more questions from a newbie!

You don't even know how complicated all those questions are. There are threads after threads discussing each of these. I'll try for some 'snap shot' answers, but you'll need to do some deeper research if you want the in depth 'poop'.

I'll let others make template suggestions. I found a Palm program called Highway Manager"Highway" for about $20 that's pretty easy to use. Also, don't forget you can use the Greenhybrid.com site to track your mileage.

This is the complicated part. And the only answer is "it depends". Green to battery is not "good" any more than yellow from the battery is "bad"--it just is. The most efficient powered scenario is when you are in the 'dead-band'--no arrows to or from the battery. The most efficient non-powered is under 41mph with no arrows showing at all--'gliding'. Besides that you just want to drive with moderate acceleration and avoid rapid or unnecessary slowing down and acceleration. You can search for "Pulse and Glide" and get some deeper insight into extracting the greatest possible efficiency from your car. But for right now "just drive it" is my best advice. Watch that energy screen not so much to manipulate the technique, but rather to try to better understand and predict what the car is going to do under various conditions. I think you'll find that you want to go to the consumption screen in a couple of weeks to see if you can start getting your 5 minute averages higher. Then, eventually, you'll want to go back to the Energy screen to really start using it to manipulate the car to even better extract all the possible mileage.

I have no trouble with the search tool at all. Are you using Internet Explorer? Maybe try upgrading to Firefox.