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Replying to: jana6 (Nov 01, 2008 5:48 pm) For (especially) short trips an engine block heater (EBH) helps. It will improve warm up time thus the first 5 minutes MPG. This is especially useful in colder weather. They can be put on a timer an kick in say 3 hours before taking off. In colder weather lot of us use grill blocking partial to full pending how cold it is. Also have you looked in tire pressure you may want to consider it. You already talked about combining short trips - that's great too. link title has many other great info - there is a Fuel Economy forum. Good luck, Gabe |
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Replying to: prius2007 (Nov 02, 2008 4:01 am) Great! I've checked them out and have put both in my favorites. I'll have my mechanic friend check it all out for me for further guidance on the SGII. When I filled up today (less than 5 gallons actually), the actual came up to 56.57 so I probably didn't fill it up all the way because of the bladder but that sure was nice to see (the computer still said 50 which I'm happy with). Next fill up should give me a better idea of the real numbers. I live in Las Vegas so the summer heat does affect the gas mileage--sorry, must use AC! The winters are very mild but the evenings can get down into the upper 30's (usually more like the 40's though) and the days range from the 40's to the 60's. I can't say I noticed any better or worse gas mileage last winter but am now keeping track of it all so I'll have a better handle on the numbers. I'm going to get my oil changed tomorrow morning and will have them put the back tire air pressure at 40 and the front at 42. At least I think that's what it said to do. I'll double check that. I think it said the front should be 2 lbs higher than back. Again, thanks for all your help. |
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Replying to: jana6 (Nov 01, 2008 5:48 pm) 
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Replying to: cdhc (Nov 07, 2008 12:12 pm) Keep up those good habits! 
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Any of you Prius owners seeing a mileage hit due to ethanol-blended fuels? A lot of folks in the The Inconvenient Truth About Ethanol discussion are reporting 7-10% mileage reductions vs regular gas. I assume this would also affect hybrids but might tend to be a bit muted because of the hybrid system.
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Replying to: pf_flyer (Nov 19, 2008 6:02 pm) My data clearly shows a decline in MPG during winter. How much of it is due to E10 vs the cold I don't know. Spring Summer Fall Winter 2007 50.4 59 57.5 55.3 2008 62.4 64.5 63.1 change 23.8% 9.3% 9.7% Gabe
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Replying to: prius2007 (Nov 19, 2008 6:13 pm)
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Replying to: pf_flyer (Nov 19, 2008 6:17 pm)
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Replying to: pf_flyer (Nov 19, 2008 6:02 pm) |
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Replying to: prius2007 (Nov 19, 2008 6:24 pm) Just spoke with a friend who owns a pair of Prius and although he's not a fanatical mileage tracker like I am, he's saying that he's seeing at least a 5% drop off since ethanol crept into our area of the state. He's not happy about that either. |
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