The Garage just got Crowded

Congrats Ray, drive it like you stole it.

 

I was impressed with my 2008 Prius and was pleasantly surprised when I bought my last one that it had been improved so much. I'm sure your love affair with your new Prius will start all over again Ray.

 

Not bad at all!

 

Seeing it in the 200’s makes me wish we had gotten the ‘18 Prime, but just got a better deal on the ‘17 so couldn’t pass it up. Ours caps out at 199 displayed.


iPhone ?

 

Ray, which dealer did you buy from? And how much if you're willing to share?

 

Wow all the regulars here are upgrading! Must resist.....

 

Fixed that for you

 

Interesting: Last I checked — admittedly a while back —our (2017) P.Prime’s mileage numbers “peg” at 199.99. Maybe they changed that recently...?

 

Yeah, only 2017 model has 199.9 limit. Starting in 2018 has 999.9 limit.

 

Much more appropriate, I think!

(Edit) Granted, though, such numbers are a little ... artificial ... since they don’t take charging into account.

As with many of us, ideally, I’d prefer it to separately and continuously tally MPG and miles/KWh numbers (i.e., continuously update the ongoing MPG tally whenever we’re in HV, and continuously update the ongoing miles/KWh tally whenever we’re in EV).

Actually, best I can tell, it does do so for miles/KWh, but not for MPG. I guess they like flaunting big MPG numbers!

 

I really like the RAV4 2019 hybrid as well. If I am lucky and at the end of the year I can swing it, I may get one.

 

38-some-odd miles? Wow, that’s excellent! I have never seen that high a number on the Guesstimatron, not even when our Prius Prime was brand new! I can’t recall ever seeing a number higher than ~35.

As I alluded earlier, ours had been hovering around 32ish, and then plummeted in two distinct steps to ~28-29ish, then down to 25ish, where it stayed for most of a year. That, with a corresponding reduction in actual KWh charged into the battery, from around 6.2KWh, down to 5.6ish, then down to sometimes as low as 4.4ish.

That drop occurred when I was charging for quasi-free (on Austin Energy’s $1/week all-you-can-charge program) on the way home from work, and leaving it mostly charged overnight. I strongly suspect that the charging algorithm feared for reduction in battery life (reasonably or not) and responded by increasing the top charging margin.

I’ve been charging mostly right before leaving each day for many months and KWh/charge has gone up again recently. Again, it was a distinct jump up. It’s bounced back now to about 5.6KWh/charge, with ~30 on the GOM.