After showing the new prius off to my friends and family it was time for a shake down trip before handing it over to my wife to a life of taking the kids to school and trips to the grocery store.
I headed to Tulsa OK from Houston. I ran the CC for the most part. 60mph @ ~50mpg, 65 miles per hour @ ~48mpg, and 70 miles per hour @ ~46 mpg.
I'm happy!
I remebered reading about drafting on the forum and thought I would slip in behind a truck running 70 or so and see what it does for the FE. Wow 52 mpg at 70-72 miles per hour behind the truck. Here is the issue with the draft. I had pulled in behind a refrigerated truck. It was dripping and I was getting some of it building up on my windshield. I thought it was just water from the refrigeration unit. While moving a little closer heading down a hill and maxxing the FE meter I noticed the liquid getting all over my brand new black prius was not condensation from the fridge but milk leaking out of the back of the truck.
I tried to run the windshield wipers with washer fluid spraying and it would not take it off. I had to stop in Dallas and find a car wash open on Sunday to clean it up. It's now back to being gloss black.
I head from Tulsa to Dallas Monday and then back home to Houston on Tuesday. Then I hand the smart key over to my wife.
