New 2017 Prius owner

gorgeous! congrats, all the best!

 

I love mine. But in SoCal we don't need the snows!

Congratulations!

 

Great decision! Welcome to higher MPL!

You'll get 1 year of 2016 owner's comments, tips, assistance on any of your
questions.

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With all those off-shore drilling rigs? That's about 10 cents more than Vancouver, but it goes up and down.

Are those Corolla rims? They work well. With the Corolla rim center opening, I found a 2" black ABS end pipe makes a near-perfect hub cap. It has inside diameter of 2.375", which makes it slightly loose. What I did was cut "rubber bands" about 1/8" wide, off a bicycle inner tube, pushed them over the hub lip, then half-screwed, half pushed the cap on.

Get it pushed down as much as possible. The front case, due to slight protrusion of the drive train bolt, will be slightly raised. But they look better than bare/open, and that condition will rust llike crazy, really fast. A little wax/oil on the steel in there helps too, seals it.

Here's how it looks with the end caps:

 

Congratulations - I think you'll enjoy it. I've had mine nearly 6 mths now.

I'd tip you'll improve on 5.1 - my average is - not sure, but when I post this, it'll show up under my text , and I'm driving mine mostly "normally" - I'm sure I could get a little better if I tried. I use RADAR Cruise most of the time, so it makes the decisions on acceleration speed etc a lot. Yours could likely be more economical in SUMMER than WINTER.

No idea about snow, sorry - I've only ever seen it in photos.

 

Congrats! I got the exact same colored Prius 2016 two weeks ago. I was lucky enough to find the Tech package as they are hard to find outside large cities in Canada, Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver.
I love it so far! Since it came with the fuel tank full, it took more than two weeks before I refuel.
I took a picture after my first refuel, I was so impressed! It's an event by itself!
Cheers from Quebec.

 

Those numbers make me green with envy.

 

OOOH - I've never seen snow. If it snows here - I think we'd be calling it an ice-age.

Did you fill the tank yourself? It seems that everyone's FIRST TANK - the computer read-out is wrong, not sure if it's the computer getting a handle on things? I'd fill it, and work from there.

You can get your dealer to change the reverse beeper.

 

Close that door, gently.

Cold and snow is doing that, I'm sure. We get a spike every winter, and this is on the west coast:

 

First tank is NEVER indicative of future - did you REFILL it yourself?

 

This is an excellent, excellent hack! Great tips on lubing too. Kudos to you, Mendel.

A couple additional tips I'll pass on:

1) Be sure to pop off these caps every month or two, when the temps get above freezing (or after parking in a garage, if the weather doesn't cooperate), drain/wipe out any condensation or trapped moisture, then re-lube and replace the Inner tube) rubber bands if they look at all frayed - typical inner-tube rubber will break down surprisingly quickly when exposed to moisture, heat and oils.

2) A proper o-ring will (likely) last far longer and resist oils much better than inner-tube rubber. You can find appropriate o-rings in various sizes and thicknesses at larger plumbing supply shops and home centers.

Oh, and props to you for the full-snow Michelins fitted, as well. Which model and spec are they? Are they studded? Care to share any feedback on their deep snow and black ice performance?

Cheers m8
-S.P.

 

Omg, that is some snow dude. Have the dealer change the backup beeping to just beep once. It drove me batty for a few days.

 

I know, right? I think the ground clearance on a Gen 4 isn't an issue in this case...because even a lifted 4x4 is gonna struggle with that much!

And get the Carista app and a bluetooth OBD2 adapter, to change the beep (and much else!) as you prefer yourself.

 

Assuming you mean my centre cap idea, it works with Corolla rims, which are exact fit with the hub. Aftermarket rims will likely have larger opening, maybe too big.

For ref: 2" ABS end cap inside diameter is 2.375". This has slight play on Corolla rim.

Off topic, but I just received an eBay purchased set of caps that will go on our son's Civic snow tires (mounted on civic steel rims), Christmas present. I wish Toyo made something comparable.

 

I think you should have no issue with ground clearance
I had my new car before snow arrived, got 4.1L/100km for a while then with the cold slowly hiked to 5.4L/100km. You will be amazed in the spring, and you might have rides under the 3L/100km...