Well, After ~2months the car has finally broken in. Took around 3000 miles, but the results are pretty remarkable. Initially, for the first 4 tanks of gas, I was averaging around 48 MPG, which isn't bad, but its certainly not as good as you can get.
Now that the break in period has passed (and there is a noticible break-in period) I'm averaging about 54 MPG and that includes a 60/40 highway/surface street mix of driving. The highway driving is a lot of slow and go/stop and go type of congested driving. Now this also allows for a break-in period for the driver. I find that I'm now driving like all the little old grannies out there on the road... Slow and steady. That's also what will get you the best fuel economy. While it's not a sports car, it does have decent punch off the starting line thanks to the incredible amount of torque the eletric motor delivers. As far as cockpit features, the smart key is really cool. You never have to take your keys out of your pocket to unlock the door(s), start the car, etc. As far as packages go, I got the basic package #2 which doesn't include the premium sound, hands-free bluetooth integration, or the navigation system. But, everything I've heard about them is they are pretty good when compared to other makes and models. Basic stereo is ok, but a little flat in the bass, and loses range on the mids. It does have good crisp treble though. All in all I'm absolutely thrilled with the car. It really is the "geeks" car if ever there was one. I'm not in it so much for the "green" aspect as I am for the technology factor and, of course, saving money on gas. This last tank, I'm not quite out of fuel and I have put 480 miles on it. The last fillup was around 9 gallons (I rarely get more than 9 gallons into the goofy bladder/gas tank the Prius has). If you are interested in hearing from some of the more zealous prius owners, you should check out http://priuschat.com/forums. There are some pretty nutty folks there, but an absolute wealth of knowledge about this car (along with a number of Toyota certified techs that answer the more technical questions). You should really give one a test drive!!! Cheers, -- Jeff Garza -----Original Message----- From: Zaphod Beeblebrox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 3:05 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Jeff Garza's Prius 2 months later So Jeff, how 'bout a review now that you've had the car 2 months give or take a couple days. MPG would be most appreciated too. -- You see I really have to tell you That it all gets so intense From my experience It just doesnt seem to make sense Still...you turn me on ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:255921 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
