An educated service guy...

Rxmxsh · 06-26-2007, 12:13 AM

Took my car for its first oil change tonight @ 5015 miles. Asked the service guy to inflate my tires to 42/40... He said "Uhhhh Ok, but I don't recommend it... I'll show you why" He then took me out to the car and showed me Toyota's spec on the car and explained about tire wear and all that good jive. He said he'd do it because of people wanting to get better mileage and the tire is rated at 44 max.

That little bit impressed me, so I said, "Huh. I'm impressed. Can you tell me what the "B" is for?" This was immediately following a statement on how salesmen don't educate buyers well enough about the cars they sell.

He said "A what? That's gotta be new... Show me" I did, and he laughed and said "I don't know... backup?"

and then we both laughed. I explained about engine braking and then he said how he was surprised the car had it, because the mechanicals don't kick in until 7mph, so until then you're really just "regenning" the hybrid batteries...

Nonetheless, I was impressed with this guy... At least he said "Huh. I dunno"

paprius4030 · 06-26-2007, 02:49 PM

I'm glad my dealer is more up to speed then this guy. My dealer is the one who told me to inflate the tires to 42/40 then I read about it here when i came upon this site.

gforeman · 06-26-2007, 03:02 PM

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I'm glad my dealer is more up to speed then this guy. My dealer is the one who told me to inflate the tires to 42/40 then I read about it here when i came upon this site.
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Is that 42 Front 40 back? Or the other way around?

JimboK · 06-26-2007, 03:03 PM

The thread title seems a tad inaccurate. Educated??

I'll assume this was a service advisor and not a Prius tech. If so, maybe the ignorance is excusable, but I'd still think they should know about "B." It's been on the car for years. If it was the tech, no way I'd have him work on my car.

priusFTW · 06-26-2007, 03:16 PM

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Is that 42 Front 40 back? Or the other way around?
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42 front 40 back

JimN · 06-26-2007, 08:05 PM

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Took my car for its first oil change tonight] 5015 miles. Asked the service guy to inflate my tires to 42/40... He said "Uhhhh Ok, but I don't recommend it... I'll show you why" He then took me out to the car and showed me Toyota's spec on the car and explained about tire wear and all that good jive. He said he'd do it because of people wanting to get better mileage and the tire is rated at 44 max.

That little bit impressed me, so I said, "Huh. I'm impressed. Can you tell me what the "B" is for?" This was immediately following a statement on how salesmen don't educate buyers well enough about the cars they sell.

He said "A what? That's gotta be new... Show me" I did, and he laughed and said "I don't know... backup?"

and then we both laughed. I explained about engine braking and then he said how he was surprised the car had it, because the mechanicals don't kick in until 7mph, so until then you're really just "regenning" the hybrid batteries...

Nonetheless, I was impressed with this guy... At least he said "Huh. I dunno"

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I just realized that I'm overqualified to work at that dealer.

Rxmxsh · 06-26-2007, 09:38 PM

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The thread title seems a tad inaccurate. Educated??

I'll assume this was a service advisor and not a Prius tech. If so, maybe the ignorance is excusable, but I'd still think they should know about "B." It's been on the car for years. If it was the tech, no way I'd have him work on my car.
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Well that's why the "almost" was put it... :P

It was a service advisor, not the guy who was doing the oil change. He told me of a lady who brought her Prius in because she had taken it elsewhere and they had overfilled the oil...

Can that throw a dummy light?

Bill Merchant · 06-27-2007, 02:41 AM

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He told me of a lady who brought her Prius in because she had taken it elsewhere and they had overfilled the oil...

Can that throw a dummy light?[/b]

Indeed it can, if the ICE tried to inhale the excess oil.

06-26-2007, 12:13 AM	#1
Rxmxsh Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Foothill Ranch, Ca Posts: 244 My Car: 2007 Prius Package: Base Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	Took my car for its first oil change tonight @ 5015 miles. Asked the service guy to inflate my tires to 42/40... He said "Uhhhh Ok, but I don't recommend it... I'll show you why" He then took me out to the car and showed me Toyota's spec on the car and explained about tire wear and all that good jive. He said he'd do it because of people wanting to get better mileage and the tire is rated at 44 max. That little bit impressed me, so I said, "Huh. I'm impressed. Can you tell me what the "B" is for?" This was immediately following a statement on how salesmen don't educate buyers well enough about the cars they sell. He said "A what? That's gotta be new... Show me" I did, and he laughed and said "I don't know... backup?" and then we both laughed. I explained about engine braking and then he said how he was surprised the car had it, because the mechanicals don't kick in until 7mph, so until then you're really just "regenning" the hybrid batteries... Nonetheless, I was impressed with this guy... At least he said "Huh. I dunno" __________________ Above based on manual calculations, MFD states higher.

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06-26-2007, 02:49 PM	#2
paprius4030 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Pocono's, Pa. Posts: 1,039 My Car: 2008 Prius Package: #2 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 1	I'm glad my dealer is more up to speed then this guy. My dealer is the one who told me to inflate the tires to 42/40 then I read about it here when i came upon this site.

06-26-2007, 03:03 PM	#4
JimboK One owner, low mileage Join Date: May 2006 Location: Chesterfield, VA Posts: 1,976 My Car: 2005 Prius Package: #2 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 2	The thread title seems a tad inaccurate. Educated?? I'll assume this was a service advisor and not a Prius tech. If so, maybe the ignorance is excusable, but I'd still think they should know about "B." It's been on the car for years. If it was the tech, no way I'd have him work on my car.