Bravo! With 99hp and torque of 110NM, I don't even think of tail gate a Altis. It will make my FC so bad, then defeat the purpose I spent close to RM100k and getting this small car. hehe

No, none of them. You notice the gap at the middle of the green bar? It is the battery power/electricity cut off line, once your pedal is above that gap, petrol engine kick in. Thus you feel it is much easier to pass through that line while you are at 70km/h compared to 10km/h.

If you always maintain your pedal below that gap, petrol will never kick in till battery low and auto kick in for recharge.

It is good to monitor the pedal level all the time for the better FC, but it is also a distraction to keep your sight from the road.

Safety first ya.

30km/l is brilliant!

Yes, adequate acceleration shorten the time of petrol burning and burn less fuel after all. So good FC not necessary slow driving. However, I also realize the electric motor will not kick in after we reach certain speed, means the aggressive acceleration after that speed is not FC friendly.

I just wonder we should press hard acceleration till what speed before electric motor stop assisting?? Any clue, guys??

From my experience, the worse FC i get during jam is 17km/l, average is 22km/l, which is still much better than normal car. They get 10km/l in average during jam, sometimes can get to 5km/l.

My thinking of PC is, this car is customized for traffic jam. I find no reason to avoid traffic jam with this car.

My 2 cents.

My worst is climbing up Genting Highland, full loaded (4 adults + 1 kid), air cond on, full pedal all the way and i get 13.5km/l.

Toyota van is also on Hybrid now.

Gong Xi Fa Cai!

Not enough!!

Say if the price increase RM10000, then it will be RM107000. Our PC second hand value also up, maybe i can sell it for RM100000, still earn RM3000. lol

I know it is dream.

The story is... if i left the car on and leave the car (open the gate, pay parking ticket etc), can someone drive it away without the key in the car?

However, Prius/ Prius C is not a popular model for car thief. Simply because
1. if there is any service/repair on the car, the driver has to go back to Toyota Service centre. Outside garage can't handle the high voltage motor. So if the car is lost, it will be found in Toyota service centre someday somewhere (if it is not driven out of the country).
2. Parts of Prius/Prius C are expensive (maybe), but not valuable in the market. Will Toyota SC/authorised garage use second hand part with unknown source? Will Prius/Prius C driver dare to bring their car to normal garage for repair?

I am less worry about the car being stolen, however I am quite worry on the car accident. We have an unlucky PC owner being hit from the rear in Penang Nov 2012 and the car is still in garage today (3 months), simply because the part is not arrived. (Seems the Japanese like to ship the part to the moon before reaching Malaysia?)

The lesson is: Our PC meet accident, we have to leave it in garage for at least 3 months.

Cruise control is never economical. Compared to constant speed, constant acceleration (pedaling) is economical.

Try keep your foot a little more than the EV cut off line always, then 27-30km/l is not hard. The challenge is... are you patient enough? lol

Thanks for info sharing. I think we wouldn't have to change the battery before mileage of 300k km.

But if Toyota comes up with Lithium Polymer/Lithium Ion battery for PC, i would be interested.

Life span of the battery.
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The fact is, a lot of first/second generation Prius have been reckon to third world countries like Cambodia, Mongolia etc and the driver over there don't change battery also.

If they expect to change the battery during their use, then why there are still so many old Prius on the road? They are richer than Malaysian?

Battery as additional cost, is just a myth for Malaysian driver.

Prius C to be assembled locally (CKD) in the future?

Paultan-UMW Toyota mulling over local assembly of hybrids

Funny Singapore!

GT86 is only SGD30k more expensive than Prius C (SGD130k) and Prius 1.8 is more expensive than GT86 and Camry.

Toyota Singapore price list

Pity the SG Hybrids owner!

How much for the TRD suspension?

Any photo taken during last PC gathering? Mind to share here?

Make sure your car is stopped. Setup will be disabled if the car move, regardless driver or passenger is doing the setting.
Press the radio volume button. You will see a list, scroll to "Phone". then go to "Initialize".
Search the bluetooth "Car Audio" on your phone, then pair with it.

Common bluetooth sync problem, solution:
1. off your bluetooth and on it again and let it connect.
2. if still not working, delete the pairing at the car bluetooth and re-pair again.

Bluetooth stack is a weak protocol. I do find out that when i active bluetooth with app (e.g. Myprofile), the car bluetooth won't connect phone during incoming/outgoing call phone, but for music is ok. My solution is simple: off the phone bluetooth and on again, and it fixed.

Full tank RM60 can go 850km.

No timing belt/chain, brake pad change every 100k km, 40% of the driving time engine is off (on battery).

Standard engine oil service is 10k km once but someone try 20k km and ok (coz 40% of the driving time engine is off).

You sure can change the 12V battery? I heard the battery is custom made one with vent.

From prius chat, i found:

1. Needs to be sealed. There should be no way to spill any elecrolyte.

2. Needs to be vented if there are chances of dangerous gasses that will, or can be released.

3. Needs to be 12V. 13.8V to be exact. The DC-DC converter determines if it goes into charge mode (14V) based on sense voltage.

4. Needs to have 28AH capacity. Can be greater if space allows.

5. Needs to be able to tolerate large charge currents, at least for a short term. The OEM battery is said to take a 3A charge current, though it baffles me that the DC-DC converter outputs 80-100A with no current regulation to the OEM battery, other than the fuseable links' inherent resistances.

6. Needs to be able to provide 100-150A. Granted, it won't provide this for long with a 28AH battery.

6. Needs to fit or be retrofitted to the provided storage space in the underhatch.

7. Needs to have the right posts, or the wires altered to accomodate the new posts.

Read more: http://priuschat.com/threads/replacement-o.../#ixzz2VS5AS3Yb

Normal 12V battery last 2-4 yrs while ours can last 5 years.