Which Driving Mode Do you use?

I believe most hoods have insulation for sound deadening not temperature.

 

My prius Australian prius Gen 3 2014 gave 25.06 km/l yesterday on ECHO mode

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ECO? I think you are a spelling correction victim.

Or ECHO mode - it reuses the fuel a second time.

 

Yes, a perpetual machine! Why can't Toyota do that?

 

There was already a Toyota Echo. Toyota ECHO Review - Research New & Used Toyota ECHO Models | Edmunds

 

Normal Mode is best for city driving.

Power mode is too "jumpy" for bumper to bumper city traffic, you might knock into the (slowing/ebraking) car in front if you are not alert.
Eco mode just makes raging drivers behind tailgate or overtake you.

I use eco on highway cruising to save fuel.

 

Once again, the only thing those "driving modes" do, is just change the tension of the gas pedal. After a little practice, you can get the same MPG in each mode. Some guys like a firmer/harder pedal to press (which is the Eco-mode); while other people prefer the lightness that the PWR mode provides. The horsepower is the same in each mode.

My gas mileage suddenly declined when the temperature cooled off here. So I put the drive mode back into PWR, and my gas mileage went back up by 5 MPG (displayed). Don't ask me why. I have no idea. My Prius just loves that PWR mode for some reason. I always get the best gas mileage in the PWR mode, and for me it feels like I'm driving a normal car. That's what I like.

 

Ironically, my son says the Gen 4 Eco mode feels like the Gen 3 PWR Mode. I think he uses Eco on his 2015 Prius v.

 

Yeah I've heard that all the modes are shifted by one, to the more aggressive. For example, third gen's "normal" (my preference) is roughly the same as fourth gen's ECO.

 

ECO -> PWR is a shift of two, though not one. The Prius v may be different than a Gen 3 lift-back anyway.

 

Prodigy, how cold is your weather now? Any snow yet? I was just telling Bisco that I have a lot of respect for you good folks in the cold snowy states. I wouldn't last ONE week and that kind of weather! Have you driven your new Prius in the snow yet?

 

Just ice & rain this weekend. Temperature is supposed to be in the single digits tonight, though with some wind to make if feel colder.
I am originally from Toronto, Canada which is much further north.

BTW, I am still happily using Eco mode. I got a heated seat cushion, though.

 

Oh I agree. ECO is probably best in slippery conditions, ice, snow, heavy rain, etc. It's fairly easy to spin the wheels in power mode, like I did when I was in some water. If we ever have any bad weather here, I will definitely switch back to the ECO mode.
Take care, stay warm.

 

As a former all-weather biker, I find I'm always reading the road ahead when I'm driving. With only two wheels between you and the road, it's wise to know what the traction/friction is likely to be. Loose grip on one wheel of a bike can be far more exciting than when you have four. Roll on the floor, but not always laughing!
Anybody else drive better from having been a biker?

 

Maybe a bit: keep a good following distance, anticipating, and taking a "line" through curves, for example.

 

Sorry, but I believe this definition is wrong.
The modes remap accelerator pedal sensitivity based primarily on throttle response to DISTANCE pressed.

Not anything to do with the "tension". It is not harder to press the pedal in ECO mode, and easier to press the pedal in POWER...what is changed is response and distance variables...not tension.

IF I'm wrong let me know.
BUT I never noticed a "tension" difference between modes.

 

I found the difference to be "trompiness", in ECO had to tromp the bejeesus out of it, lol.

 

But I believe you are tromping on the accelerator "Farther" for response...not actually any "harder"....

I somehow think no automaker would purposely design into their accelerator pedal a mechanism that actually made it harder to push down on.
Could you imagine the lawsuits if it failed?

 

Yes I agree, no difference in tension, the gas pedal spring is what it is.

What I found is to get a reasonable reaction, it took a gross amount of travel, and it got tiresome very quickly. There's a certain travel that's optimum, ECO exceeds it, actually can make it harder to modulate, at least for me.