238 mpg is fantastic. I almost bought the Volt but couldn’t live with the limited space in the back and 4 seats. I have a Coulomb charging station at my business and do have a few Volts come and charge from time to time. With my Prius Plugin I am going about 12 to 15 miles on a charge but the cumulative effect with the car getting well over 55 mpg after the battery charge is gone is the best fit for me. I occasionally take trips of over 1000 miles or more and the overall trip cost is much less than if I owned a Volt. It is exciting to track the direction of this fantastic technology. I do really believe that everything being built will eventually be all electric though in a dozen years or so. Here’s to the Plug.

Mick P

I am delighted with the 11ish EV miles per charge. I,like one of the other writers, charge through my 4,200 watts PV array.

I think it depends on your driving needs as to which of the current EV/HV vehicles is appropriate. For me, my 166 mpg is just fine!

I bought the car in Feb 12 and have been to the gas station three times. I have taken a couple of day trips which cuts down on the over all MPG but it shows 238 MPG lifetime.

When the lead starts flying in the middle east, I will be really glad I got this car.

Sorry, it’s been awhile. So far so good. My wife will not let me drive the pip that much. The 05 Prius we have has become “old hat” so to speak plus it is looking a little ragged. I still love to drive it though as it drives the same now with 199,000 miles on it as it did the day I brought it home from the showroom. My wife is very diligent about keeping the pip plugged in though. After 6,700 miles on the car we are averaging 94mpg. Keep in mind that this is with her punching the ICE into action on a regular basis ARGGG! Despite that though still 94mpg. the more miles we put on the car the harder it will be to change that number. I reset my A trip counter as soon as I came back from Virginia and have not reset it since. I use it as a quick reference. If the other overall screen is used the car has averaged 87mpg overall including the 800 mile trip down from New Port News, Virginia. My Condo association still refuses to let me put in a level 2 charging station at the beach. I was plugging into the common area receptacle by my parking space but they sent me a violation notice and ordered me not to do it again.
This is frustrating because I am trying to move there full time. Anyway I have no doubt we would be seeing your mpg numbers or higher if we weren’t making trips of 120 miles 2 to 3 times a month. I haven’t tried it yet but understand from a c-net pip road test that the GPS will not work when using the other apps. By the way your right, we don’t use the heater much here in Florida except when I sneak my wife’s seat heater on when she is not looking. I think it’s funny but she doesn’t. Funny what 38 years of marriage does to a person. Oh well gotta go. In the 60s and 70s we used to say “Keep on Truckn” now we are saying “Keep on Sippn”.

Mick

I was gone for a week to a Student Life Church camp with kids from our church. While I was gone my wife drove the pip all week. She could care less about mileage. She stomps it down, kicks on the ice and ignores the gauges. I was up to 98mpg for the last 4,500 miles with 3-120 mile round trips and local 30-mile a day round trips a month. When I came back Friday the pip was down to 96mpg for the last 4,700 miles. I know it is kind of silly but I enjoy rubbing it in to leaf and volt owners. Oh well, I still should have the car up to 110 mpg by the end of the year. The trip down from New Port news Va. to Florida put me behind the 8 ball from the start but how bad would that be for a volt owner? As far as a leaf goes you’d have to use amtrak auto train Ha! Ha! I just have a feeling that when these pips goes nationwide next year they are going to be in short supply. That should keep the value up. I had the 5000 mile service done, not much to it, rotate the tires and check the battery. The oil doesn’t change until 10K. Pretty amazing. The very worst mileage without any charge has been 49mpg, that’s without taking any care of the gas pedal. The car without any charge normally gets 58 to 63 mpg if I am reasonably careful with the gas. amazing stuff. keep me posted, Mick

Sipping through a very small straw, Ha! Ha!
Mick P