Just filled up the Gen 3 for the first time and it took 34 litres and I had covered 460 miles. That equates to a truley stunning 61.3mpg!! What is even better is that I will claim £64 for the milage and make £26. If this rate continues then I should be looking making £200 a month on fuel in additon to the £70 saving in company car tax.

[quote name='Fluffy01016' date='14 March 2010 - 04:37 PM' timestamp='1268584626' post='983707']
Just filled up the Gen 3 for the first time and it took 34 litres and I had covered 460 miles. That equates to a truley stunning 61.3mpg!! What is even better is that I will claim £64 for the milage and make £26. If this rate continues then I should be looking making £200 a month on fuel in additon to the £70 saving in company car tax.
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I filled up my Gen 3 also for first time last Thursday, 36.51 litres - 490 miles and likewise equates to 61 MPG. Brilliant - and that was with a range of normal driving - motorway, A, B and C roads.

Shhhh. Don't let the taxman find out

Welcome to Prius ownership!

I think it's inevitable that employers - and the taxman - will re-rate mileage allowances for hybrids sooner or later. It's too good to last.

[quote name='Fluffy01016' date='14 March 2010 - 04:37 PM' timestamp='1268584626' post='983707']
Just filled up the Gen 3 for the first time and it took 34 litres and I had covered 460 miles. That equates to a truley stunning 61.3mpg!! What is even better is that I will claim £64 for the milage and make £26. If this rate continues then I should be looking making £200 a month on fuel in additon to the £70 saving in company car tax.
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You've set a good standard for yourself....keep it up!

Welcome & congrats -

I hardly ever get 400+ miles out of mine (normally 350, due to town driving each day i think)

Its a great company car due to the tax saving

[quote name='Fluffy01016' date='14 March 2010 - 04:37 PM' timestamp='1268584626' post='983707']
Just filled up the Gen 3 for the first time and it took 34 litres and I had covered 460 miles. That equates to a truley stunning 61.3mpg!! What is even better is that I will claim £64 for the milage and make £26. If this rate continues then I should be looking making £200 a month on fuel in additon to the £70 saving in company car tax.
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Course, what you can do now is register with www.fuelly.com and log your miles / consumption. At 61.3 mpg you will be able to feel incredibly smug, as there are a number of folk like myself who are only getting around 51 (just remember to select UK units before you enter any values )

You can then get the benefit of putting one of these flash "fuelly my consumption is...." banners in your fprum signature.

Yeah apparantly anyone who is anyone has the fuelly banner

They sure do

[quote name='Dave R.' date='16 March 2010 - 09:14 AM' timestamp='1268730857' post='984390']
Course, what you can do now is register with www.fuelly.com and log your miles / consumption. At 61.3 mpg you will be able to feel incredibly smug, as there are a number of folk like myself who are only getting around 51 (just remember to select UK units before you enter any values )

You can then get the benefit of putting one of these flash "fuelly my consumption is...." banners in your fprum signature.
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Make sure you register your Prius as a 2010 model (which is what the USA call the gen3) then you can compare your MPG against other gen3 priuses. If you say it is a 2009 you will be comparing your mpg against gen2s (mostly).