. The car computer says I got 53.0 mpg while my calculations yield 50.4 mpg - a 5% error.
Is this just my car or is this consistent across the board?
computed vs. actual mpg
Jun 16, 2005
2 Replies
Michael, at least with the 2005's which I have, I believe the +/- is about 3%. 5 is a bit high I would think. My least favorite part of my Prius is the digital gas gauge. It is almost useless and very inaccurate with it's "bars" progression style of display.
Jon
My 2-week new Prius trys to make me happy: In the last 3 tanks, it said
51 mpg, but I calculated to be about 46 mpg.Join the Discussion
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