only getting 25 mpg on 2008 prius, help me please

Ideas? Yes, if you had a working car and no job you should have kept the old car.

And yes, the low tire is killing the fuel economy. If it has a leak get it repaired or replaced before it kills you.

 

you definately have a future in fiction writing. then, you will be able to afford a new prius!

 

Possible hardware problems

1. Tire Pressure 42 Lbs in front, 40 Lbs in rear.

2. Check the 12 volt battery. http://priuschat.com/forums/newbie-forum/73400-weird-stuff-happening-mpgs-dropping-test-battery.html

3 Be sure the emergency brake is really disengaged.

4. Be sure the oil level is under 'full'

Possible owner problems

1. Have you filled the gas and reset the computers and trip meters since you got the car?

2 How far is your average trip? The Prius excels as a long trip tourer.

3 Drive like you had no brakes: Coast to lights, stop signs, etc. allow room from the car in front of you in city traffic, only draft at highway speeds.

4. Factor in weather: Any car hates cold and rain, and heat above 90, you will get your best mileage in July and August*


* Western Washington weather report: Starting the Thursday before the first High school football game, it will rain. It will keep raining until December 27, (missing a white Christmas) then snow one day. (if the wind is from the east, it will last a week) Then it will rain until the 5th of July, spoiling fireworks. Repeat each year. For extra credit, WDOT sinks a floating bridge about every 10 years, at Thanksgiving.

 

Please answer the questions at http://priuschat.com/forums/gen-ii-...-answer-these-questions-esp-if-youre-new.html.

 

-- off topic diversion --

We missed a clean sweep last year. One minor holiday (Columbus Day?) was dry.

After missing one periodic sinking, Mother Nature diversified by trying to collapse the Alaskan Way Viaduct with an earthquake. It came within an inch or two of succeeding. Now it is a race to see which fails first -- that viaduct, or the Evergreen Point Floating Bridge.

We missed witnessing the I-90 Sinking Bridge by a flip of a coin, crossing on the other bridge instead. If not for that, we'd have witnessed it up close from the parallel bridge before they could have closed it.

-- OK, back to topic --

 

Yup: Ban.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lacey_V._Murrow_Memorial_Bridge#1990_disaster

Hood Canal Bridge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I was going to use this bridge the next weekend.

 

This is definitely one of the weirdest first posts by a member that I've seen here.

 

Who in their right mind would think it would be a good idea to buy a car on a bad day of their minears disease?

 

It's possible that you unwittingly purchased a Highlander that someone had glued a Prius logo onto.

 

Sounds like a path to cancellation of the contract due to legal incompetency.

PS. This path should be explored because this state is more protective of medical impairments than others. Twice in the past two years, I have received medical treatment or tests that rendered me legally unable to sign binding contracts for 24 hours. Had I purchased a car in the afternoon of either day, the seller and/or finance agency would been legally unable to enforce the contract.

Perhaps OP should contact a lawyer to see if certain untreated medical episodes can receive the same protection.

In at least one high profile case, multiple salesfolk at a West Seattle dealership were prosecuted for taking advantage of an elderly man with obvious competency problems, and the dealership owners (not sure if it was new or old ones) were held financially accountable.

If this story is real, it would also be prime fodder for a 'Get Jesse' segment by Jesse Jones of local KING-5 TV. Unfortunately, he is on medical leave.

 

Can you remember how many miles you'd done and how many MPG's you were getting prior to this yoda9953?

 

I know I'm a grumpy cynical type but could this be YET another troll?


Is there any way of making it harder to become a member or at least be more proactive in deleting nonsense posts? If this OP is for real then he needs to seek professional help - not the advice of Prius owners!

 

try telling that to evpv.:loco:

 

Hey be careful what you say Grumpy. This Prius owner's day job is a therapist so maybe some of us could help the troll, oops I meant OP.

 

I can say with certainty that the OP is not a troll.

I have been able to confirm off-forum that the post is real.

She emailed,
"This is no joke, I will visit the post this afternoon, thanks."

I do not know any further details ATT.

yoda9953,

I hope that you've read this far.
:welcome: to PRIUSchat :cheer2:
Some of our members have been a little rough on
your post, but I am confident that it will not apply to
you. Real folks with real problems get real help here.

Let's forget everything but JimboPalmer's post #4.
What can you say about the points that he raises?

 

Well yes, first off I edited your post, now it makes some sense. everythng deleted is T.M.I, and not germane to the info you seek.

Read post #4, re-read post #4, re-re-read post #4, then if you have a question, ask it, just leave out EVERYTHING not pertaining to the specfic question you want answered!

T.M.I. is a terrible thing to impose upon someone!!!

 

IMHO, there's no point in us spending any more effort on this until the OP comes back and answers the questions I posed in post #5.

People who want help need to at least give us enough info instead of us repeatedly spending the time to type up replies where we throw out ideas, guesses, etc.