Fuel Economy & Emissions Talk about the mileage database , EPA, hypermiling, gas and driving strategy.
View Poll Results: Since Your Hybrid Purchase, How Improved is Your Fuel Economy?
It's worse
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4.35%
up to 5%
1
4.35%
up to 10%
3
13.04%
up to 15%
4
17.39%
up to 20%
3
13.04%
up to 25%
1
4.35%
up to 30%
1
4.35%
better than 30%
9
39.13%
07-21-2005, 07:36 PM
Cng Attitudes-Not Physics
Real Name: Chuck
Location: Lewisville (Dallas), Texas
Hybrids: 2000 Honda Enzyte 5-speed
Posts: 3,146
Since Your Hybrid Purchase, How Improved is Your Fuel Economy?
Since Your Hybrid Purchase, How Improved is Your Fuel Economy?
18% for me to be exact.
61.5mpg lifetime - 82mpg in recent months
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07-21-2005, 07:40 PM
GreenHybrid Founder
Real Name: Jason Siegel
Location: Houston, TX
Hybrids: 2004 Toyota Prius
Posts: 4,580
Re: Since Your Hybrid Purchase, How Improved is Your Fuel Economy?
Hard to say for me, as the school year killed my mileage with lots of traffic. I started at about 45 and I can now pull 50. Eh, so I don't try hard
07-21-2005, 07:47 PM
Enthusiast
Hybrids: Civic Hybrid
Posts: 28
Re: Since Your Hybrid Purchase, How Improved is Your Fuel Economy?
I think my drastic change is due to a change in driving habits and "striving" to get better gas mileage. (use less a/c, reduce avg speed from 80mph down to the speed limit of 60mph, increase tire pressure in stages, etc..)
07-21-2005, 07:51 PM
Cng Attitudes-Not Physics
Real Name: Chuck
Location: Lewisville (Dallas), Texas
Hybrids: 2000 Honda Enzyte 5-speed
Posts: 3,146
Re: Since Your Hybrid Purchase, How Improved is Your Fuel Economy?
The initial lifetime mpg was 48. Getting it to 56.6 was nearly an 18% improvement. If I was serious and got it to 65, it would be a 35% improvement.
I'm expecting a hypermiler to say something like they did not improve much because their fuel economy went from the statosphere to the ionosphere.
61.5mpg lifetime - 82mpg in recent months
Best Run >
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"fanatic" is what the lazy call the dedicated
07-21-2005, 07:55 PM
Plodding along
Real Name: Tom Baleno
Location: Chicago, IL
Hybrids: 2003 - Honda Civic Hybrid CVT
Posts: 2,128
Re: Since Your Hybrid Purchase, How Improved is Your Fuel Economy?
Take a look at my car in the database to see my improvement.
My hydroponics experiment
You ever notice how hard it is to lip read cartoon characters?
"Crazy is what the sane call Delta Flyer"
07-21-2005, 08:57 PM
Active Enthusiast
Real Name: Douglas Thom
Location: San Jose, CA
Hybrids: 05 Prius
Posts: 61
Re: Since Your Hybrid Purchase, How Improved is Your Fuel Economy?
I am not sure what the question is asking.
My FE is up over 100% since I purchased my Prius compared to my Audi A4
.
However my FE is up only 20% after a few tank fulls and learning how to take advantage of the systems.
07-22-2005, 04:46 AM
Have hybrid, will travel.
Real Name: Charlie...
Location: Stockton, NJ
Hybrids: 04 Civic Hybrid (MT) 05 Escape Hybrid (AWD)
Posts: 464
Re: Since Your Hybrid Purchase, How Improved is Your Fuel Economy?
My year over year comparison of July 04 and July 05 in my HCH is as follows:
July 04 July 05 Difference
MPG 48.94 59.51 +10.57/21.59%
Tank 567.40 740.00 +172.25/30.33%
I am working on a tank now where the FCD shows 64.7, the best I've seen yet, but it is early in the tank (200 miles).
-Charlie...
07-22-2005, 06:04 AM
Banned
Real Name: Richard Farfel
Hybrids: civic hybrid
Posts: 2
Re: Since Your Hybrid Purchase, How Improved is Your Fuel Economy?
from 59 to 60
07-22-2005, 08:33 AM
Pretty Darn Active Enthusiast
Real Name: Chuck
Hybrids: 2005 Honda Civic Hybrid
Posts: 366
Re: Since Your Hybrid Purchase, How Improved is Your Fuel Economy?
I am not sure what the question is asking.
I'm confused too. Answering the question as I understand it, my mileage has improved nearly 100%. And note carefully that this is from my previous car, which was itself a Honda Civic (Si).
This improvement from 25mpg to nearly 50mpg can probably be attributed to:
- former car being more performance-minded (2.0L)
- some changes to driving habits (not drastic)
- hybrid technology
07-22-2005, 08:56 AM
Cng Attitudes-Not Physics
Real Name: Chuck
Location: Lewisville (Dallas), Texas
Hybrids: 2000 Honda Enzyte 5-speed
Posts: 3,146
Clarification
I meant: "how much improvement in your fuel economy since buying your hybrid?"
For instance, I got 48mpg when it was new - 56.6mph now. Improvment is nearly 18%. I don't mean compare it to what you had previously.
Sorry for the confusion.
61.5mpg lifetime - 82mpg in recent months
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