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Defrost is a known mileage killer to the extent I've even experimented with chemical defoggers inside the car (not very successfully.) They tend to cause more problems with internal glass vision than they cure.
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I used to have a VW beetle with chronic fogging. The only thing that worked was dishsoap or a mild detergent on the glass. If you applied it right, it was pretty good but if it dried out, it left a film. I also used a squeegee but on a beetle you don't have to reach far to use it. I'm already thinking about some better cures:
1) Very clean glass. Like in cloud formation, window fogging can be hastened by particles and films.
2) Dehumidifying. One TSB suggests turning on recirc. during parking and storage to reduce interior moisture build up. I also put my dehumidifier in my vehicles overnight every few weeks in the winter. A space heater also works.
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During the rest of warm-up, the car goes into a rich mixture mode that is pretty fuel inefficient. For the first 3 km, I try to keep the speed as low as practical, at or under 40 km/hr, by cutting through the neighborhood and using "N" whenever possible. For example, at a stoplight, I'll shift into "N" and you'll notice the fuel burn is a little lower.
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Aha! very good. I was wondering about using neutral. I can coast a really long way like this on the first leg of my drive.
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The car really has to be stopped and I've even pulled into a parking lot to stop just to trigger the Stage-4 transition.
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Excellent.
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But the car can take turns at high speed like nobody's business.
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I have no idea why the reviewers I have read complain about the handling but I suppose they are comparing to the last Ferrari they test drove. My comparison is the mid engine Previa, probably the best handling minivan ever made but still a minivan.
And the Prius turning radius is so wonderful!
Honey has nicknamed it Chewbacca. First for the "face" it has and second for the regen growl which does sound quite a lot like Chewy. I suppose the colour isn't right unless there is a Wookiee arctic morph. (goes to check
Wookieepedia. Yes, that's right... Wookieepedia.) Turns out there are
albino Wookiees. Now... where can we get seat covers that resemble an albino Wookiee?
Hmmm. No seat covers yet but a
Wookiee wash mitt.
Oh! the Geekery!