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Could you imaging if all vehicle transponder keys interfered with each other? It would be really difficult to carry passengers. An oops! for Toyota.
Front-to-rear is indeed the specified and generally recommended way to rotate tires. Unfortunately, the only way to lift two wheels at once using...
I had exactly the same issue with a dealer rotating tires and over-torquing. I was fortunate to have a flat that appeared when the car was in my...
In my case, it's a hydronic boiler with (4) zones. If you just open up all zone valves manually, there's quite a bit of gravity flow. The duty...
This issue was that the inverter would drop out at reduced battery voltage. This makes sense since the typical use of an inverter is for something...
I used my Prius together with an inverter to power the ignition system of my hydronic boiler during the recent power outage in NJ. The boiler...
This is not only an apples/oranges comparison but an extreme one at that. I you want a sporty car there are many others less costly than a BMW...
There have been a number of revisions to the HPFP, but the buying public will not know if it's actually now reliable until there are years of...
I too would say that the gears have to be the weak link. But I've suspected for a long time that the polar moment of inertia of the motors is a...
I do find tire rotation a bit tedious. I use two floor jacks on one side at a time, and had to modify each jack to correctly transfer the load to...
There is a difference. With McPherson strut suspension, the lower (only) ball joint normally only experiences fore/aft and side/side loads. The...
Let's remember that the Prius has a rear beam axle and McPherson strut front. This is simply not a high performance system. There is little or no...
The lawyers obviously want the least exposure to liability, so they would insist on the safest inflation pressure?
One thing that intrigues me about this forum is that Toyota's tire-inflation specifications are widely questioned while the engine-0il...
I agree with your observations that the Prius selector does provide the driver some hints that it is "different". But for Toyota to justify its...
I drive a manual as well -- often. And I would venture to say that there is not a manual transmission available in the world today that does not...
My take is that the Prius layout is fine if the Prius is your primary car or only car. But if you drive a number of different vehicles like I do,...
I think the point is that Toyota must use their recommended oil in the EPA test cycle, and they want every advantage, even 0.75 MPG. Markets...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] I've only purchased a few parts from Toyota, but I have found their pricing to be extraordinary -- $93 for a mechanical key?...
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