Do I have the wrong dipstick?

Robert21PrimeLTD · May 5, 2026 at 8:59 AM

PHEVisthefuture said: ↑

Thanks. Since I bought the car used I have no idea what happened at the dealership, perhaps they only filled it with 4 quarts instead of the 4 and a half so I'm realistically only burning 1/2 a quart or less every 6,000 miles.

Will do, and plan to do a Blackstone report. I'm still getting used to driving this thing. Coming from a 2012 Volt and the Vette (both relatively high torque cars), you barely have to press the gas to get on a highway. This Prius requires some judicious throttle application to get up to speed, which I'm getting used to, and I'm sure hurts MPG.

Funny side note - I test drove a Camaro ZL1 (650HP V8, 6 speed manual) and the salesman was shocked I got 24MPG on the test drive. He's like "how did you get it that high"? And I responded, lean into the torque, not the HP, he had no idea what I meant & was perplexed. Probably drove the thing like a maniac when he took it to customers for demos (this was during the pandemic) hence the terrible MPG.
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I turn on the cruse and let the computer accelerate. I notice that it is slow to get up to speed but that’s the point. Cars behind me always move to the other lane. Don’t know what ICE MPG I get, only that the dash reads around 176 mpg since I use the HV battery as much as I can. For oil changes I assume 55 ICE MPG.

Do I have the wrong dipstick?

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Do I have the wrong dipstick?

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