... Thanks for the correction. So are you saying that what I observed may be due as much to the higher tire pressure I'm running as to any inherent quality of...
When I was in college couple of decades ago, I lived above a parking lot in downtown Chicago. It was the kind of lot that is 3 car wide and 10 cars long. The...
Part II: Some more observations based on my drive home from the dealer: 1) I'm a fairly broad-shouldered guy (6'1" - we won't bother with my waist), and I...
Thanks for educating me on tire sizes. There is, I've learned, nothing inherently wrong with putting slightly larger tires on the Prius. I've been assured that...
... Because they said that California law required them to collect the sales tax, even though the vehicle would be registered out of state; the sale was in...
... Just returned from a 2,600 mile vacation trip to Yellowstone (from MN) - the car is 8 months old with 10K miles (at start of trip). While climbing the...
What are these decals you are referring to? ... From: hdpigott To: Prius-2G@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, July 31, 2004 10:58 PM Subject: [Prius-2G] Prius...
... experience ... it in ... at the ... motor ... You had to pay AZ tax as well right? You should never have had to pay CA tax. In fact depending on how you...
Michelle, Your experience with sales tax is counter to mine, as well. I was told that I need to pay sales tax based on my place of residence. I bought my car...
how do you order them? ... From: hdpigott To: Prius-2G@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2004 3:55 AM Subject: [Prius-2G] Re: Prius owner - a lurker no...
... of ... winter I ... My experience has been completely different. From the first day I picked up my 2004 Prius in November I've never gotten less than 44MPG...
... Have you personally checked the tire pressure since your last service, or do you just believe that the service people followed your suggestion of 42f/40r...
1) Check the tires, my dealer always lowers them to the recommended PSI 2) Check the oil level, my dealer always overfills which is known to lead to lower MPG....
... The color of the bars change, depending on the number of bars that are displayed; when there are only two bars, they're red. If all the bars are filled,...
... No. Only the California tax, but that tax is higher than the Arizona tax--by $640 in my case. -- "Condoms encourage promiscuity - in the same way...
... Hmmm, I'm down to two bars on the gas gauge while on my third tank of gas. So far, I've been averaging about 44 MPG since I bought the car. I haven't...
I glad to see Toyota got the message. Most people are not getting anywhere near the 55MPG (i.e., it is unheard of for most). If you read this user group and...
After driving my Prius for a week, I've concluded that if every car had a real-time mileage indicator as the Prius does, the overwhelming majority of drivers...
I've encountered the about the same thing. At 5000 miles all I did was change to Mobil 1 and went from 50-51 down to 46.7-48.3 for the last two tanks. But I...
So what is your next "unheard of" protest? The automakers all have advertisements showing vehicles overspinning tires, sliding slideways, and bouncing around...
... Way back when-- I bought a car "out of state" and paid a modest fee for "out of state" delivery and drove it home. That cleared the dealer of having to...
WRONG!!! My current average is 54.1MPG with just normal driving including several short trips and some 15 mile trips. My overall average is just over 50MPG...
Our experience as Prius owners of 2 & 1/2 weeks is very different from yours. Our first tank of gas gave us 51.52 mpg. We drove normally, hadn't changed our...
