I bought Camry Hybrid in January and I just made my first 5k miles.
The average MPG I calculated over the last 3 and a half months is 34.6.
However, I found that the MPG depends not only on driving condition but also on the brand and the type of gas I use. I had 10 refils so far: Chevron=3, Shell=3, Exxon=4. Most of my driving is to and from work, which is around 70-80 miles on HWs.
I usually drive with the trafic, which is max 70-75 mph on HWs. Gas with higher octane number makes better MPG, but as all we know it costs more. Thus, I also calculated MP$ (miles per dollar), which actually makes more sense to me than just MPG. I live in San Diego, so the absolute numbers I am showing for MP$ are valid for San Diego, ranking can be used globaly. Please note, that the pool of collected data is relatively small at the moment, so the results can be used only as indicators. I will try to provide similar stats after I make another 5k miles.
If somebody has similar stats to share with others, it would be appreciated.
(Note: for stats guys, the MP$ error, shown in Table below, is calculated as a ratio between Standard deviation and the average value.
(San.Diego).....MPG......MP$...MP$.Error.%..Rank...Rank%
..Exxon........34.3.....12.3.......4%.........2......99%
..Shell........35.7.....12.4.......8%.........1.....100%
..CV...........33.8.....10.2.......7%.........3......82%
As you can see, there is no a big difference between Shell and Exxon, but CV is quite behind.
Have happy and safe driving!
THC2007
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p.s. 40 MPG I can make only if I drive downhil or if I crawl at 10 mph on a flat road .