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Hi All On 28 September I filled up with fuel, and entered the details in my spreadsheet as usual, the next day. I was a bit surprised when the spreadsheet told...
Good Day, In the US it is said that premium (93 octane) burns cleaner than "regular" unleaded gasoline (87 octane) and that one can expect 10% more miles per...
... Thats interesting but in Europe and the UK REGULAR Petrol (Gasoline) is 95 Octane and Premium is 98/99 as the prius is designed to run on Octane of 93 or...
... Um, don't forget that US RON and UK/EU RON numbers are quite different... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octane_rating Using a RON higher than rated doesn't...
In a message dated 10/20/2007 07:43:27 Eastern Daylight Time, jerrywh@... writes: I have always believed much the same. But did you not read my original...
Your point that US and European Octane ratings are not he same however using the RON scale US regular fuel comes in at 93 but european comes in at 95. Mostly...
... Is that the US manual? You will appreciate that different geographic regions have different conditions to meet and Toyota can vary such parameters at will....
I find this very amusing. This guys have been saying "we're almost there" for years now, and they keep doing promises, and people still believe... Now what I...
Hi Jerry. It's quite possible premium will pay back, not an uncommon situation at all. I always fill up with premium 98 octane RON gasoline, which claims to...
Hi Jerry Unfortunatly I do not have a scanner for my 2006 Prius, so I can't present this in a PTS way ;) All I can say is that local mechanics recognize the...
Galp claims they have done tests at independent institutes (Institut Français du Pétrole, ETS in France, Prodrive in the UK and CLH in Spain). Perhaps you...
Friends, I am correct in thinking that the various analyses and ideas about the use of premium fuel apply to the Classic Prius' 1.5 L engine as well as the...
... This is the Standard 2006 UK manual, an other suggestion (other than a trace of diesel in unleaded would reduce the RON) is that if you enter the amount of...
Hi All Well, the car got down to one fuel blob and it started to flash today, at 576 miles. So I filled it up, with Shell V-power again, (same pump, at an ...
Good luck Jerry. Try to drive the same way, the same routes, the same conditions, as that will help determine if indeed V-Power gives you better mileage. ...
http://www.autocar.co.uk/News/NewsArticle/AllCars/228725/ ... there is even a little Prius content if you look carefully :-) Of course they are not even...
US: US green groups urge Toyota U-turn by John Reed, Financial Times October 15th, 2007 Toyota is scrambling to protect its green reputation in the US, its...
... In my opinion Toyota deserves everything it gets here. It is nothing to do with them what the US or any other legislature wishes to impose on its ...
Hi all, I can't find any instructions in the user manual as to how to adjust the volume for the traffic announcements. Here's what's happening: 1) I'm...
Hi Joao ... That does work for me. I am not sure why it is not working for you, except I think both TA and EON have to be showing on the screen for it to...
Thanks Jerry, I'll try to check if TA and EON are on or not. But I do think EON is just for jumping from station to station, nothing to do with sound volume, I...
Hi Joao ... Yes, I have the original jbl installation ...with a tape player as well as the 6cd player :-) I'm not an expert on RDS etc... just keep fiddling...
... EON means "Enhanced Other Network" and is the system used as a subset of RDS to allow the FM receiver to receive traffic broadcasts from other stations...
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the Prius-Europe group. File : /Manuals &...