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Fuel Economy Reference Aid

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Fuel Economy' started by jps000, Aug 17, 2008.

  1. jps000

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    This will be of most use to those with a Scangauge but not exclusively....
     

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    I don't think this is true as a blanket statement. If you get to all green, the ICE will be spun to burn off excess charge, but no fuel is used.
     
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    This is from Ken at Japan, the part about the green bars. If I recall, he said 1 cc of fuel is used (and he is one of the guys that has races on 1cc of fuel!) You certainly wouldn't want to avoid green bars buy doing something even more fuel consuming. I have edited the aid to point that out. Thank you.
     
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    jps000 is correct.
    We observe 1 cc of fuel usage everytime to start the engine.

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    #4 ken1784, Aug 17, 2008
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