Hard to get Green bars.

[efusco]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(subarutoo @ Aug 7 2007, 02:20 PM) [snapback]491961[/snapback]</div>

...And stop worrying so much. A few mpgs are not worth getting ulcers over. As for the AC, why suffer? If its hot or too cold, turn the thing on. The car will take care of the mpgs for you. Just drive. [/b]

Or, if you get ulcers when the mpg is low and you find pleasure and fun in the 'game' of striving for high mpg you can do that too. We each enjoy our cars in our own way and you should do what you prefer, not what someone else tells you to do.

[Washington1788]

I'm not even going to pretend that I don't like to get green bars. Although I do not go out of my way to get them, I usually get them when coasting down a long or steep hill. I find that the milage does go up for that tank usually since the engine does not have to work as hard since it is taking more battery power to bring it back down into the blue range.

I keep my A/C when its hot in the range of 75-80 degrees (I hate being hot!) and I do not over-inflate my tires...at least not yet. I'm still concerned it can cause suspension or shock problems in the long term.

[Rae Vynn]

Personally, I like getting the little green leaf cars... but then, I drive down a long mountain on my way home from work, and the leaf cars are my reward for coasting!

My MPG keeps going up, so I think the engine is still breaking in. When I get my new tires, I'm sure that it will go back down a few mpgs for a few hundred miles.

[hobbit]

But the *fewer* green cars you pile up, the more energy is going
to the *road*... look at some of the screens from the extreme-
hypermiler articles, you'll see very little regen. Assuming you're
in the type of terrain that gives you the choice, of course.
.
_H*

[JimN]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(ranmandx @ Aug 6 2007, 11:26 PM) [snapback]491679[/snapback]</div>

Is it still the breakin period or what? My prius has only gotten green bars ONCE in 517 miles driven. I used to test drive a prius and was able to get green bars no problem. Just by exiting off a highway. And my highway mpg sucks until i have just two bars short of full. How often do you get green bars on your prius? Mine is usually at the half mark and sometimes at plus 2 from half. but never achieved full.

On that tank i got 517 miles and averaged 46.something and i ran out of fuel.

Oh another question on the highway what is the ideal consumption display. it seems to be mostly on engine charging the battery as well as driving the wheels. Is it ever possible to just use the engine to only drive the wheels and not loose any power charging the battery or no?

I think i passed by a priuschat member in a 1st gen prius today on the QEW from buffalo he had the priuschat decals on his car.
[/b]

Blocking your upper grill now and the lower one when it gets cool will retain engine heat. The battery will charge more (green bars more often) and the ICE will run less (purple bars more often). If you want to see green bars glide down a mountain at 75mph.

[Rae Vynn]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(hobbit @ Aug 7 2007, 03:04 PM) [snapback]492075[/snapback]</div>

But the *fewer* green cars you pile up, the more energy is going
to the *road*... look at some of the screens from the extreme-
hypermiler articles, you'll see very little regen. Assuming you're
in the type of terrain that gives you the choice, of course.
.
_H*
[/b]

Well, like I said, I drive up a mountain to work, and down the mountain home.
I have no choice but to get little leaf cars...
When I drive the second half of my drive home, through town, I get lovely high MPG, and very few leaves...

[Stev0]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(hobbit @ Aug 7 2007, 05:04 PM) [snapback]492075[/snapback]</div>

But the *fewer* green cars you pile up, the more energy is going
to the *road*... look at some of the screens from the extreme-
hypermiler articles, you'll see very little regen. Assuming you're
in the type of terrain that gives you the choice, of course.
.
_H*
[/b]

Bah. My stack of little leaf cars is often higher than my MPG bar. That's what I get for living on a #$%*ing roller coaster.