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reset button for user information on indash screen display

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Main Forum' started by bradywurtz, Jan 2, 2010.

  1. bradywurtz

    bradywurtz Junior Member

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    so i recently purchased a Prius Gen II and on the inscreen dashboard there is a settings under users i think and there is a reset button (no the reset button to reset your MPG and Miles tracking thing) for all the user information. I bought the car used and hear somewhere that the car tries to learn from how you drive on how to make the car work better for you.

    i figured that i should reset this, so that it learns from how i drive, and not still work off of how the previous owner would drive.

    before i reset this, i was averaging about 50+ mpg, and it was great. i thought i would be able to get better mpg if i reset this thing so it would learn how i drive. it's been about 9 months since i bought the car, and about 7 1/2 since i hit that reset button. i'm averaging about 41mpg now. it seems like my car has gotten worse. is there something i can do? or something the toyota dealership can do to help me? or did i just totally f myself over on my car. :(
     
    #1 bradywurtz, Jan 2, 2010
  2. richard schumacher

    richard schumacher shortbus driver

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    No, you didn't. Cold weather (especially together with short trips, if you do much of that) kill MPGs on every car, it's just more obvious in a Prius.

    What are the tire pressures before you start driving for the day?
     
    #2 richard schumacher, Jan 4, 2010
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    Yes ... read the threads on improving MPG's . . . theres a TON of things you can do.
    That said, the reset button simply resets the mpg record to zero. You could drive & drive ... and never hit reset. If for example, the Prius had gone 50K miles averaging 55mpg ... you'd have to drive a HECK of a long way, just to bring the 55mpg average down to 50mpg ... even if you were only getting 40mpg. But reset? Now it'll only take a handfull of miles to effect your average.

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    #3 hill, Jan 4, 2010
  4. bradywurtz

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    I forget what they are this second, but they're what the recommended amount that's labeled either on the car or the tires.
     
    #4 bradywurtz, Jan 4, 2010
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