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My buddy who drives a 5MT Yaris hatchback and I pulled up next to each other at a red light, with two passengers in each car. I yelled out the...
A family friend recently retired her Prius at 225,000 mi with a perfectly healthy ICE and a dead HV battery. With that many miles and being due...
Koi: I share your frustration. The warm-up behavior is primarily in order to meet emissions regulations, which is not always the same thing as...
Gen3 warming up stages | PriusChat (y)
Thanks, Doctor. I didn't realize I was an idiot. Your colorful, emotional post was easy to follow, so now I know I need to go back to school and...
It was 60°F this morning when I tried the EV Mode button. The car declined to enter EV Mode, without giving a reason. This afternoon, it was...
Thanks, Vincent. It's so much easier to drive efficiently when you know how the car is programmed.
I'd love to know more about this. I had no success using the EV Mode button last winter, but a 9mph EV mode would be quite useful. How hot is...
<-- This guy. Putting the car in neutral keeps the engine from starting. An engine has to run to get warm, and the right time to run it is when...
Thanks for the feedback. I've been P&G'ing when conditions permit, trying to synch the P and G with the gentle rise and fall of the road. But...
Maybe I will. Either way, I want to understand and perhaps modify the car's warm-up logic. I also wonder what the Gen III modders have been up to.
Pumping lots of gas after your filler neck is full certainly does cause air pollution. How do you figure the evaporative emissions canister can...
Conditions often allow me to choose between moderate to high current draw in stealth mode, or a lightly loaded ICE (<1300 RPM). How much power do...
Seats are easily removed. Don't worry about it.
The vehicle pictured in my avatar has gone 900 mi on a ten gallon tank. A better range-extending add-on is this sort of thing: Aerocivic - Honda...
I drive with a ScanGauge reading battery amps, coolant temperature, and ICE RPM. Here's what my Prius C appears to be doing after a cold start...
When I'm driving any vehicle in bumper-to-bumper traffic, I keep my eyes on the car four of five cars ahead. When he moves, I get ready to start...
Is the beep your final warning, or is there a low fuel light that comes on too?
Ditto on all three counts.
The following may be too late to inform your decision, but anyway: Assuming $4/gal, 12000mi/yr, and based on the EPA ratings, the C will save...
