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Little known maintenance requirement

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Main Forum' started by JayGoldstein, Mar 31, 2008.

  1. DaveinOlyWA

    DaveinOlyWA 3rd Time was Solariffic!!

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    the OP is right, rotation of the tires on the MFD display is often overlooked. but the thing that many fail to see is the difference in maintenance costs to maintain the engine on the MFD verses the electric motor.... most think the gas and oil that you put in is a 50/50 swap...
     
  2. tleonhar

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    Here is the procedure for doing this...

    :rofl:
     
  3. NoMoShocks

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    I am up for a serious question. Here in US, we have multiple toilet types. Most toilets dispense water from openings distributed all the way around the rim, and the Coriolis force (Which should never be confused with "TheForce") creates a swirling motion and a whirlpool in the bottom. But we also have the Big Whoosh tidle wave type where a huge torrent of water rushes out of the front taking anything in its way straight down.

    Now I will need to go back and watch Pixar's Finding Nemo again because the dentist in Sidney flushes a dead fish down the toilet, and I thought it was a swirl type, so likely, Pixar artists never bothered to do any research on Australian toilets. It will be interresting for me to review the film and see if and which direction the animated water swirls.

    Regarding the fine flushing toilets of Singapore, did they swirl or whoosh? You didn't say?
     
  4. NoMoShocks

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    Yes, the valve stems caps on the MFD tires are so small, they can easily land on one of the electrons or "1" and "0" bits in the stereo and ride around on them for ever collecting dust. Cycling though the Modes quickly was a good choice to bump it loose, but never do this with a CD in the stereo. I made that mistake one, and the valvestem cap fell onto the suface of the CD as it was spinning up and it flew out through the CD slot and I never could find it. I think it probably bounced off one of the seat cusions and fell down into the knap of the carpet.
     
  5. carz89

    carz89 I study nuclear science...

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    The MFD tires actually never need to be replaced. However, you will need to upgrade to Windows Vista operating system in your onboard computer. Unfortunately, you will definitely see poorer mileage with this upgrade.
     
  6. Jack66

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    I know it wasn't in your post but it isn't a function of gravity or plumbing. Coriolis force comes from the rotation of the Earth. Anything that falls should be effected by the rotation of the Earth to some extent or another. Something that starts to fall perfectly straight will start to fall in an arc. If you really think about it, the Earth's spin is the same direction no matter what hemisphere you are on, but it looks to be in opposite directions because we are upside down from one another. This is also why hurricanes spin. Here is a pretty good link:
    Coriolis effect - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    The discussion is relevant to the MFD tires because coriolis force causes the electrons in your MFD to spin in the opposite direction from the ones in the U.S.
     
  7. Rae Vynn

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    Don't forget to have 2 psi more in the front MFD tires than in the rear ones.
     
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    ROTATE THIS!

    And on a slightly different note:

    If a man speaks in the forest and there is no woman around to hear him, is he still wrong?
     
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    Not if he keeps his forrest comment to himself and never tell another living soul who could eventually leak an acount of what was said to a woman, at which point, he would instantly become wrong.
     
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    A man can be wrong faster than the speed of light.
     
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    Sadly, there are probably a lot of drivers out there who would fall for that
     
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    I have the MFD Tire Rotation schedule down.:der:

    I'm still unsure of the ICE oil capacity (on the MFD):sorry:, also where is the dip stick and drain plug?:peace:
     
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    Your jokes caused me some serious damage -- because it's been so snowy here in Maine this winter, I tried to put chains on my MFD tires and broke the screen -- thanks a lot!
     
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    You were supposed to use softer chains -- you may have voided your MFD AND MFD tire warranty!:(
     
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    SURELY someone has posted a thread with illustrations to achieve this requirement (Ichabod????)