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Dianne · #8 (**permalink**) 03-24-2004, 07:16 AM

OK -- I have had Jack's Prius (my buyer's tideland 9) over night... on my drive home last night in SoCal, which is from Carson (Wilmington Ave exit) and then south down the 405 to the 73 (towards the Toll Road) and then UP the toll road pass thru Newport Beach and down into Laguna -- and off the 73 at Greenfield to my home in Laguna Niguel... here's the scoops.

I reset the mileage button when I hit the freeway. The car maintained a steady 57-60 MPG at speeds of 60-70 miles per hour down the 405. I have a blurry photo of this while I was driving showing the ODO at 69 miles per hour and the mileage avg steady at 57.3 ... and when I got to that huge incline to get thru the pass mid-73 toll road, and subsequently the dips and hills on the 73 as I try to get home to Laguna, the average dipped to 53.

Had I stayed on the 405 and merged to the 5 and not taken my usual route, I would have possibly been able to maintain a 57-60 average all the way home on the freeways.

There is absolutely nothing the matter with this car... it's one of the better ones for freeway mileage. I think that it's clear that there is a way to drive, and then there is a way to drive a Prius. :> That's what I have to impart to dear Jack today -- so post your advice here for Jack on how YOU get the best mileage from your car, in detail! I'll direct him right here to see it. :>

Thanks!