Am living in NW Vermont and there are many, many other Prius owners around here. I swear I see one Prius for every 10 cars... Can someone point me to a reliable mechanic in the Burlington Vermont area? My old reliable technician confessed that he's "not up to speed on the Prius", so I'll have to look elsewhere. I have no big problems with the '07 that I've just purchased (with ~50,000 miles), though it does seem to run a bit 'rough' at higher speeds, almost like it's misfiring. Have read elsewhere here about checking oil level and it is about a third of an inch above the full level on dipstick. Any other ideas? Thank you in advance!
There are discussions under the Gen II forums that suggest that you should never have the oil higher than the full mark. IIRC overfilling causes aeration of the oil which causes it to degrade rapidly. Ususal recomendataion was to drain a bit if possible or drain and refill correctly. Again, IIRC, the full mark is about 3.75 quarts.
