50,000 miles

[fbhjr]

My little car that I still think of as new hit 50,000 miles today after 2 1/2 years. (It is a not round number of 80,467.2km…)


This year has had my worst and my best milage on the car.

The winter was tough and the car does not like the cold. It drives fine in it. But, lights, wipers, heaters and defrosters all take power and power for that is not power to getting me farther down the road for the same amount of gas.

It is even more jagged if you look at the individual tanks.

I’m sure once the cold really gets going, that black average line will be headed down again.

All in all, I’m still quite happy with my car.
I hope the winter isn’t too bad.

Comments

[chris-warrior.livejournal.com]

i think i've told you before that my Honda Civic hybrid does similarly less well on gas mileage in the winter. it was explained to me that since the engine runs hot, it takes a lot longer to warm up and run efficiently in the winter. thus, i have improved my winter gas mileage (slightly) by trying to combine errands and keep engine warm longer. still, it seems your Prius does better in general than this 2006 Honda Civic that i have now (the 2004 got better gas mileage than the 2006, leading me to wonder why the redesign). i'm getting an average of 48 (i think; i just checked, i should remember!) over the last 40K. i'm just over 150K now.