The Apt does not have a thermostat. Prius is 74 in the winter and 72 in the spring/fall/summer. In comparison to what is being posted, I probably waste a ton of fuel. iPhone ?
Prius usually 75 degrees if it is sunny I might go down to 73 degrees, in ECO mode. My home is not air conditioned, the thermostat is windows open or windows closed. Posted from my iPhone via the Tapatalk app.
Beer. I got the Mr Beer kit (it looks good for beginners). Moonshine is WAY too valuable to burn in the Prius. If the beer thing works out, I plan to upgrade to a larger kit and maybe at some point make my own recipes. I just turned my A/C on at home last night, other than a few days in March/April/May where we got 80s+ temps.
That was the a/c in my Geo Metro when I first got it when I was 17. I upgraded the A/C to include a sun roof a year later. I might make another trip down the islands next year, btw. Probably to the Big Island, though.
I don't use any A/C or fan. Crack the windows down couple inches is good enough. It's not hot enough here yet.
Even hypermilers in non-hybrids have found improved performance in cold weather by blocking the grill, reducing engine compartment heat loss. It seems that in some of those conditions, heat loss from the engine block can provide more than enough cooling, so some extra fuel must be burned to keep up the temperature. Because hybrids throw away even less heat than nonhybrids, they will more frequently need to burn extra fuel to keep up the temperature. In these cases, there really is no excess heat, so using the cabin heater will increase fuel consumption. At other times, there is more than enough excess heat, so cabin heat really is free. Unfortunately, these times are biased towards the times you don't need cabin heat.
Rarely use A/C in the Prius unless i'm on the freeway for long periods of time and its warm out or the gf is in the car. Then it's usually set between 70-75 depending on the outside temps. Only use A/C in the house if its above 100 and even then its rare unless its crazy humid but usually opening windows front and rear and having a north facing house on a hill thats 400 ft above the valley below helps with the heat...those in the valley at 100+ with no a/c in older houses...good luck.
Yes, that's the theory, unless it's extremely cold outside - at which point you should probably consider grille blocking anyway.
Prius: 68 or 69 year round. House winter: 68 day, 66 night House summer: 74 day, 73 night Currently have people in the house all day.
In my 07 Camry Hybrid, I could never get warm in the winter time, even here in temperate North Carolina. For my 49-mile trip, I would set the heat as high as it would go, and the car would never get better than lukewarm. Service guys said nothing wrong with the heater. I'm just hoping the new Prius will keep me warmer in the winter. At least it has heated seats.
On my other cars w ACC I normally keep them at 70-72 and rarely touch them -- I notice with the Prius that you have to often drop the control to get the AC to kick on and the reverse to bring the heat up ... I asked the dealer and he said that the Toyota single systems are like that ... VS the duel systems in the Lexus vehicles. I very rarely drive with the windows open ... wish the Prius system was a bit more automatic! I have one employee that gets 58 and now 60mpg on his long trips -- so the AC is not a problem getting great MPG.
