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Discussion in 'Newbie Forum' started by passion222, Aug 19, 2011.

  1. passion222

    passion222 Junior Member

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    I never knew about this site until I got informed by a Toyota dealer that there are Prius forums. Id get tons of answers and it's be like a little club. LOL thought awesome. I find people love a Prius or non owners sure have alot of criticism or curiosity. Im just confused how the dashboard works. I never have a clue how many miles Im actually getting or should be getting. Help on that pleeeease.:car::confused::confused:
     
    #1 passion222, Aug 19, 2011
  2. GSW

    GSW PRIUS POWER

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    Passion222, the best thing that you can do to learn about the car is select a specific item your curious about and find it in the owners manual. If that dosen't help, ask some of the Priuschat members. Either way WELCOME and we will try to help.
     
    #2 GSW, Aug 19, 2011
  3. spiderman

    spiderman wretched

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    Welcome aboard and just sit back and enjoy the ride... the Prius will take care of you.
     
    #3 spiderman, Aug 19, 2011
  4. Mark57

    Mark57 2021 Tesla Model 3 LR AWD

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    Welcome to the forum passion222. If you search, there is a PDF version of the owner's manual that you can download and search through it on your PC. It's much easier to search for key words than the hard copy.
     
    #4 Mark57, Aug 19, 2011
  5. ETC(SS)

    ETC(SS) The OTHER One Percenter.....

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    :welcome:
    RTFM! (stands for Read the Factory manual).
    OK....so it's not Tolstoy, but there are some gems hidden away in there.
    If you don't mind the taunts of the self-appointed forum cops, you can ask questions in the forum and they're usually answered fairly quickly.
    DON'T try and use the search function. It's faster to just wait for somebody to ask the same question as you were wondering about.
    DON'T try to figure out how many miles per gallon you're getting by using the MDF, or Multi-Function Display (that goofy Atari styled dashboard display) It will over-estimate your real world mileage by about 5-percent.

    Here's what I do:
    Use one trip meter to calcu-guess my mileage tank by tank.
    Use the other to keep a longer average (about 5K in my case due to a battery failure).
    IIRC the trip meter will reset after 9999 miles but I'm not sure.
    Some people like to figure out their mileages for smaller trips (drive to work, etc) but IMHO measuring any trip less than say....50 miles isn't really telling you much.
    YMMV.

    If you really want to know what your for-real MPG is----just figure it out manually every time you put gas in the car. :)
     
    #5 ETC(SS), Aug 19, 2011
  6. bisco

    bisco cookie crumbler

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    nice to have you, all the best with your new baby!
     
    #6 bisco, Aug 19, 2011
  7. NYPrius1

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    Welcome To PC
     
    #7 NYPrius1, Aug 20, 2011
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