Best temperature setting for summer to avoid constant ICE turning on?

I see, is pressing the fan OFF button the official way to disable the whole climate system? Because it still shows what vent preset I have when I press the fan OFF button.

 

I mean yeah 10 year battery but I still get 55 mpg on a 22 mile trip mostly back roads, hills and slopes then a highway for 10 miles if I feather it and use EV mode in smart areas and don’t go too slow before engaging ICE with a harder pedal foot press.

just got 61 mpg on a 7 mile trip from the gas station to work. Was speeding to be in a better gear for mileage.

 

I only ECO mode unless someone wants to play who can break the speed law the most which is once or twice a month but I did do a PWR mode earlier in the day prior to the main instance talked about in the OP and yes it was in ECO. Maybe gotta press ECO mode thrice on/off/on to clear any previous mode data still in memory? Lol

 

Yeah I want a lithium pack once my pack shows true signs of degradation, so far I drive literally 7 days a week 40 miles so the battery is keeping active and conditioned but I live in a winter freeze state so lithium is no go for me.

 

Through a parking lot at a dealership and when I’m going downhill at 999 rpm above 41 miles per hour?

 

Are you saying it’s incapable of hyper-miling and prolonging the life of the ICE?

I drive at night so no ones really around, I’m going to EV when possible obviously not to the point of 2 bars unless I’m chilling at a parking lot with my dog inside. I feel like the amount of driving I do 7 days a week keeps the battery conditioned in a state of “borderline good” as long as I keep it active daily and condition it, get it down to two bars and have it charge it every trip at least once. I still get 55 mpg if I feather and work EV smart and hit speeds for best high gear and low rpm even if that means going over the speed limit.

 

Yes I went into the purchase assuming the battery didn’t get daily active use with how low the miles were on the car at the date of purchase 39k miles in 2023 but companies like green bean exist so payment plans are an option with them for a 1-2k battery replacement. Brake boosters from forcing brake regens more manually than naturally (downhill regen)? Idk if it’s a residential road or parking lot at night, I’m not going to throttle over the ICE line in the hud bar, what’s wrong with slow acceleration when no ones looking, isn’t that what Prius‘ are known for, at least as far as Prius driver are stereotyped as?

 

My trip home is 70 percent down hill so it all evens out when I get 90-100 percent battery charge from that hill then it releases its extra 2 bars of juice on the 65 mile per our highway I go on so I’m getting like 127 mpg per gallon while it’s off loading it’s extra juice when the cars rolling speeds are higher than 61 miles per hour. Not every night I’m able to drain it to two bars on purpose only the night I stop at the grocery store, yes I take my dog to work, so leave the car on in case a cop sees her and says why the **** the car is off with a dog and windows closed, yes doors are manually locked with physical key from the fob.

Isn’t that a proper battery conditioning though? But I’m lucky to have that 70 percent downhill backroad advantage before hitting up the highway.

 

I see my total miles I HAVE to drive it 7 days a week as actually a boost in its health compared to its non-active state before purchasing it, as each trip depending on errands after work and having to leave my car on with my dog in it (yes I take her to work with me everyday) while at the grocery store sometimes draining the battery to two bars before I go back home on 45 mile per hour backroads with 70 percent downhill advantage to regen it to 100 percent charge from one particular hill before going on the highway where the Prius will start to off load that extra two bar of juice in rolling speeds of above 61 miles per hour giving me 127 mpg for 3-4 miles of the highway then it’s 55 mpg after the extra two bars of juice have off loaded.

Is that not how you condition them? Luckily I have the back home trip advantage of lower speed limit back roads and hills.

 

I swear I read that is what the consensus is based on a reddit search prior to purchasing it where the majority of the commenters were saying their OEM batter was still good after the 10 year mark due to the fact that they drove it everyday, someone said close to 400k miles and still had the OEM battery lol