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Reverse has been up on every car I've ever owned, and on most cars I've ever seen that have conventional 3 speed gear boxes and a column shift....
I actually bought an electronic temperature gauge from JC Whitney to use but never mounted it. Last winter I used an Auto Xray scanner which...
A proper temperature gauge for coolant is a necessity in a Prius for winter. You need it both to see if your winter front is letting it overheat...
I bought a pry bar to remove the panels. Wasn't really needed. If you just pull at the grab point at the center bottom, it comes off. Just...
All brakes grab. The Prius just does it twice. Once you get used to it you can easily compensate and stop just as smoothly as in other cars.
I've got a house plug, but I've thought about using my aux battery. It could run a block heater for maybe 15 minutes safely. This might be...
When I changed my first oil fill it looked much thinner than my 5W-30. I think that made my mpg drop a bit when I lost the break in oil. Beyond...
See the other thread on the block heater install here: http://priuschat.com/index.php?showtopic=11176&st=0 Answer is anyone can do it that is...
My worst last winter in Lexington was a tank at 38 mpg when temperatures were 0 degrees or below. I expect to do better this year with a block...
I considered a Honda Civic hybrid primarily and test drove one. I looked at the Insight, a Buick, the Focus, a Highlander and even a GMC Envoy....
I don't have any tank averages yet but I regularly measure my commute to work which is a 10 mile trip. Summer I can generally get 53-55 mpg. Now...
Key things I do for winter 1 I use an electric Holmes heater in the cabin on grid power to pre warm the car interior. And now this winter a...
And I thought it was because President Bush asked people to conserve fuel, so all his strong supporters stopped driving as much as possible out in...
Interesting discussion here but pretty one sided! I grew up expecting a car for free from my parents. Usually I inherited the old car when my...
Evan, Great to hear you got it in without getting your arm stuck in the hole! I guess Toyota goofed on a lot of things for cold climate use....
Thanks. Your car is about 2 mpg better than mine at most speeds. Hope mine is still breaking in.
I saw it on TV on one of the Sunday morning talk shows. Forget which one. Regular tv, not cable.
I quite agree the loops are optimized for some general case, but there are driver differences and terrain differences that make them just plain...
Results look pretty reasonable for my car at around 80 degrees, except for some reason I get less at 55 mph. I don't see temperature listed, but...
Just saw the new Ford ad for Ethanol and hybrids that makes them look right out there with Toyota making the cars of the future we need. Just...
