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| Just purchased a 2008 Prius on 4/18/08. 250 miles, averaging 46 mpg. Nothing else I would even consider driving comes even close. I drove a lot of other high mileage cars for about two months before buying. Nothing else even came close. Every day I have this car I am more amazed. Whether it is the technology, the comfort, the fit & finish, the ride, whatever. The overall quality of the Prius is better compared to a $35,000 car. It is a far better car in many ways, even without leather, than the $35,000 Volvo S60 I traded for the Prius, and I love Volvos - my other car is a XC70. Three days after buying the Prius I gave a co-worker a ride home in the Prius. Two days later he bought one! | |
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Replying to: hihostevo (Apr 25, 2008 8:05 am) Boy you should have heard the "weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth" at the dealership when I pulled that out! However, I wound up with the Platinum 7/75 extended warranty with Zero deductible for $850. They also offered pre-paid maintenance plan for 3 years for $800... would that have been a "good deal?" |
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Well we picked up our '08 Prius yesterday... by the time we got home we had driven 680 miles from No. Calif. to Las Vegas. Up and down many hills....... car says we averaged 48 mpg for entire trip. I checked mileage the old fashioned way during half of the trip by attempting to fill the tank to the same amount of fullness and then dividing miles traveled by fuel used and I came up with 50.9mpg. It is possible that the car was sitting at a slightly different angle while being fueled the second time, but I thought it was interesting that my "old-school" calculations were even better than the readout on the car. I have a couple of questions........ 1. Have any of you put the "invisible bra" type coverings on your sloped hoods?? I think I may have already picked up a rock-chip on the hood? 2. Is there a way to turn off the voice on the voice-command... I understand how it works and just would like it to beep after I push the button rather than waiting for it to tell me EACH TIME I push the button to "wait for the beep and then state the command." It drives me nuts to have to listen to the instructions on how to use the function each and every time I go to use it! 3. What really additional functional items do I need to consider for my Prius? (I have the option package #6 car) |
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Hi I purchased my 2008 Prius with #6 package this past Friday. Naturally, I am new at this, and am trying to understand how to "drive" this car in order to get the best MPG. I drove a Pathfinder for many years, and I have the feeling that I need to learn a different way of driving. I would appreciate it if anyone could pass along some tips to maximize the MPG. I believe that I will love this car as more time passes.
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Replying to: rolin (Apr 27, 2008 10:32 am) I've been involved with them since they first came here in 2000. The initial thoughts about driving them turned out to be wrong.!! Surprisingly.. Initially when starting from a dead stop just accelerate normally up to the speed of traffic. Don't baby it or try to 'use the battery'. Then when at driving speed let off the pedal and try to maintain your speed with the lightest possible touch on the pedal. That's it...Well there are a few other 'tricks'. When you think you might have to slow down or stop let off the gas pedal as early as possible and coast to a stop. During this time you won't be burning any fuel normally. Keep your tires inflated as much as you can comfortably. Try to stay off the highway as much as possible within reason. When you are in the city try to keep rolling as much as possible maybe by choosing a route with the least number of stops and stop lights. Design your trips with as many right hand turns as possible.!!!
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Replying to: kdhspyder (Apr 27, 2008 12:09 pm) Thank you again Linda |
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When I read that Oldsarg needs to ride an SUV for his comfort, I felt that I was reading the sentiments of more than half of all citizens of the United States. I hope that this attitude will change someday soon. As long as we are driven to have a strategic military interest in the Middle East that leads to repeated wars, then driving an inefficient vehicle is a core cause of maiming and murdering our own citizens as well as those of foreign lands. As long as we import oil from foreign states, the United States will need to kill or maim people abroad as well as our own soldiers. The best response is conservation of resources through the operation of vehicles like the Prius, living in smaller efficient houses, and generally consuming fewer disposables. The great myth about oil reserves in the United States, whether in Alaska or off-shore, is that we possess adequate supplies to perpetuate our current level of consumption. Here are a few of the relevant facts: Currently, the United States consumes 19.6 million barrels per day, of oil, which is more than 25% of the world's total.. Despite predictions that the U.S. will exhaust it's supply of oil in as little as forty years, the demand is on the increase. Consumption of oil in the United States is increasing at a rate of about 2% annually. Oil production for 2000 in the United States was 5.8 million barrels per day of crude oil. The U.S. produces 12% of the world's oil, and and this production is concentrated on-shore, and off-shore along the Texas Louisiana Gulf Coast, extending inland through west Texas, Oklahoma, and eastern Kansas. There are also oil fields in Alaska along the central North Slope. The United States has 21 billion barrels of proven oil reserves. The U.S. uses about 6.6 billion barrels per year. That is only enough oil to last the U.S. about three and a half years without importing oil from other countries. The top five nations with proven oil reserves are: Saudi Arabia, 264 billion barrels; Canada, 178 bb; Iran 132 bb; Iraq, 115 bb; and Kuwait, 101. Note for indications of dangerous strategic entanglements that we have occupied Iraq and Kuwait during the past couple of decades as well as shown a desire to invade Iran. My conclusions: 1] We need to get out of our SUVs; 2] We cannot produce enough domestic oil to provide for our present demands; 3] We cannot produce enough domestic oil even with the total exploitation of all oil reserves in ANWAR, Alaska, and off-shore taps.
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Check these or other newspapers for a discussion of the Prius wave: Rocky Mountain News http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/apr/21/coloradan-extols-virtues-hybri- ds/ National Public Radio http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89800264 The Seattle Times Seattle, WA http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2004362575_aphybridsgro- wth.html?syndication=rss Modesto Bee Modesto, CA http://www.modbee.com/2020/story/275256.html The News Tribune Tacoma, WA http://www.thenewstribune.com/904/story/340410.html |
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Replying to: snowboarder4 (Apr 27, 2008 7:42 pm) I'm getting over 30 MPG on my AWD FEH SUV, and I love it!
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Replying to: stevedebi (Apr 28, 2008 12:32 pm) What is an FEH?????
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