LOL mild upgrades.... if u call it that... back tires @ 42psi - didnt do front only as hose wouldnt reach and didnt feel like turning car around and removing hub caps. like it way better... few pics... Prius-1 by TeleFragger / RootBreaker, on Flickr Prius-3 by TeleFragger / RootBreaker, on Flickr Prius-2 by TeleFragger / RootBreaker, on Flickr
well were going to go on vacation and take the truck... tons of stuff to take to the beach. so with that I am saving money on gas on my work commute so i can afford to take the truck 380 miles each way... hah... almost a tank down and back.. way different than this car... work commute - so in 1 week is 600 miles @ about $125... that is 600 x 1.5 so.... almost $200 in gas but barely over $50!!! Prius 3 by TeleFragger / RootBreaker, on Flickr
Welcome to PRIUSchat!! You will LOVE your new 2014 blue Prius 3. I agree with what has all ready been said. It looks like you are doing very good. Enjoy your new ride!!
ok so updates.. 1. stopped doin fuelly - tired of entering it all... 2. had car for 1 year now 3. put 30,325 miles on car 4. bumped parking pillar - dented air dam/buckled grill 5. basketball net fell over while my wife was driving... scraped hood/front end - $1650 damage (get fixed end of July) so thoughts... I am averaging (so the car says as I have never reset trip B) 53mpg. Cant beat it. Ride is ok Seats are still not that comfortable Even my wife is driving it now and then when both are in the driveway
That's great! Figure a 5-6% loss from displayed mpg to actual calculated and your right around 50 even. Can't argue with those numbers I came from a 2014 Charger RT Plus that was slightly modified and I was averaging 15-17mpg so I know all about crappy mpg lol. Am saving on average $75 a month now that gas is cheap(er), to over $100-$125+ a month when it was high and my commute is only 36 miles round trip.. I'd be saving lots more if my commute was longer. Oh and I have a Persona with the 17" handicap (3-6 mpg loss from the 15" wheels) but firmer ride and it handles better. My lifetime average thus far is right around 42.5-43 mpg calculated, 44.8 displayed and I'm at 8k miles. And I drive conservatively for the most part. Well you know by now with over 30k miles on yours but, -55 mph yields best result on the highway, not always safe though so 60 is your next best friend. Anything over 60 mpg goes down.. But still stays decent. I mostly do better on the highway as opposed to city, unless the traffic lights are spaced appropriately and allow for proper regen and gliding... -pulse and glide when possible or at least anticipate lights and only brake when you must, always preferable to use regen if safe to. -use Eco mode along with AC set to auto. -oh and the fella that keeps mentioning a versa, it's the cheapest car in America for a reason. Lol. I'd pass. You can't idle a versa all day and night or longer on a couple gallons if needed (power outage, camping, etc) And you can't install an inverter to a versa thus making your car into a generator.. And a Prius c for a very long highway commute like you have would def. get worse mpg than a liftback, would be more uncomfortable and cramped, and you'd have had no trunk space for your sports equip! The wife and I actually looked at a c but we ended up getting her a v, and a good thing we did as she uses the whole truck space in the v, which is about 4 times bigger than the c. The only other Type of veh. I'd recommend in the future if you keep that very long commute would be one of the new TDI Golfs. Check out my thread over in Alt. fuel forum. Wayne Gerdes Just got back from a round trip cross country drive with one and averaged 81 Mpg!!!
Oh and forgot to mention, tire pressure is very important if you want to optimize mpg! Just reminded myself that I actually need to check mine, but I've been running 44f/42r on my personas low profiled tires. For your three with the 15's (I used to own a 2013 three FYI) I'd try anything from 42f/40r, all the way up to max sidewall tp. See what feels right for you. I was running 48f/46r on my old three with no issues at all... FYI.
Golf TDI.....great motors, crappy transmission and one would be lucky to make it to 100K miles without issues.
my update (has been a long time)... well all good. still on factory brakes. other than tires, oil and tire rotate, nothing done... still got 25k left on the bumper to bumper warranty that we purchased (beat the hell out of him too.. hah..)
Good job! Enjoyed your story, kind of cool to keep the running journal like that. It is hard to beat these cars for commuting to/from work. Mine gets almost double what our Corolla got before it in terms of mpg.
So 101,187 first issue... blown passenger headlight bulb.... $16 and 1h... was a pita... up and running... 101,709 right now. Lets see if i can stop at 123,456 SM-N950U ?
Well... Just did brakes. Front could have gone few k more. Back though may of had 20k to go!!!! But doin job figured knock it out. So 12 oil changes 1 set of tires 1 headlight Both tag lights Side marker One of those front upper lights above headlight. Had to replace both sides because i went with brights... 1 air filter 1 in cab filter That is all i have into this car.... Here is to 200k next... Still owe $2800 then paid off..woot
Did brakes at 125ķ.. dealership said 3mm front and 5mm rear..20k miles ago. My son drove his trailblazer..metal to metal so i did his brakes and said..i better do mine. I wonder how many more miles i could have gotten out of them....
Didnt dispose of them. Maybe hold onto them... wait.. took me 4.5y to get to this point. Not worth storing. Next time ill know better and look at the squeelers
Lol.. this is the first time i did anything to this car. Brakes were super easy to do!!! I dont mind a lil wrenchin... Drive a prius to fuel this... Summer time.. 9mpg pig goin in...
Looks like the snorkel is out to good use. Our 2010’s brake pads still have at least 7 mm on the fronts and are original. They last a long time as long as you keep things lubed up.
