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Washed and waxed the car

Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Fuel Economy' started by dragonfinder1, Mar 22, 2012.

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  1. F8L

    F8L Protecting Habitat & AG Lands

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    The car was delivered to Carson the day before from a dealer in Marina Del Ray. Is that a similar area?
     
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    Both are in the LA basin. The air quality, and thus pollutant, is crap... ;)
     
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  3. dragonfinder1

    dragonfinder1 Junior Member

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    As far north and west as you can go. I even have a 4.2KW solar panel array sitting on the roof of my house and it works as it was designed.

    "You can easily pick up an extra 2.25 mpg...leave the wife at home."

    Maybe more!
     
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    Their both in L.A. county, which isn't saying much as the county is huge but no their not(similar). Marina Del Rey is about 20 miles away & a more affluent small city right along the ocean.
     
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  5. jpenn36

    jpenn36 Bought 2/7/12 105,000 mi

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    The only time I notice a change in my MPG's is when I took out all the crap out of the back of my car. Must of added up to about 50 lbs worth of stuff.
     
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    Modern factory paint technology typically includes curing the paint at high temp, so there's no need to wait to wax a new car anymore.

    For some body shop paint repair work, perhaps, but most shops have high temp spray booths.
     
    #26 stream, Mar 25, 2012
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