Energy

[Delwin D Fandrich]

| -----Original Message-----
| From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org 
| [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Susan Kline
| Sent: July 04, 2005 9:24 AM
| To: Pianotech
| Subject: Re: Energy
| 
| At 10:32 AM 7/4/2005 -0400, you wrote:
| >Well
| >   They lied but 45 & 50 is still better than 22 to 25. 
| That's a  100%  
| >cash savings at the pump over many cars ...isn't it?
| >   Dale
| 
| I once read a message board of Prius owners, and found that 
| driving style has a tremendous effect on the mileage, 
| especially in town. If you have a calibrated foot you can do 
| a lot better, by pressing the limit of the all-electric 
| speed, but not QUITE letting the gasoline engine kick in. 
| They were making a kind of sport of it. The dash can show a 
| readout of your gas mileage at the time, to give you a hint 
| of how you're doing.
| 
| Susan

We borrowed a Prius for a long weekend a while back -- interesting car. My right
foot has been calibrated somewhat heavier than my left and I was surprised and
pleased to find when I filled the tank just before returning the car to the
dealer that our average mileage of mostly freeway driving (at 75+) and some city
driving (making no concession at all for the fact that it was a hybrid) netted
me 47 mpg. I thought that was pretty good. 

Unfortunately the dog we had at the time wouldn't fit....

Del