Posted by Bill on May 15, 2006, 4:49 pm
>>> My only beef is the oil change. At least it is every 5000 miles. The
>>> first 5K was $0, the second one at 10K was $00!
>>
>> That's very steep! At my dealership I pay only $4 (including taxes)
>> for the oil changes and tire rotations.
> That's what I thought. This time it was a different service writer and
> I'm beginning to think they got into the commission game as well. Funny
> how it went up by $0 in only 4 months.
> But she sure does ride smoother now so I ain't complaining too loudly.
> Somebody back there done sumptin' (new wheel weights) and just didn't do
> the "oil and filter switch" and grab 100 bucks for doing so. They did do
> some draw test of the 12 volt battery since I've had one bad experience
> with that (dome light maybe?). When that 12 volter goes, the car just
> sits in the dark. No boot up, just silence.
> I've been spoiled by the $5 Jiffy Lube experience for too long. Least it
> isn't anything like a $50 oil, filter, and service on a BMW motorcycle!
> With those, you just ride it until it needs a oil change and throw it away
> and buy another. >:-(
> B~
I told my dealer to put 42 psi in the front and 40 psi in the rear tires.
After the last change I had 32 psi in the front and 30 psi in the back but
they didn't overfill it with oil like the previous change. The guy who had
to remove the excess oil was really pissed. He said curtly "Exactly how
much oil do you want?" to which I replied "I like it on the full line, not
3/8" above the full line, what did you think?"
Posted by Bill on May 15, 2006, 4:38 pm
>> My only beef is the oil change. At least it is every 5000 miles. The
>> first 5K was $0, the second one at 10K was $00!
> That's very steep! At my dealership I pay only $4 (including taxes)
> for the oil changes and tire rotations.
> --
> Mike Rosenberg
Same here.
Posted by Bob Wilson on May 16, 2006, 3:32 am
> Also, if you get 44 mpg you are doing about average (ignore the claims of
> 60mpg on the sticker). That watered-down gas with ethanol takes its toll on
> a high mpg vehicle as the Prius.
You might want to look at the hybrid mileage database. I'm driving the
earlier model, NHW11, a 2003 model:
http://www.greenhybrid.com/compare/mileage/car/1506.html
I'm only getting 50.7 mpg after seven months and 8,920 miles with my
used Prius. Your mileage may vary but we've got a FAQ describing how:
http://www.greenhybrid.com/discuss/prius-faq.6645.html
Bob Wilson
Posted by B. Peg on May 16, 2006, 6:20 am
> "Bob Wilson" wrote:
>> Also, if you get 44 mpg you are doing about average (ignore the claims of
>> 60mpg on the sticker). That watered-down gas with ethanol takes its toll
>> on
>> a high mpg vehicle as the Prius.
> You might want to look at the hybrid mileage database. I'm driving the
> earlier model, NHW11, a 2003 model:
> http://www.greenhybrid.com/compare/mileage/car/1506.html
> I'm only getting 50.7 mpg after seven months and 8,920 miles with my
> used Prius. Your mileage may vary but we've got a FAQ describing how:
> http://www.greenhybrid.com/discuss/prius-faq.6645.html
Bob, check the CR link:
http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/cars/new-cars/high-cost-of-hybrid-vehicles-406/overview/index.htm
There's also a federal one that points to 44 mpg as the reported norm for
the car from its owners (probably the ones complaining they should be
getting the EPA 50-60 that appears on the car's sticker). Most on the
greenhybrid forum tend to fudge their figures I find. If I were fishing, I'd
claim mine was bigger than yours in a fishing forum.
If you are in the 50's in mpg's, you're doing pretty good. Where I'm at in
CA, we've got the watered down ethanol stuff that takes a toll on mileage.
My last trip to LA put me in the 39 mpg range going over the Grapevine at
4400 feet. I was going to the dealer for service. I told him I was getting
44 mpg thinking he would say "We need to improve that." Instead, he said
"That's pretty good." hmmmm....? No doubt the new hybrid Camry will
present disappointing numbers to their owners from the sticker.
B~
Posted by Michelle Steiner on May 16, 2006, 6:32 am
> http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/cars/new-cars/high-cost-of-hybrid-vehicles-
> 406/overview/index.htm
That's what CR reports, but that's much less than what the overwhelming
majority of Prius drivers get.
> There's also a federal one that points to 44 mpg as the reported norm
> for the car from its owners (probably the ones complaining they
> should be getting the EPA 50-60 that appears on the car's sticker).
What is the URL?
> Most on the greenhybrid forum tend to fudge their figures I find.
How did you determine that?
> If you are in the 50's in mpg's, you're doing pretty good.
I've been doing in the fifties since last September or late August.
Previously to that, I was doing about 46 to 48. As one keeps driving
with attention to mileage, one learns how to get better mileage.
> Where I'm at in CA, we've got the watered down ethanol stuff that
> takes a toll on mileage.
We have MTBE (or is it MBTE? I keep forgetting) half the year and
ethanol the other half; it doesn't seem to affect my mileage all that
much, if at all.
--
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>>> first 5K was $0, the second one at 10K was $00!
>>
>> That's very steep! At my dealership I pay only $4 (including taxes)
>> for the oil changes and tire rotations.
> That's what I thought. This time it was a different service writer and
> I'm beginning to think they got into the commission game as well. Funny
> how it went up by $0 in only 4 months.
> But she sure does ride smoother now so I ain't complaining too loudly.
> Somebody back there done sumptin' (new wheel weights) and just didn't do
> the "oil and filter switch" and grab 100 bucks for doing so. They did do
> some draw test of the 12 volt battery since I've had one bad experience
> with that (dome light maybe?). When that 12 volter goes, the car just
> sits in the dark. No boot up, just silence.
> I've been spoiled by the $5 Jiffy Lube experience for too long. Least it
> isn't anything like a $50 oil, filter, and service on a BMW motorcycle!
> With those, you just ride it until it needs a oil change and throw it away
> and buy another. >:-(
> B~