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NY Region Toyota's Awesome Prime Video

Discussion in 'Prime Main Forum (2017-2022)' started by Tideland Prius, Jan 14, 2017.

  1. Tideland Prius

    Tideland Prius Moderator of the North
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    The training team here is hilarious. Top Gear style fuel economy challenge. (For those who watch Top Gear, it's like the Race to Blackpool episode). Great job guys!


     
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    Pretty impressive for winter driving as well.
    Think I recognize those wind turbines from Buffalo region.
     
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    So, advocating drafting (aka tailgating) big trucks. not a good idea there.
     
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    Cool video. I'm surprised they put 700 miles on 3 new cars that I'm sure someone wants to buy.
     
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    But did that guy ever get to pee and where was the 3rd guy?
     
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    sure he did, remember when the screen went into privacy mode?:p yeah, and what DID happen to the 3rd guy?:confused:
     
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    Very nice. If more Toyota dealers were half as knowledgeable and passionate…
     
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    Drafting big trucks in good conditions is a perfectly safe thing to do. You don't sit 15 feet behind them, you sit 1-1.5 seconds behind them. The benefit even at that distance is 15% or so, and you can stop way faster than they can so even if they do a panic stop, you'll have no trouble avoiding them. I do this only on relatively unpopulated highways with two lanes on my side so I can go around them as well.

    As with most things, there's a safe way and a not so safe way.
     
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    So ... for us Europeans ... a bit over 1100 km on approximately 40 L of gas ... wow ... impressive.
     
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  10. Tideland Prius

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    With DRCC, you'll be ok. I've set DRCC to the medium setting and still managed to see a benefit from that distance. Yes it's not as good as "NASCAR style" drafting but obviously there's a safety component in sitting further back from the truck so you can avoid a collision.

    Could be demos that they'll send to dealers in the region, media vehicles or pre-production prototypes.
     
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    So is the good mileage just when you are driving to Buffalo?
     
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    The mileage is impressive given the near or below freezing temperatures (29°F was mentioned in the video).

    It also shows that driving style matters for fuel efficiency.

    didn't they get better return mileage? (cause they had a head wind going towards Buffalo)

    Yup and two charges (at the office and at the hotel).
     
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    Ah, yes ... of course (I didn't mention but thought about that :) ) .... But still way above 1000 km in hybrid mode. Which remains quite impressive ....
     
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    I'm looking for Training Videos. This was NOT. They only drove from Jersy to Buffalo and back with very litle info on the car.
    I asked my salesman, who was trained in Buffalo, if he or they could post their training info and dvd's, but it doesn't look promising.
     
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    See the "stickied" thread in this forum (Toyota USA - How To Videos), and also look on YouTube for videos by Cloud9Life, (Optimus Prime on these forums). Also check out some of the Toyota 2016 Prius videos on YouTube - for certain features like the Toyota Safety features, they will be the same for the Prime. Note that if you have an iOS device, there is a "Toyota Owners" app that makes it even easier to get to the videos (not sure if they have the same app for Android, but they might).

    I agree, the New York Region video above wasn't training. It was entertaining, though!
     
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  16. Tideland Prius

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    They do have training videos for the regular Prius. However, it's rare for a regional HQ or dealer network to post their training videos.

    Also, I'm not sure what kind of information you're looking for as training videos are different from How-To videos for the consumer. If you're looking for information on how things work or a video version of the manual, you want "how-to".
     
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    Without getting precise, that looks to be something better than 110 mpg ( American Gal ) Nice conservative driving! Viel Glück.
     
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