One week to go…

June 24, 2007 by admin.

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Life with Prius

Well a week of ownership has passed and I’ve noticed several things about this car already that I thought I would share with you if you’re thinking about getting one.

1) Leave earlier than normal. In order to get the EPA listed gas mileage of 60 in the city and 51 on the highway, you have to keep your top speed under 72 MPH. My average speed to work pre-Prius was 80 MPH (which compared to other people at work is slow). My new average speed is 65 MPH.

2) Everybody cuts me off. People for some reason don’t like to be behind a Prius, even though I’m going about the same speed as regular traffic. It also doesn’t help that I usually have to stay in the right two lanes because of my speed. Cars normally exit and enter from the right.

3) I’m averaging 45.8 miles per gallon right now. According to the owners manual and Prius owner’s websites, your mileage average will increase as you break-in the vehicle.

4) My first full tank for the Prius was $28. My last full tank on the BMW was $54. That will be $116 savings per month and $1248 savings over the course of a year.

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