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Are you noticing hills more

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Main Forum' started by jrohland, Nov 2, 2005.

  1. jrohland

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    While driving up to my office I noticed the road to the parking lot is slightly uphill. I never noticed that with my old cars.

    Are you, like me, noticing even slight inclines and declines? It is easy to notice hills when bicycling but, I did not generally pay much attention while driving.

    jrohland...in hilly Northern Virginia, USA
     
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    Yes... especially if you are paying close attention to your mileage, you will notice hills a lot more heh.

    There is a stark contrast between level and downhill where the ICE is most likely off, and uphill, where you either have to fight to use stealth to climb, or use the ICE.
     
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    Although my Prius has no trouble with anything I encounter, I do notice many MPG-related items I never noticed with my old car.

    For example, I get annoyed when someone turns in front of me because I know slowing down and speeding up eats slightly more gas than staying at a constant speed.

    Same thing with the hills -- I usually make it a point to pull my foot off the accelerator at the summit, so I can put it back on slightly and maintain 100 MPG+ on the downslope. :rolleyes:
     
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    BP (before Prius) I used to think that the terrian here was pretty flat. Now I realize it's like the bottom of an egg carton. All hills :angry:
     
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    I was stealthing near 40MPH with my wife in the passenger seat. There was an ever-so-slight hill and the engine engaged. She heard and felt the engine kick in and actually yelled at me for accelerating.

    Sometimes now, I announce the approach of a hill and warn her that though I'm maintaining a constant speed, the engine might engage. She's growing tired of it and has advised more than once that I can stop at any time but I consider it fair play.
     
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    LOL! "Warning, hill approaching! Distance of .5 miles, .45 miles, .40 miles".... :eek:
     
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    I find that I love driving South and West from my home as my mpgs climb dramatically. Then I watch them go down as I return home. Pretty funny as I, of course, know I live in the hills and watch my mpgs change depending upon whether I'm heading out or heading home, but to see the same results in the 'flat lands' was quite a surprise.
     
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