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If Prius can really get that reported typical 65 mpg I doubt it will come from the engine mods. I expect it will be from the battery motor...
Windstrings, I agree with some of what you are saying. I manipulate the car all the time a bit like you describe and it does boost my mpg. I...
Sorry if I missed something important here. First the overdrive name is just a name relating what the Prius does to conventional cars with...
1 Precisely my point. The EPA issue involves the lawyers. The regulators used to ban leveling headlights too, but at least that got...
http://www.answers.com/topic/torque-converter This is a torque converter definition that is a bit obsolete, but accurate, and a bit more thorough...
Thanks Hobbit. Really interesting. And just like it says, soon after my really low battery it charged up to 7 green bars, when it wouldn't...
I trust the Toyota engineers. I don't trust the way the Toyota marketeers already screwed up the way the car works. And I don't trust the...
Prius downshifts just like any other car does, it is a cvt so it does it continuously not in steps. It is downshifting when the rpm goes up and...
I think I read where that is adjustable. Probably only with the scanner at the dealers.
I think overdrive makes as much sense for a CVT as it does for any other transmission. The overdrive is not for the transmission but for the...
EV button helps mileage a lot, and many besides me use it daily for this purpose. I gain over 5 mpg on my typical commute from using it, tihis...
But we already have one tweak, the EV button! It works great for low speed driving. The only onther one I need is for high speed, something to...
Enjoy it while you can. My mpg dropped to 45 today commuting to work! Till now I was running around 49 but today I had my first snowflake...
If you want to pursue this, here's what I'd like it to do: 1 Show the trip, tank, etc % engine run time. 2 Show the hv battery current That's...
Reason I monitor voltage is because I like to check my battery regularly. This is easy to do since the battery can be read with the scan gauge...
My Mercedes 190D got about 38 mpg on my commute to work in summer. Winter it got as low as 25 mpg depending on temperatures. Her it gets as...
Helps me a lot. I calculated with my expensive electricity I can save 60 cents for a cost of 5 cents each day approximately. The big question...
I'd love to be able to rely on the miles to empty on the scan gauge. But l see three problems. 1 I have to remember to reset when I fill up,...
I've read about the recalibration where the battery goes up to a really full charge, but have never seen it on my car. But I have seen two other...
My car seems to get its best mpg at about 70 degrees. At 50 is where it starts to degrade for winter. But you have to consider trip length...
