Ya know if Toyota was social media friendly, they’d be paying me for this shit but they aren’t so I’m doing this just because it’s fun and I really do love my Prius. (If Toyota ever wakes up to social media and offers me money, I’ll let ya know – transparency and all that ya know.)
Anyway, I got y’all all excited with my 62.9 mpg photo last week and that was sort of unfair… it was the highest I’d ever seen my mileage and I knew it would go down – and it did, so let me tell you about that.
Right after I filled up, TW went to the doctor which is really close to our house and the next day we went to Starbucks which is also really close to our house. Then on Saturday we picked up Joy in Skokie which is not close to our house. When Joy got in the car, she can attest to the fact that the MPG had dropped significantly from where it was on Wednesday night – it was at 46.7 or 47.2 or something like that. Big drop right?
If you read my blog regularly, you know that we went to Evanston for brunch and then we drove around all over the place on Sunday. And then Monday was coffee day. Tuesday was a trip to the post office and to take the little kids back to their dad’s house. Wednesday was coffee day too… and today, I made my weekly trip to Great Lakes Naval Base for cheap gas & groceries…. and when I pulled into the gas station, this was what was on the display. Not 62.9… just my average 50ish MPG.
You said shit! I never heard/ read you say that.
50ish MPG is still very, very good.
Yes I can attest…..but, 50.5…nothing to sneeze at…still a lot better than what I normally get running around at my stop-and-go pace around my house. Ah, but I LOVE my Prius. And….I love your quaint little yellow house too….especially your office with all your books around and yours and TW’s computers set up across from one another’s…plenty of room….and the sun deck right outside…very cool.
I think the Prius is very cool, but why am I most intrigued by the reflection of you taking the picture of the console? Good thing it’s Friday.
The Prius is very cute. I’d like one when I buy another car (if I buy new). I was talking to a co-worker of mine who is looking for a new car. He still said that if he calculates the gas he’d spend versus the premium you still have to pay for hybrid, that it would take 7 years to come even. In other words, he’s not convinced yet. Of course some people count the environment factor, others do not.
Very good gas mileage.