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Annoying VW is a good thing IMHO.
Chart also uses the 2014 model of the Prius, the 2016 would be better. Note how the Prius (even the 2014 model) is cheaper per mile than most...
Another factor not mentioned is the need to heat up the catalytic converter. The Prius has two design goals: fuel economy and low emissions....
Motor Trend: 0-30mph: 3.1 secs 0-40mph: 4.9 0-50mph: 7.1 0-60mph: 9.7 0-70mph: 13.4 0-80mph: 18.8 30-60 : 6.6 60-70 : 3.7 45-65 : 5.4...
Well in the UK Toyota sells hybrid and non-hybrid Yaris and hybrid and non-hybrid Auris. The cheapest non-hybrid automatic Yaris costs £15265...
Since people want to talk about premiums and Corollas, what about the "hatchback premium"? For the Focus, it is almost 2 grand. For the Elantra...
I don't think you can fully compare technologies, but you can compare particular vehicles. There are good hybrids and not so good hybrids. Good...
I googled to get the US average miles/year and that's what came back. In fact it said US males drive 16550 miles and US males aged 35-54 drive...
Here's how I compare conventional gas cars to the Prius. I make an assumption about gas price (say $2/gal) and miles driven per year (say the US...
39C (102F) today. But it's true that heat can hurt battery life. So can leaving it with a low charge in cold weather. The key point is that...
People always worry about replacing the hybrid battery but it is very rare. Look at longtermqualityindex.com which has statistics for power train...
The new reliability trends graphs are great! They will improve as you get more years of data.
I notice the 2004 Prius has fewer repair trips/yr than any other vehicle that old except for the 2004 Lexus RX among TrueDelta's statistically...
Both oxygen sensors, exhaust coupling.
Ivorz I don't know the effect of removing the chin spoilers. Using them to reduce air pressure under the car seems to have helped for me. Here...
I also had this problem when I first got my 2004. In my opinion, the problem is due to a combination of factors that add up worse in some cars...
The problem turned out to the the air-fuel ratio sensor. Initially I got code P0138. Later things got worse and I got P0031 and an "open loop"...
Thanks Danny for pointing out this discrepancy. I was using the 2nd set of values (from the Scangauge web site) and I never got a BTA reading. I...
Thanks kocho for the TSB. My 2004 is after this -- so it does not apply to me. My understanding of this TSB is that the codes happened due to...
That explains why my Scangauge only gets a reading from O12! The O12 oxygen sensor reading rises from 0 to 84-93 when warmed up. I can drive all...
