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Replying to: m0t0rm0uth (Jun 13, 2006 7:31 pm) Up north here in Canada I drove 1009 km (627 miles) on my 1st "hybrid learning" tank, got 5.8 L/100 km (40.5 mpg) according to computer. My driving consists of 40% city 60% highway, A/C with Eco, 35 psi tire pressure from dealership. I tend to accelerate moderately from stop, go with traffic flow on hw (10-15 km/hr over 100 km/hr speed limit approx 70 mph), use cruise control whenever traffic permits, enjoy EV mode on school/community zones (slowing down on those zones suddenly doesn't bother me anymore, thanks to TCH !!) Anyway, on Monday night my TCH showed zero Driving range (empty) when I was 100 km away from home, I gave it a try to see how far it can take me further. Driving late at night with very little traffic, I got home alright from lake Simcoe to Toronto, drove to work the next morning, drove to the gym ater work, and then decided to it's about time to fill up get ready for tomorrow's long distance travel, not safe running out of gas on a busy highway (and also get rid of the 5L gasoline container in the trunk as backup for the experiment  ). So I did drive 126 km (78 miles) after zero reading on driving distance. At fillup, the tank only took 60 litres (tank volume is 65 L/17 gal according to spec), there's another 5 litres, more than a gallon left in tank! theoretically it can get me going for another 80 km (50 miles) before it really runs out of gas  So to TCH's owners, don't sweat when your TCH's Driving range goes down to zero, take your time to find a gas station, you have plenty of "miles" left. Hope you enjoy your TCH, it's an amazing car. 2 weeks has passed since I owned one and still exciting... Thanks to many sharp & knowledgeable posters in this forum, quite informative and I'm learning something new every day. (Pardon my writing if not clear to anyone, english is not my native language) |
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Replying to: njerald (Jun 13, 2006 6:18 pm) And by download, is it something that can be read offline? Thanks - that is a great link if you can dowload them!
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Replying to: spiff72 (Jun 14, 2006 6:34 am) |
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Even though selling them, it's quite common not to have a lot of 'seat time' in the various vehicles we sell. It is the client afterall who should be experiencing the vehicle. Well yesterday I had the opportunity to spend 10+ hours driving a TCH in all kind of traffic and conditions, except rain. Starting from sealevel on the E Coast I was able to take a beautiful Sand/Bisque 'loaded' version up over the Blue Ridge Mountains into and across the Appalachians into the heartland. Like delivering coal to Newcastle so to speak. This vehicle is much much different than my Prius. WAY different. Did I mention that the driving experience was different? Until now it has been normally 'known' that driving in a relaxed manner is best for fuel economy in the HSD vehicles. This is still likely true but there is something different with the TCH. Driving west from sealevel to the mountains and down again - at 70-75 mph - staying ahead of the 18-wheelers while negotiating several long 7% grades the overall fuel economy was 39 mpg over 650+ miles!!! That's better than the EPA Hwy value and almost equal to the EPA City value. What shocked me was it was done at 70 mph on average and with seemingly little effort. Taking the Blue Ridge Mountains with CSN+Y's 'Four Way Street' was beautiful in midafternoon. While not being an audiophile did I mention that the sound system is fantastic!!! Pachibel's Canon at sunset over KY seemed appropriate too. With the vehicle being nearly silent all the time it was just the music and the road. The displays are the best I've seen in any Toyota. In the loaded version with the navi I had the map set to a 50 mi view on the right, the ECO-DRIVE indicator ( above 40 mpg most of the time ) in the center and could watch the instantaneous fuel economy analog dial on the left ( as it fluctuted between 30 and 60 mpg ). At night with the opticon gauges lit in front it was even clearer still. They are truly the best. The Navi system was precise and very easy to interface with outside of learning some of the specific commands. Take the time it's fun to do it. The seating was very comfortable even at 10+ hours of straight driving. In another forum alpha01 responded to a poster about visibility being an issue on the driver's part. The poster complained about the headrests being too big and uncomfortable. After 10 hours I had no complaints at all and actually found them very relaxing and a perfect fit for me. However the B-pillar seems to be twice as wide as the previous Camry's I've owned ( likely due to IIHS issues ) and it does take some getting used to if you have been driving Camry's for a while. If I didn't need the ultra-efficiency of the Prius I'd be in a TCH in an instant. Did I mention that I was thoroughly impressed with everything about the new TCH.  Congratulations to all the new owners. 
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