June 3rd, 2008
Gliding
My sister made the comment to me that she was looking into maybe getting a Toyota Prius. She wanted to know what my husband and I think of it. We LOVE it. We are getting 51.6 miles per gallon right now, partly thanks to my sister.
Why, may you ask? My sister is kind of anal, she likes to search on the Internet for info and to me seems to believe the complaints she reads. She told me she did a Google search for Prius complaints and read something about the car stalling in snow. We never had the problem and after we got the car Green Bay had one of its biggest storms. The most annoying complaint we have heard is that it has sucky gas mileage on the highway. Our comment to that is show me a car that has better gas mileage than 45 mpg on the highway. Yes, the Prius gets better mileage in town, but its no inefficient on the highway. We drive about 15 minutes to and from work everyday, mostly highway and are still at 51.6.
But my husband decided to search for ways to drive more efficiently. According to the site he looked at, some people are getting 70 to 100 mpg. It all depends on the routes you take and how much attention you are paying to your driving. I don’t really understand the entire concept of the gliding, but it added 2 mpg for us in 2 trips out with the car. Basically, you watch the screen and tap the gas pedal to make all arrows disappear so you are not using either of the engine or battery.
If we can only get gas 1 time a month per car, I can handle that!
June 3rd, 2008
Karen Says :
My aunt loves her Prius. I guess they are very hard to find now.
June 4th, 2008
Bernhard Says :
I look here again and again in different times by and am pleased about the interesting and well written contributions. Cordial thanks and many greetings from the center of Germany.
June 4th, 2008
Lynne Says :
I saw a guy the other day that every stop light we pulled up to (he was in the lane next to me), he would turn off his engine. I have serious doubts about how much fuel that is saving him, not to mention how much wear and tear he is putting on his engine’s starter.
June 5th, 2008
Lisa Says :
I am soooo not anal