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So yesterday we carpooled to a work convention in Long Island. I was vehicle #2, lead vehicle was a Honda Pilot.
It's a ~3 hour drive from Albany to Nassau County. Well it should have been a 3 hour drive. It ended up being a 2.5 hour drive due to the lead driver and his radar detector.
So we set off on the Thruway, 65mph speed limit, my ACC was set to 85 to keep up (He was going ~80). We did the drive non-stop, and hit no major traffic on the way down. 38.6mpg average for the trip. Twice the insight had to break the 100mph barrier (that cherry is finally popped), to catch the lead vehicle because of cars trying to get around semi's.
Unfortunately for us, the ambient temperature was high 90's-100. Did the entire trip with windows rolled up. Tire cold air pressure, 38lbs. My car had just one passenger (maybe 150lbs). Air set to 68, auto and recirculate. What can I say, terrain was a killer and that tank of gas, was the worst one recorded with the car 43.2 mpg average.
On the way back, thoroughly disappointed with my gas mileage on the trip thus far. I resorted to setting ACC to 75 and finding semi's to follow back. I managed to just squeak out 45mpg. I was honestly hopeful that our trip next month we could get to Virginia Beach on one tank of gas, I honestly think that will be absolutely impossible. Maybe it's just me and my competitive nature, but I honestly haven't been happy at all with the Insight with AC running, and I never turn it below 68. I miss my 55+mpg average tanks, and summer can go away.
I do believe some of my issue was with the relatively high humidity, terrain and ambient temperature that the battery pack wasn't operating anywhere near peak efficiency. I do believe that to be the Achilles heel of this particular journey. Also elevation change was ~ even. Started at 200' above sea level. Middle of the trip was ~1100 feet above sea level. End of trip was ~25 feet above sea level. What did shock me was that the trip topography is basically a parabolic curve, and I didn't regain any mileage on the descent section.
It's a ~3 hour drive from Albany to Nassau County. Well it should have been a 3 hour drive. It ended up being a 2.5 hour drive due to the lead driver and his radar detector.
So we set off on the Thruway, 65mph speed limit, my ACC was set to 85 to keep up (He was going ~80). We did the drive non-stop, and hit no major traffic on the way down. 38.6mpg average for the trip. Twice the insight had to break the 100mph barrier (that cherry is finally popped), to catch the lead vehicle because of cars trying to get around semi's.
Unfortunately for us, the ambient temperature was high 90's-100. Did the entire trip with windows rolled up. Tire cold air pressure, 38lbs. My car had just one passenger (maybe 150lbs). Air set to 68, auto and recirculate. What can I say, terrain was a killer and that tank of gas, was the worst one recorded with the car 43.2 mpg average.
On the way back, thoroughly disappointed with my gas mileage on the trip thus far. I resorted to setting ACC to 75 and finding semi's to follow back. I managed to just squeak out 45mpg. I was honestly hopeful that our trip next month we could get to Virginia Beach on one tank of gas, I honestly think that will be absolutely impossible. Maybe it's just me and my competitive nature, but I honestly haven't been happy at all with the Insight with AC running, and I never turn it below 68. I miss my 55+mpg average tanks, and summer can go away.
I do believe some of my issue was with the relatively high humidity, terrain and ambient temperature that the battery pack wasn't operating anywhere near peak efficiency. I do believe that to be the Achilles heel of this particular journey. Also elevation change was ~ even. Started at 200' above sea level. Middle of the trip was ~1100 feet above sea level. End of trip was ~25 feet above sea level. What did shock me was that the trip topography is basically a parabolic curve, and I didn't regain any mileage on the descent section.