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<blockquote data-quote="Butch" data-source="post: 20471" data-attributes="member: 269"><p>I own a 2004 Toyota Prius. Forget the 60 mpg, folks. You'll never see it. I drive mine 100 miles per day, with about 70% of that being highway (65-70mph). Mine averages between 48 and 51 mpg, which still ain't bad. If you're very, very smooth and careful with the gas pedal you may see mid-50's. And the Prius gets a bit less mpg's in the winter because the batteries are less efficient in lower temperatures. The A/C runs off of electric only, so there's little or no difference if the A/C is on or off (nice!). When stuck in heavy stop & go traffic (and you're careful with the gas pedal) you can maintain battery operation only (even with the AC running!), which is fantastic (although if the computer detects the batteries need recharging, it'll start the engine).</p><p></p><p>I love my Prius. Would I buy another? In a NY second! My only regret is, I shouldn't have purchased the Toyota $2K Navigation option. A much better way to go is to buy the Garmin 276C with the bean-bag mount. The Garmin is much more user friendly and has a much larger database (points-of-interest, etc).</p><p></p><p>While the mileage is pretty good, the main reason why I bought the Prius is the ability to use the HOV lanes without a car pool in Virginia. It easily saves me 90 minutes a day, running the HOV lanes. Although there's word that someone is planning on making the politically incorrect decision to do away with hybrids on the HOV lanes in 2006. I sure hope this doesn't come to pass. With the higher cost of hybrids in general, people need some incentive to buy one, beside just good mileage. If it wasn't for the HOV incentive I may have seriously considered a VW diesel (about same mileage).</p><p></p><p>The Prius saves me gas during the week so I can pump it into my FJR on the weekends! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Butch, post: 20471, member: 269"] I own a 2004 Toyota Prius. Forget the 60 mpg, folks. You'll never see it. I drive mine 100 miles per day, with about 70% of that being highway (65-70mph). Mine averages between 48 and 51 mpg, which still ain't bad. If you're very, very smooth and careful with the gas pedal you may see mid-50's. And the Prius gets a bit less mpg's in the winter because the batteries are less efficient in lower temperatures. The A/C runs off of electric only, so there's little or no difference if the A/C is on or off (nice!). When stuck in heavy stop & go traffic (and you're careful with the gas pedal) you can maintain battery operation only (even with the AC running!), which is fantastic (although if the computer detects the batteries need recharging, it'll start the engine). I love my Prius. Would I buy another? In a NY second! My only regret is, I shouldn't have purchased the Toyota $2K Navigation option. A much better way to go is to buy the Garmin 276C with the bean-bag mount. The Garmin is much more user friendly and has a much larger database (points-of-interest, etc). While the mileage is pretty good, the main reason why I bought the Prius is the ability to use the HOV lanes without a car pool in Virginia. It easily saves me 90 minutes a day, running the HOV lanes. Although there's word that someone is planning on making the politically incorrect decision to do away with hybrids on the HOV lanes in 2006. I sure hope this doesn't come to pass. With the higher cost of hybrids in general, people need some incentive to buy one, beside just good mileage. If it wasn't for the HOV incentive I may have seriously considered a VW diesel (about same mileage). The Prius saves me gas during the week so I can pump it into my FJR on the weekends! :D [/QUOTE]
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