With the iPhone app Road Trip always takes the second fill up to be of any use when you buy a new car because I can’t remember why it doesn’t calculate the dealer’s gratis tank, doesn’t matter, the car’s computer was pretty close too.
Drum roll…
Over 57 miles per gallon!
Again, this is thanks to the current Prius now using Lithium-ion-based batteries instead of the older Nickel-metal Hydride as Vixen did. Harley’s fuel tank is about two gallons larger as well which can help average out the city-based driving I do exclusively with my car. When Vixen was my car, she only made two road trips, last year’s Brick Fiesta run to San Antonio which isn’t very far as Austin is practically merging into one giant stretch of sprawl a la I-35. The other was several years ago to Dallas for a long weekend to visit Nancy and Hoser. Vixen was younger, her batteries had a better life cycle and she kicked ass! Over 52 mpg yet oddly, the computer said the batteries only contributed to two percent of the journey in either direction.
Harley is shaping up to be the car I really wanted. Getting over 500 miles per tank! OK, the extra boost she gets from smug and farts help (wait for it).