How good of mileage will i get from a toyota prius if most of my drive is highway.?

My drive is 44 miles hwy %26amp; 10 miles in city driving. Will i still get the 40 miles to the gal with that much hwy miles? Also how does it do in the snow? Can you put studded tires on it?How good of mileage will i get from a toyota prius if most of my drive is highway.?According to Consumer Reports鈥?Road Test for the Toyota Prius, you can expect the following:

Overall mileage, mpg 44 City/highway, mpg 35 / 50 150-mile trip, mpg 48

Note that these are real-world numbers, not EPA estimates, so they should be pretty accurate. As always, your mileage will vary with your driving habits.

To answer your remaining questions, the Prius is a front-drive car, with a curb weight of 2,950 pounds, and weight distribution of 59%/41% front/rear. That is typical of front drive cars, which are generally better to drive in the snow than rear drive models, but not as good as AWD models. Electronic stability control is available on the car, but not standard. The 185/65 R15 tires should provide adequate grip, but any car can benefit from winter tires in snowy climates - I use them on both of my cars (Chicago area). You can use studded tires on the car so long as your state permits them. Many states don鈥檛.How good of mileage will i get from a toyota prius if most of my drive is highway.?
If you keep to the speed limit you should get better than 40 mpg. My 2002 is less efficient than the current generation (or even the second generation) and I need to change the O2 sensor, but it still manages 50 mpg on level freeway at 65 mph and 40 mpg at 75 mph. Yes, speed means that much to the fuel economy. At 55 mph even my '02 will give 60-65 mpg. The advantage comes from the Atkinson-Miller engine design and the electronic CVT power train.



In snow the tires are extremely important. I used to use studded tires on my other cars but went with studless technology (Blizzaks on one car, Michelin X-ice on the other) and they work much better than studded tires. I carry chains in case of really bad snow (7 inches is about the limit), but last winter there was about 2 feet of snow on the street on front of our house - nobody was moving. Even my work truck with 18 inch tires won't handle more than a foot of snow.How good of mileage will i get from a toyota prius if most of my drive is highway.?If you only get 40 mpg 1) Your trips are only 5 minutes or so, 2) You live where it's below zero and mostly do short trips, 3) You're driving through soft snow or deep water for long periods, or 4) You're doing something terribly wrong. I've yet to get less than 50 mpg on highway trips in moderate weather. A trip from Texas to Kentucky got 57 mpg. Here's the numbers for my last two trips from Texas To Nebraska in my 2004 Prius.



--- Trip to NE starts here

Date________ODO_____miles___MPG (l/100km)

08/13/10____111690____625____59.8 (3.9) -- Each line is one tank of gas

08/14/10____112308____618____60.0 (3.9)

08/20/10____112972____663____64.2 (3.7)

08/22/10____113411____438____58.9 (4.0)

08/31/10____113922____510____61.8 (4.0)

--- Trip to NE ends here



Comments like "The electrics don't work at highways speeds" indicate a misunderstanding of how the Prius gets it's good MPG. The efficiency in the Prius is achieved because the gas engine is sized for steady state driving rather than acceleration. This means that the Prius' engine runs at between 34% and 38% efficiency almost all the time as compared to the 20% efficiency of an old fashioned car. The electric motors are there to provide the power required when accelerating (and disguise the fact that the gas engine is small). The electric motors also allow the gas engine to shut off when the power requirements are so low that even the Prius' efficient Atkinson cycle engine (which eliminates most pumping losses at part throttle) would be inefficient.



In general the most efficient way to drive the Prius is to not use the electric motors because they incur additional energy conversion losses. Think of the electric motors like your credit card. If you use your credit card sparingly it can even out the cash flow over the month and cover for an emergency. If you use it a lot, you won't be able to pay it off and you'll get high interest charges.



- Also how does it do in the snow?



The Prius is a fine winter car IF you put decent winter tires on or severe service all-seasons like Nokian WR-g2. I've driven mine through blizzards and ice days with no problems. It's actually been better for on-road winter driving than the 4X4s I've had. Because it's a car it doesn't have the ground clearance that a truck has, so it's best for on-road winter driving. Also it's the easiest to start car that you'll ever own. Starts the same at -10 as it does at +75. Although you can put studded tires on, I don't recommend it (for any car) because studded tires increase the level of lung cancer in areas where they are used. Modern studless severe service tires from a first tier tire manufacturer work very well these days without the need for studs.How good of mileage will i get from a toyota prius if most of my drive is highway.?
You'll get lousy mileage.

On the highway the gas engine will be going full-bore, and the electric stuff will be idle. Worse yet, the dang gas engine has to pull around the useless electric crap, the electric motor and the battery.

Hybrids are most efficient in stop and go driving, where the electrics get a chance to perform.

On the highway all the high tech stuff is dead weight.How good of mileage will i get from a toyota prius if most of my drive is highway.?Stud and Prius,, now thats funny ;)))))How good of mileage will i get from a toyota prius if most of my drive is highway.?
You'll be driving 100% on the gas engine for those 44 highway miles so I doubt you'll get 40 mpg.



You can put snow studded tires on anything. Or you can get a 2nd vehicle like a 4x4 suv to drive in the snow like me. I've only averaged 1800 miles per year for the last 5 year's I've owned it which is less than $475 dollar's a year in gas. Plus, I make it to work no matter what so that pays dividend's!
With the cost at 21,416.00 (according to KBB) It's probably worth it now. Let's say you could get a car that did 36 for 15,000, but drove the 12,000 miles a year.

That's 252 gallons a year - at 4 bucks a gallon, that's 1008 in gas

But at 36, you need 333 gallons or 1333 in gas

so, that takes - what, 15 years to make the difference?

Now, if you're driving 20,000 miles a year, it catches up faster, but the car wears out faster too.