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Lazarus · 01-27-2008, 08:20 PM

Darin,
Do you think there would be any hit in FE if you used the heater for 45 minutes instead of the 2 hours? I think the Prius holds the temp at 125 in the coolant reservoir and in 45 minutes you're sitting at 136. You might need to do a test on that

Nice results by the way.

01-27-2008, 08:20 PM	#5 (permalink)
Lazarus ECO-Evolution Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Central Texas Posts: 1,476 Iron Horse - '97 Intrepid C-3 - '08 XF50X 90 day: 135.32 mpg (US) Thanks: 17 Thanked 29 Times in 25 Posts	Darin, Do you think there would be any hit in FE if you used the heater for 45 minutes instead of the 2 hours? I think the Prius holds the temp at 125 in the coolant reservoir and in 45 minutes you're sitting at 136. You might need to do a test on that Nice results by the way. __________________ "Judge a person by their questions rather than their answers."