Tire pressure?

just read the recommended pressure sticker on my new Prius. On my gen3 I ran the usual 42/40. Sticker on new one says 35/34. Any real world experience to share running higher tires pressures for better mpg as in the older model?

Introduced old car to its new garage mate this morning.

 

Not a touring. bigger wheels mean more expensive tires. I'm too cheap for that. Thanks for the info. I'll pump them to 40 all around and see how it drives.

 

I'm rethinking the idea of bumping the pressure to 40 all around now. Brand new car with 80 miles on it. Think I'll set at the recommended pressure for a while to establish a baseline to start from. Up the number after a few k miles and see what happens. Considering that I'll have 12-15k on this car in 6 weeks will make this easy.

 

We travel quite a bit. 30 states since thanksgiving. Two big trips planned. Nc to Maine in 2 weeks then a 7500 mile trip to glacier national in September. Those two trips total 10k plus miles. The gen3 averaged 44mpg while towing the small camper. Hoping for a bit more with the new car. Camper weighs 280 and barely notice it behind the car.

 

Thanks for the kind words. The gold is my favorite color. This is my third Toyota in that color. The gold car was in okefenokee state park in February, Grand Canyon in march, fla keys in April, cape cod in may, outer banks in June, southern Missouri in July. Like you said, get out there and see the world. Just drive it. Fuel, food, campground fees for our trips are less than 100$ a day. It doesn't have to cost a fortune to travel about. Have people driving giant RV's laugh at our setup. Then we tell them what it costs us a day and we end up with the last laugh. They spend more than 100 bucks on fuel a day to drive their rig around. Sure we don't have a bathroom, shower, washer, dryer, fridge,etc. but we get along just fine without all that junk too. North America has the best state and national park system in the world and it's cheap too.

 

It's not easy, but wife and I switch every 2 hours except when she is working. She works virtually and often works while I drive. When that happens I stop every 2 hours and walk the small dog that travels with us. 10/15 minutes of walking around and I'm ready to go another 2 hours. The interstates are stressful. We take back roads when time allows for it. Oh, I'm 50, semi retired.

 

Insurance doesn't care what Toyota says. I have a rider that covers my camper. It added 25$ every 6 months to my policy. They didn't ask what i tow it with nor do they care. I know some of the more anal retentive people here will cry foul over that but I don't care what the anti towing crowd here thinks anymore. I've towed this camper 30k trouble free miles with the 2011 Prius that is maintained better than most golf course greens. The 2017 will get the same if not better care.

It's the people that never check their oil or tire pressure that seem to have the biggest churn here on this forum. They post their issue here, ask for advice and never respond as they know they screwed up by not taking an active role in maintaining their Prius and depending on others to do so. It all comes down to the basics. Check your oil, tire pressures and do what it takes to keep the car in top running shape. Or not and your down 4 quarts and the local stealership quoted ya 4500$ for a used engine they can't afford and come here looking for help because they were lazy.