excellent! I'm going to talk with a dealership tomorrow and just wanted one last review before I went. That jives with what others say about it. I just paid 3.59 9/10 a gallon for diesel just the other day and I paid $80 for a tank that will last around 6 days. I pisses me off everytime I see diesel for 3.59 and unleaded is below 3.00.....
and to think diesel was 1.25/gallon when I bought this truck. On Mar 7, 2008, at 9:25 PM, Jeff Garza wrote: > 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:255940 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
