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Old 03-01-2010, 12:45 AM   #60 (permalink)
orange4boy
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The Golden Egg - '93 Toyota Previa DX
90 day: 31.91 mpg (US)

Chewie - '03 Toyota Prius
90 day: 57 mpg (US)

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LOL, You wouldn't want anything distracting people from texting while they drive!

Also, people would get a clue about how much juice all their accessories are sucking. You really don't want people to have a clue do you?

I put an analog one in my alternator-less Previa. Heater fans and window wire defrosters are your enemy!

Speaking of data, a good PC based scanner can graph you all kinds of data. It's all there. One day perhaps they will let us access it with a stock readout like some clever prius folks have done with CAN-View.

I'm getting ready to run the 12V side of my Prius on deep cycles once I get hold of a good DC-DC converter. This time I'm actually going to test it.
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