What's your ECO score?

[Stepano1963]

My Eco score is 39 with 2,700 miles on the car. Averaging 38+ mpg.

[iTQAN]

My Eco score is 39 with 2,700 miles on the car. Averaging 38+ mpg.

Interesting, mine is 148 @ 2325, averaging about the same. How come?

[thunderstruck]

22 with 308 miles on my HSH. Too early to know average mileage. Have to develop a good driving strategy first to maximize economy.

[Mass_Hybrid]

Long time lurker to the board but I am one of the few with a very very low ECO score. My hybrid has almost 5K miles and my score is a WHOPPING 10.

I bought the hybrid on a spur of the moment whim because I was tired of my 2006 Pacifica sipping gas at a clip of 200 miles to a full tank of gas.

I have had my car almost 8 months but do mostly city driving in heavy heavy stop and go traffic in Boston.

Not the best eco score but still only have to get gas every 3 weeks and am averaging 26MPG from my records.

[XxHaimBondxX]

wow, that's nuts, perhaps you reset the eco score at some point?

[Mass_Hybrid]

wow, that's nuts, perhaps you reset the eco score at some point?

Nope haven't reset it at all. I probably don't drive it all the times as a Hybrid either (have a super lead foot at some points). Doesn't help that with two kids have to warm the car up in the cold cold before driving. Summer time should be better since A/C doesn't require engine. Not the best MPG in the world but beats my alternative which was a little less than 11MPG in my Pacifica and would cost 60-70 to fillup each week!

[schroed3r]

How the heck do you guys do it? I'm at about 2300 miles and my eco score is only 4! My average MPG is about 28, although I suspect it might be because of the short 2 mile drives to work and back everyday. Don't use it much on the highway. Any tips on what might be wrong or how to get more MPG?

[remltr]

schroed3r

Like snowman said, "You got to drive it". Get it out on the open road and put some highway miles on it. I do just that, just to put highway miles on it, which in essence is a waste of gas, because there is no other reason to be going down the road, but that is just me.

I'm like you, but my commute is 8 miles round trip and all at 40 mph or below with stop and go traffic.

It took me a while to realize that this is not a golf cart, it weighs a whole lot more than that. A cold engine pulling a mid size sedan is not going to get the high mpg or eco score you want, until you get up to highway speed and no traffic lights or congestion.

[jleebiker]

@Schroed3r, umm... get a bike? Seriously, at 2mi trips back and forth, you're better off leaving the car in the garage and getting a bike. I don't know what kind of neighborhoods you would have to go through, but a bike might be a better alternative and use the car for longer trips.

When it's not snowing, I ride 35mi round trip back and forth from work 2-3x/week. It really is doable.

[XxHaimBondxX]

I'd like to start taking my bike to work soon. Been dreaming about it for 2 years now. Problem is that I have to travel through some heavily driven roads, all 3 lane, at least 40 mph and no bike lanes. The other route is 50% winding road, still with no bike lanes, often driven with no-yielding, green hating bums. No offence.