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pasadena_commut replied to the thread Actual MPG vs. car's estimate, informative?.

Illegal to tamper with one. 49 USC Ch. 327: ODOMETERS Read that though and you will not find a numeric value for how accurate the...

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

Since very little in each is "common" no matter where you go on the planet. The "sense" part is slightly more global because the laws...

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

Prices near me were down about $0.40. Perhaps related to the recent "peace deal" (AKA "peace memorandum" AKA "peace memo" with Iran...

pasadena_commut replied to the thread Actual MPG vs. car's estimate, informative?.

Agreed on all of that. I was mostly wondering if the two values could be used to detect a problem. I'm going to make up an example...

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Actual MPG vs. car's estimate, informative?

It is well established that the car's cumulative MPG display is optimistic. (Car mpg displays tend to be pretty uniformly optimistic,...

Forum: Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting

pasadena_commut replied to the thread Gen 2 Prius: Water in trunk -> U0293 code. Radiator fans run at max speed, ICE starts for 15s.

Or installing replacements plugs which are flat on the inside but resemble the drain outlets that Honda uses, or at least used to use,...

pasadena_commut replied to the thread Gen 2 Prius: Water in trunk -> U0293 code. Radiator fans run at max speed, ICE starts for 15s.

Why was the trunk flooded? Did it rain heavily or was the car at least partially submerged? In the former case it is probably the...

pasadena_commut replied to the thread 2004 Prius Check engine light on. EVAP P0446.

Right now (expiring 6/22) Toyota has 20% off parts. The list price for 90910-12274 (I think this part) is $141.87 but at Puente Hills...

pasadena_commut replied to the thread Lots of lights.

Regarding the pack, what, exactly, is the manufacturer's description of the battery and how much did it cost? Regarding the ticking,...

pasadena_commut replied to the thread Lots of lights.

My bad, didn't read the entire first post to the point where the OP mentioned the oil warning light. The light wasn't in any of the...

pasadena_commut replied to the thread Lots of lights.

That could be a pack problem, but as others have pointed out, you need to read the codes to be sure, and that must be done with an OBD2...

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

That and the oil companies frequently take refineries off line "for unscheduled repairs" (several of them, at the same time), which...

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

Sam's Club gasoline isn't top tier gas. Or at least it wasn't a couple of years ago. Costco sells top tier.

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

Surprised it isn't even cheaper. A gallon of gas in California has around 90 cents of state and federal taxes plus assorted fees. And...

pasadena_commut replied to the thread Problem with air flow and a/c.

What works and what doesn't for those loops, and repairs in general, seems to vary with age. The units in question were 27 years old...