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G'day, another Prius in Oz

Discussion in 'Newbie Forum' started by Preeble, Apr 19, 2010.

  1. Preeble

    Preeble New Member

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    Hi Guys,
    just stopping in to say Hello. I am looking forward to my new Prius III i-Tech arriving in two days, and busily reading every on-line Manual and forum I can find. The Priuschat forum seems to be a great place, and active to boot.
    Stepping out of a diesel Golf (Rabbit) and will be interested to see if the Prius can match the 5.7 L/100km fuel consumption I got from that car.
    As for the rest of the car...I just can't wait to start playing with all the new gadgets.

    Cheers
     
    #1 Preeble, Apr 19, 2010
  2. GrumpyCabbie

    GrumpyCabbie Senior Member

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    Welcome to the forum. It's a mine of information. There are quite a number of Aussie owners on here too to give you that antipodean perspective.

    5.7l/100km - thats about 50 mpg (UK) or about 41 mpg (US).

    You should easily be able to achieve that - and it's an automatic and petrol - so no diesel rattles.
     
    #2 GrumpyCabbie, Apr 19, 2010
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  3. spiderman

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    Welcome from the other side of the world! It is great your doing the prerequisite work (manual). It really does answer a lot of questions.
    Cheers
     
    #3 spiderman, Apr 19, 2010
  4. sandsw

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    Welcome to Prius chat.

    I have had mine since November and have averaged 4.7l/100km the entire time. This is a mixture of city and country driving.

    My daily commute is only 20-25 minutes and going by the display, for the first 10 minutes the consumption is up around 9-10, after that it drops to around 2.5.

    Enjoy,
    Warwick
     
    #4 sandsw, Apr 19, 2010
  5. bisco

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    welcome, great to have more thunder from down under!:rockon:
     
    #5 bisco, Apr 19, 2010
  6. F512M

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    Congrats on your decision to purchase a Prius. It's a great car..:welcome:
     
    #6 F512M, Apr 20, 2010
  7. Tideland Prius

    Tideland Prius Moderator of the North
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    Congrats and welcome!

    5.7L/100km? That's my mileage when it's -40°C/°F! Once the car has broken in (and depending on which part of Australia you're in), you should be able to average 4.7L/100km with some tanks as low as 4.3L/100km or lower! I'm currently at 4.3L/100km thanks to 20°C daytime highs.
     
    #7 Tideland Prius, Apr 20, 2010
  8. Preeble

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    -40°C/°F...Let's see that's..umm..cold! We tend to have to live with +40°C for about 4 months of the year! Wodonga is half way from Melbourne to Sydney.

    Anyway, thanks to all for the welcome. Great Forum. Tomorrow's the big day.
    Cheers from Oz!
     
    #8 Preeble, Apr 21, 2010
  9. GrumpyCabbie

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    It's more than cold. It's colder than your freezer!

    I remember an Aussie guy who came to work for us a few years ago and I was giving him a driver assessment in a Land Cruiser V8. He queried two switches near the handbrake. I advised that they were for the heated seats and he laughed as he didn't realise such things existed. I do remember him being quite grateful of them in winter.

    You don't want to sit on a cold leather seat that's been sitting in a cold car at -10c for 12 hours, let alone -40c :eek:
     
    #9 GrumpyCabbie, Apr 21, 2010
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