Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > On Nov 23, 2006, at 6:21 AM, Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: > >> Hi Godfrey! How is the Prius doing with the coal consumption? What? >> Hib-what? How do you spell that? > > I'm not sure what you meant by "coal consumption" or "Hib-what" in > the questions above. > > On my west to east journey from Sunnyvale, California to Yonkers, New > York, I drove 3,165 miles. The Prius has performed flawlessly > throughout. It is quiet, powerful enough for good performance in any > circumstances I've encountered, handles stably and surely. > > I have filled the fuel tank 8 times so far, at about 365 miles on the > tankful with a couple of pips left on the fuel capacity gauge, with > an average of 8.4 US gallons per fill up (total tank capacity from > dry is 10.9 US gallons). The fuel economy right now calculates to a > cumulative average of 44.4 miles per US gallon. Total cost for this > traveling has been ~US$160 worth of regular grade no-lead gasoline/ > petrol. > > Considering that most of those 3100+ miles were spent at cruising > speeds of 70 to 85 miles per hour, I consider this pretty darn good > performance. > > Godfrey
Excellent report, Godfrey... The Prius is on my short list! <g> keith whaley -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
