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Originally Posted by kdhspyder
Most of us choose not to take the most fuel efficient route!! Consider, you are on a highway coming up to a medium sized city where the highway loops around the city. To get the best fuel economy one should choose to get off the highway, get onto the city streets, drive at a slower speed then pick up the highway on the other side of town. Yeah but.. 'I could get stuck in traffic in the city and it's a lot slower driving and it'll probably take longer.' All true statements. But it is more efficient to drive in this manner. However in the end it is your choice.
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While that might be the most fuel efficient method in a prius, I have found that in my TCH, the best FE is by staying on the highway and driving between 55 - 65
MPH. I have tried 45
MPH no stops, and tried "city" driving, but the best FE numbers I have ever gotten were from "light highway driving". I don't know why the TCH would respond so differently than a prius, but it looks like there might be a diference. It might be the fact that the Prius is lighter, making the FE numbers better for slow driving, or it could have somethnig to do with aerodynamics, but either way, I think slower highway is the best for a TCH.