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Sold my 2004 and got a 2016. Nice surprise with 72mpg

Discussion in 'Gen 4 Prius Fuel Economy' started by CZsp01, Aug 6, 2016.

  1. CZsp01

    CZsp01 New Member

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    This is actually my 3rd Prius, in series.

    The first one was actually one of the very first one in the US, the old snubby Deep Green color. I had been involved with Prius since 1998, back when they were only on Japanese streets. Visited them (Prius Engineers) in "Toyota City" and got them to design in one of our chips (Resolver-to-Digital Converter). Had to know the control system quite a bit to justify how our chips would work in their system. Tried hard in that car to get 50mpg level

    Fast forward to today, the 72mpg for the first 250miles is simply awesome.

    Will do a lot of lurking
     
  2. sttkailua

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    CZ,

    Congrats, and welcome!
    You can learn a lot about your Gen. 4 by reading other posts!
    What color did you get?

    stt
    CZ P09
     
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  3. CZsp01

    CZsp01 New Member

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    Thx.

    It's Pearl white. Seats are Golden Beige and grey.

    PS. Have you found a good place to keep your CZ in the Prius Gen4 ?
     
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  4. sttkailua

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    CZ,

    No, I do not live in a free State, unfortunately.
    Just keep it at home.

    stt
     
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    congrats and welcome! all the best.(y)
     
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  6. CZsp01

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    Going to dealer next week for an appointment to leather all the seats, match color to interior, paid $1495.

    Ran out of Zaino. Ordered more to do the waxing. Just wipe on a very thin layer, wait to dry, then wipe off, no buffing necessary, then finish with a seal and cure spray.
    I've been using Zaino synthetic wax close to 20yrs on my vehicle. Multiple coats give the wet look. I usually do 7 coats, give each coat a day to chemically cured, that would last a few years. Maintenance wipe in between with their quick spray and wipe solution.

    Google zainoproduct.

    Check out the pics on vehicles that had it. Darker color looks really good. A different class above anything you can buy at Auto Stores.
     
  7. CZsp01

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    This is what I got....... now.
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    ... still working on that first tank of gas.
     
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    Is this the Eco model?
     
  9. WeiW

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    Nice!! Fairly flat road at Florida? I am on my first tank too and only getting 67mpg with not many flat roads where I live. Rush hours are when I get the best mpg!! :)
     
  10. CZsp01

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    It's an Eco model.
    The roads here are slightly hilly. Long slide of hills allow me to coast a lot with decent speed.