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The current efforts to legislate noise makers on hybrids are H.R. 734 and S. 841. Both bills are flawed because they legislate one one...
I'm attaching my NHW11 oil test of Type WS after 27k miles. My overall impressions: viscosity 5% loss - very nice! Cu 73 ppm - higher than...
Every now and then I read about something that 'tickles' my paranoia and this one struck it soundly:January 26-29, 2010 Walter E. Washington...
Many of us have noticed that the early startup of our Prius leads to an MPG deficit that takes awhile, 4-6 miles, to clear. This is due in...
2nd UPDATE:Sunoco First To Close Major US Refinery In Downturn - WSJ.com Sunoco Inc. (SUN) on Tuesday became the first major oil refiner to...
Temperature: 63F Time: 1:30 AM Humidity: high Car unused: ~48 hrs. Most recent activity: oil change on Saturday Went to run an errand and was...
I changed the ICE oil and knocked the dust out of the air filter. I'll swap it in the spring. The windshield wipers are still in good shape....
I am a great fan of analyzing transmission oil because unlike engine oil, it tends to stay in service at least 10 times longer. Furthermore,...
I'm not a great fan of engine oil analysis because I treat it as a consumable as it is changed so frequently. Worse, it carries a boatload of...
GM kills Saturn after Penske ends deal - Sep. 30, 2009 Looks like the Vue hybrid is over. Bob Wilson
I've been working on Prius accident data inspired by Christopher Hogan's pioneering work. Recently, the NHTSA leaked a preview of their 12...
I took my wife's car in for 5,000 mile service and a few extras: sample of engine oil - dark brown, opaque change and sample transaxle oil...
This reflects the user mileage summary from Fuel Economy MPG|year|# users 51.6|2010|46 51.6|2009|17 46.5|2008|113 46.8|2007|155. So other...
I was just at www.fueleconomy.gov and found they have this announcement: HELP US IMPROVE THIS WEB SITE!...
"MSI International" sent a survey requests that meets SPAM criteria: e-mail sent Friday at 4:16 PM - wrong time, wrong media "chance to win...
Historical Prius data: 18,886 - August 19,173 - July 12,998 - June 10,091 - May Closest guess on September sales? Bob Wilson
The Deadly Silence of the Electric Car - CBS News . . . Officials at Tesla say they have no intention of implementing "fake noises." The company...
There is a long road from theory to practice (aka., nuclear fusion power plants, nuclear energy) so one needs to take such announcements with...
We'd already discussed this but I thought this report merits another look: Quality Planning found that while the mileage for high-commute drivers...
This is a report about an actual Prius accident. It was probably an NHW20 but I suspect the blind-spot problem is shared by our 2010 Prius:...
