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pasadena_commut replied to the thread Is this a scam???.

Son took the truck to a mechanic today for an inspection. Mechanic saw the cat codes (still no CEL but only about 1 mile more on it)...

pasadena_commut replied to the thread Gen2 Gas Mileage Mystery - Better going over Hill than on Flat !?!.

I'm not sure how one would determine the mpg like that with any accuracy. The display gives a number, but I have never found those...

pasadena_commut replied to the thread How much is your local "Trump at the Pump Tax?".

Are there Church's that explicitly tell people which way to vote? Doing so would void that organization's non profit status. The NAACP...

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The current world crisis is the result of a self-inflicted wound.

pasadena_commut replied to the thread Pack lifetime, NiMH vs. Lithium?.

BEV packs can certainly move more total current than one on a Prius, and have a larger volume. There is a point where air cooling just...

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Is this a scam???

My son sold his RV (trailer) and so is downsizing from his F350 SuperDuty to a smaller truck. He had a Tacoma before and wanted...

Forum: Fred's House of Pancakes

pasadena_commut replied to the thread Pack lifetime, NiMH vs. Lithium?.

Very implementation dependent. Consider the first generation Leaf. Those packs were not fluid cooled and they did not hold up well at...

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Pack lifetime, NiMH vs. Lithium?

Have the OEM lithium packs been around long enough to compare pack lifetime against the OEM NiMH ones? This would be the mean (or...

Forum: Gen 4 Prius Technical Discussion

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Rotate ICE by hand - no tools, hypothetically

Hypothetical question. When doing a piston soak people often rotate the engine a little every so many hours by using a ratchet on the...

Forum: Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting

pasadena_commut replied to the thread Shudder at initial acceleration.

Where are the spark plugs from? Amazon is full of counterfeits. Plugs from a dealer or RockAuto should be the real deal. This applies...

pasadena_commut replied to the thread How much is your local "Trump at the Pump Tax?".

It was $6.10 for 87 today at a Valero.

pasadena_commut replied to the thread How much is your local "Trump at the Pump Tax?".

Diplomatic agreements are never binding. They work well when the parties involved really intend to get along, and not at all when they...

pasadena_commut replied to the thread How much is your local "Trump at the Pump Tax?".

Some of that is due to gasoline taxes, which in the US are generally a flat rate per gallon but in some states may include sales tax...

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Only when his hands glow and a winged, horned entity floats in the air above him. Then I'm usually praying for him to stop doing that,...