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New Owner in Sunny Florida

Discussion in 'Newbie Forum' started by n23, Apr 20, 2018.

  1. n23

    n23 Junior Member

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    Persona
    Hello PC!

    I'm the happy new owner of a 2015 Prius, Persona, Blizzard white with black leather, 17" wheels. I bought the car from a dealer in Vienna, VA and drove it home to central Florida. The car only had ~21k miles and it's a CPO. Our family used to have a Gen2 and we drove the snot out of it until an increasing headcount pushed us into a minivan.

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    For now I'm enjoying my commute and playing the mileage game, getting around 52MPG on my 30 mile drive to work each way. My previous car was a Volvo and while I loved that thing, it wasn't designed for stop and go daily torture. I hope its new owner treats it nicely.

    Future plans include a window tint, black vinyl wrapped roof, TRD lowering springs, building a custom sub enclosure to replace the entire lower tray (sealed 12" with 500W monoblock) and anti-sway bars.

    My Volvo had an OBD2 tool and software* made just for dealers that allowed for calibrations, system checks, code clearing and more. Is there a Toyota analogue?

    Thanks all!
    n23

    *VIDA and DiCE
     
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  2. bisco

    bisco cookie crumbler

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    congratulations! you can pick up tech stream, that's toyota's official software to run on a laptop, or there are a few phone apps that work well, but not 100%. barista and torque come to mind, and scan gauge can be quite helpful.
    all the best!(y)
     
  3. n23

    n23 Junior Member

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    Thanks bisco - I have and have used Torque before and it was Ok at some readings but not great at others. VIDA was dealer-only so it let you do things like update module software or change hidden settings. I sold it with the car but will check out Tech Stream.