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Originally Posted by Freeze
After racking up 3000 miles in a 2 1/2 week roadtrip through record high temperatures, I've learned a few things about my TCH: . . .
6. My TCH loves LA. I don't know if the car was trying to be cool, if CA has better gas, smoother roads or Paris Hilton had anything to do with it, but our best gas mileage of the entire trip was in LA: 49 MPG. I could not belive it. It didn't last long, and the trip to Las Vegas soon put us back to a tank average of 42.
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NYAH -- increase in MPG was due to the unburned gas fumes in the L.A. "air" (a.k.a. smog) that the TCH's ICE was breathing instead of "clean air".
(Sorry, couldn't help myself.
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Originally Posted by FBCinvestor
I drive a 2002 Prius but since I made a similar trip this summer I thought I would compare notes...
4. Crazy heat didn't affect mileage as much as I thought. Early July, we were driving through 113 degree heat and still at 41 MPG.
I wonder if the TCH has the electric air conditioner like the Gen-2 Prius. That makes a huge difference. My power and efficiency both suffer on extreme hot days.
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Yes, the TCH has does have electric A/C compressor (powered from traction battery).
