My Tire Pressure

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting' started by wkramer, Jun 21, 2007.

  1. wkramer

    wkramer New Member

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    Just turned 1,000 miles on the odometer and was averaging about 44mpg in mostly fairly short trip driving. After reading about tire pressure over and over again here I decided to check my pressure and up it to 39/37 just to see if I got better mileage. Would you believe that all 4 of my tires were set at 28lbs. Thats the way it came from the dealer :angry: .

    I did add air to my new desired pressure. I'm hoping that it should make a big difference in my mpg :D . I'll repost in a few days to let everyone know what the exact hit is from running on underinfalted tires.
     
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  3. siliconhybrid

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    See my post here:

    Tire Pressure -Vs- MPG


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