2010: How do I make PWR mode default?

[dbenfield86]

I prefer the PWR mode because it's more responsive and gets the same MPG as ECO. How do I make PWR mode the default at startup?

[Paradox]

You cannot set PWR as a default. Only ECO and Normal mode appear again if the car is shut down in one of those modes. If you shutdown in PWR it returns to normal...

[Blind Guy]

Originally Posted by dbenfield86

I prefer the PWR mode because it's more responsive and gets the same MPG as ECO.
* MANY members here will beg to differ with you, most consistantly get BETTER mileage in ECO mode than in PWR mode! I know initial drives in ECO mode feel VERY sluggish, but you must remember, this mode is an EXCELLENT training mode, and can teach you how to manage throttle input to better improve fuel mileage.
How do I make PWR mode the default at startup?

* As Paradox said, You Can't!

David (aka Blind Guy)

[jburns]

Originally Posted by dbenfield86

I prefer the PWR mode because it's more responsive and gets the same MPG as ECO. How do I make PWR mode the default at startup?

Yeah, it drives like a different car doesn't it. I don't see any reason it always defaults back to ECO except that Toyota decided it should.

[Paradox]

Originally Posted by jburns

I don't see any reason it always defaults back to ECO...

It doesn't always default back to ECO; If you turn it off in normal it will restart up in normal. If turned off in ECO it will restart in ECO.

[a priori]

Originally Posted by dbenfield86

I prefer the PWR mode because it's more responsive and gets the same MPG as ECO. How do I make PWR mode the default at startup?

When did you get your 2010? Which model did you end up with? (I've heard it has been hard to find the III with SR.)

As others have earlier noted, you cannot set PWR as your default mode.

I am curious to find out how you have established that the PWR and ECO modes both produce the same fuel economy (MPGs). Did you do this through testing on your own car?

[Mark57]

I'm guessing that he probably meant that "because of the way he prefers to drive it", PWR and ECO get about the same MPG for him.

[msirach]

Originally Posted by Mark57

I'm guessing that he probably meant that "because of the way he prefers to drive it", PWR and ECO get about the same MPG for him.

He must keep his foot to the floor for both modes to produce the same results.

[tumbleweed]

I think you can become accustomed to whichever mode you use and "learn to like it" because the others will feel a little different to you if you switch to one of them. I have been using the ECO mode, except for a brief trial in the other two, since I got my car because of the more economical AC operation. It "feels" fine to me in any driving situation and I enjoy having a finer control for the first half of the throttle. I suspect that if I had been using the normal or power mode for the last 6000 miles I would prefer whichever I had been using.

[dbenfield86]

Here's what I mean about PWR:

I have tried tank fills in both modes and there simply isn't much difference in fuel economy, not enough to make it worthwhile driving in ECO mode. Driving pretty much the same, I get maybe 54 mpg in PWR instead of 55 or 56 in ECO (display). I would guess, maybe 2-3% less. How can I explain it? Maybe it's faster on accel, longer on glide? No difference when cruising? When I first tried PWR I thought I was going to take a huge hit on that tank, but I wanted to know. Surprise, surprise. Yeah, I suppose I'm paying the equivalent of a dime more per gallon than in ECO but - hey - I can still laugh at these slobs driving Tundras and Hummers. They're paying big-time more.