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NeilBlanchard · 05-13-2009, 01:39 PM

Hi Matt,

The other thing I thought of is that since your Prius is so new, that the engine is not broken in yet -- despite what they all say, I like changing the oil at ~1K miles. You may see improvements in FE somewhere around 10K miles.

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