Toyota Prius

[MossRoad]

Very true, trucks of the 70's got about 8mpg maybe 10mpg going down hill. My Toyota LC got 4-6mpg and had a 16 gallon tank. Today my suburban seats 9 and all their luggage and will easily do 20mpg on a highway trip, and never does below 17mpg. You would need three or four Prius's to move it all, and if you put the canoe on top and pull the 13ft whaler, the numbers get even better, bottom line is if you move gear and three people the suburban is more efficient. Yeah, who would think a 1500cc engine would get good mileage. LOL Truth is a VW polo with a similar sized TDi get 100 mpg. So much for hybrids. HS

Your new truck gets better mileage due to fuel injection and overdrive. That's it. Not rocket science. And I doubt you can fit 9 people and all their luggage in a Suburban. There isn't that much room behind the 3rd seat. I know because I own one. You cannot fit 9 suitcases behind that seat. Nope. NO ONE buys a Prius to replace a Suburban.

 

[MossRoad]

Oh... you were thinking that squeezing trout referred to a fish! :thumbsup:

I would never belong to a club that would have me as a member.

Again, you are cracking me up! :laughing:

 

[houstonscott]

Oh... you were thinking that squeezing trout referred to a fish! :thumbsup: I would never belong to a club that would have me as a member.

yeah, I am a fly fisherman, I assumed you were too, with that name. But as any good catch and release guy knows squeezing is a no no. It kills fish. You don't live far from some of the best trout waters. HS

 

[houstonscott]

Your new truck gets better mileage due to fuel injection and overdrive. That's it. Not rocket science. And I doubt you can fit 9 people and all their luggage in a Suburban. There isn't that much room behind the 3rd seat. I know because I own one. You cannot fit 9 suitcases behind that seat. Nope. NO ONE buys a Prius to replace a Suburban.

what I'm saying is while the suburban with three on board roles past the Prius with one, it's the suburban that's getting better mileage, or efficiency. It's not just the number on the sticker, you have to be smarter than that! HS

 

[txdon]

One thing I did not like about the Prius was that it bottomed out on my center high roads with 4 adults in it. I had to keep the center of the road boxed bladed down. Oh, wait, that means without the Prius less seat time is needed.:confused2:

 

[DarkBlack]

what I'm saying is while the suburban with three on board roles past the Prius with one, it's the suburban that's getting better mileage, or efficiency. It's not just the number on the sticker, you have to be smarter than that! HS

Sorry I'm late to the party.
Can you explain again/better your logic of why the suburbon with 3 people is more efficient than the prius. I gotta get a beer first to wrap my head around that one!

 

[aczlan]

Sorry I'm late to the party.
Can you explain again/better your logic of why the suburbon with 3 people is more efficient than the prius. I gotta get a beer first to wrap my head around that one!

The formula is: gallons per mile/people in car
A Suburban getting 20 MPG with 3 people is using 0.016667 gallons per person per mile, ((1/20)/3)=0.016666667
A Suburban getting 20 MPG with 6 people is using 0.0083333333 gallons per person per mile, ((1/20)/3)=0.0083333333
A 15 passenger van getting 15 MPG with 15 people is using 0.004444444444 gallons per person per mile), ((1/15)/15)=0.004444444444
A Prius getting 50 MPG with 1 person is using 0.016667 gallons per person per mile, ((1/50)/1)=0.02
A Prius getting 50 MPG with 4 people is using 0.005 gallons per person per mile, ((1/50)/4)=0.005

So as a way to efficiently move people, a Prius getting 50MPG carrying 4 people is less efficient than a 15 passenger van getting 15 MPG with 15 people on board. With 5 people, the Prius is slightly more efficient than the van (0.004 vs 0.004444)

Aaron Z

 

[txdon]

Sorry I'm late to the party.
Can you explain again/better your logic of why the suburbon with 3 people is more efficient than the prius. I gotta get a beer first to wrap my head around that one!

Go ahead, get another beer.....that there's a lot of math....

 

[houstonscott]

The formula is: gallons per mile/people in car A Suburban getting 20 MPG with 3 people is using 0.016667 gallons per person per mile, ((1/20)/3)=0.016666667 A Suburban getting 20 MPG with 6 people is using 0.0083333333 gallons per person per mile, ((1/20)/3)=0.0083333333 A 15 passenger van getting 15 MPG with 15 people is using 0.004444444444 gallons per person per mile), ((1/15)/15)=0.004444444444 A Prius getting 50 MPG with 1 person is using 0.016667 gallons per person per mile, ((1/50)/1)=0.02 A Prius getting 50 MPG with 4 people is using 0.005 gallons per person per mile, ((1/50)/4)=0.005 So as a way to efficiently move people, a Prius getting 50MPG carrying 4 people is less efficient than a 15 passenger van getting 15 MPG with 15 people on board. With 5 people, the Prius is slightly more efficient than the van (0.004 vs 0.004444) Aaron Z

You get it! Nice job, sometimes you have to draw cartoons on TBN. I have had to ride in the back of a Prius, not fun even for a few miles, it's really just two seats, a first car for kids, a starter for some who has to pinch pennies, not a desirable ride what so ever. Yuk. HS

 

[troutsqueezer]

You get it! Nice job, sometimes you have to draw cartoons on TBN. I have had to ride in the back of a Prius, not fun even for a few miles, it's really just two seats, a first car for kids, a starter for some who has to pinch pennies, not a desirable ride what so ever. Yuk. HS

News flash: Prius interior room is nearly the same as the Camry, that's why it's classified as a mid-size sedan. Pretty expensive car for a starter, too.

That's some pretty fuzzy math there. By that logic, I'll just sell the Prius and buy a bus because I'll really save money on fuel then. :confused3: