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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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| Pick up a camry hybrid (ordered in feb 2006) june 1st. Have 1300 miles am getting combined hy and city 43 mpg. Seat are a big improvement,easy to get in and out. Better then i hoped for, love the car. | |
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Replying to: gampa (Jun 13, 2006 7:38 pm)
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Replying to: larsb (Jun 14, 2006 9:24 am)
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Replying to: bmgoodman (Jun 14, 2006 9:28 am)
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Replying to: kdhspyder (Jun 14, 2006 9:34 am)
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Replying to: spiff72 (Jun 14, 2006 10:14 am) |
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Replying to: spiff72 (Jun 14, 2006 6:34 am) I just splurged for a $10 daily subscription. The documents are PDF's, but for something like the owner's manual, you have to open each section individually, rather than just grabbing one big PDF file. I want to grab the service manual, but it there are a TON of sections, so I don't think I can get away with it while I am at work! I will try it from home. One thing to keep in mind - it doesn't work with Firefox (you have to use Internet Explorer - version 5.5 or later, I think), and it doesn't work with Macintosh computers unless you are one of the lucky few that can boot Windows XP on an Intel-based Mac. Has anyone figured out how to download the entire service manual from the techinfo site mentioned earlier? Thanks
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