Matt's hch2 blog
#21
10-03-2006, 09:28 PM
Re: Matt's hch2 blog
Matt,
What really gets me is how poorly Consumer's Report rates our cars. They claim the HCH II gets 37 mpg. I live in Western NYS near Buffalo. At the end of Feb I got my worst tank (40.0 mpg). The car was not broke in yet and the weather was down in the single digits and teens. Why can't they test the hybrids like most people drive them? The average in our database is now about 47 mpg. I've been above EPA (50.0 combined ) for my last 15 tanks. I just bought a block heater to help in the cold months. Keep up the good work!
What really gets me is how poorly Consumer's Report rates our cars. They claim the HCH II gets 37 mpg. I live in Western NYS near Buffalo. At the end of Feb I got my worst tank (40.0 mpg). The car was not broke in yet and the weather was down in the single digits and teens. Why can't they test the hybrids like most people drive them? The average in our database is now about 47 mpg. I've been above EPA (50.0 combined ) for my last 15 tanks. I just bought a block heater to help in the cold months. Keep up the good work!
Last edited by Donald; 10-03-2006 at 09:32 PM. Reason: Typo
#23
10-04-2006, 07:18 PM
Re: Matt's hch2 blog
Re: Consumer's Report... They claim the HCH II gets 37 mpg.
I was surprised at that number too, until I put my wife behind the wheel of our Prius!
She usuall gets well under 35mpg, and even sometimes 30mpg with our Prius II. She always runs the air (100% of the time) and drives like the average person.
Although both the Prius and HCHII are capable of superb FE, you have to work at it, at least a little anyway. I show her the techniques, she ignores me and does it her way (she always knows best...)
I have always obtained very high FE with my HCHII. I find it easier to get high FE with the Honda than it is with the Prius. The person who tested the vehicle at the magazine must have ran the a/c and floored the car at every opportunity to insure a poor FE number...
I was surprised at that number too, until I put my wife behind the wheel of our Prius!
She usuall gets well under 35mpg, and even sometimes 30mpg with our Prius II. She always runs the air (100% of the time) and drives like the average person.
Although both the Prius and HCHII are capable of superb FE, you have to work at it, at least a little anyway. I show her the techniques, she ignores me and does it her way (she always knows best...)
I have always obtained very high FE with my HCHII. I find it easier to get high FE with the Honda than it is with the Prius. The person who tested the vehicle at the magazine must have ran the a/c and floored the car at every opportunity to insure a poor FE number...
#24
10-05-2006, 06:00 PM
#27
10-10-2006, 09:17 PM
Re: Matt's hch2 blog
Originally Posted by Donald
Matt,
What really gets me is how poorly Consumer's Report rates our cars. They claim the HCH II gets 37 mpg. I live in Western NYS near Buffalo. At the end of Feb I got my worst tank (40.0 mpg). The car was not broke in yet and the weather was down in the single digits and teens. Why can't they test the hybrids like most people drive them? The average in our database is now about 47 mpg. I've been above EPA (50.0 combined ) for my last 15 tanks. I just bought a block heater to help in the cold months. Keep up the good work!
What really gets me is how poorly Consumer's Report rates our cars. They claim the HCH II gets 37 mpg. I live in Western NYS near Buffalo. At the end of Feb I got my worst tank (40.0 mpg). The car was not broke in yet and the weather was down in the single digits and teens. Why can't they test the hybrids like most people drive them? The average in our database is now about 47 mpg. I've been above EPA (50.0 combined ) for my last 15 tanks. I just bought a block heater to help in the cold months. Keep up the good work!
#29
10-12-2006, 03:46 PM
Re: Matt's hch2 blog
Matt,
I've found that generaly it takes 3-4 miles to get the car warmed up. If I plug the block heater in after I drive it, the engine will stay at about 6 blocks (full warm up is 9). After I drive .1 mi. - it starts going up. Within about .6 mi. it is fully warmed up. I can make it to work (7 mi.) and increase my mpg by .1 or .2 - instead of losing 1-2 mpg on my work commute. We'll see how it does when the really cold weather comes in. So far, I'm a happy camper.
Regards,
I've found that generaly it takes 3-4 miles to get the car warmed up. If I plug the block heater in after I drive it, the engine will stay at about 6 blocks (full warm up is 9). After I drive .1 mi. - it starts going up. Within about .6 mi. it is fully warmed up. I can make it to work (7 mi.) and increase my mpg by .1 or .2 - instead of losing 1-2 mpg on my work commute. We'll see how it does when the really cold weather comes in. So far, I'm a happy camper.
Regards,
#30
10-12-2006, 04:55 PM
Re: Matt's hch2 blog
Originally Posted by Donald
Matt,
I've found that generaly it takes 3-4 miles to get the car warmed up. If I plug the block heater in after I drive it, the engine will stay at about 6 blocks (full warm up is 9). After I drive .1 mi. - it starts going up. Within about .6 mi. it is fully warmed up. I can make it to work (7 mi.) and increase my mpg by .1 or .2 - instead of losing 1-2 mpg on my work commute. We'll see how it does when the really cold weather comes in. So far, I'm a happy camper.
Regards,
I've found that generaly it takes 3-4 miles to get the car warmed up. If I plug the block heater in after I drive it, the engine will stay at about 6 blocks (full warm up is 9). After I drive .1 mi. - it starts going up. Within about .6 mi. it is fully warmed up. I can make it to work (7 mi.) and increase my mpg by .1 or .2 - instead of losing 1-2 mpg on my work commute. We'll see how it does when the really cold weather comes in. So far, I'm a happy camper.
Regards,
