Ditto! My wife and I each have 2006's. I am blown away by the lack of maintenance on these vehicles. I have the higher mileage of the two and I just passed 160,000. I get a dealer oil change every 4K miles, which is probably too much, but oh well. We live in the Colorado Rockies. About all I've changed are tires and wiper blades. Original brakes, spark plugs, traction battery and (get this) 12V battery! On other cars when I lived in the Phoenix area I could get about 2 years on a 12V battery, NEVER more than 10! Hmm, I wonder how long it will last... Cheers to Prius! :)

My Auris Hybrid (2012) is also getting 45mpg. Toyota's hybrids are awesome!

I just bought one! I am never buying another 🚗!

...i have 2005 with 265k miles. I do oil changes every 5k with the cheapest oil and filter i can get at walmart. I put some nokian 2.0 tires on it and i just finiahed a tank at just over 50mpg. Thats actual. Miles driven by gallons filled. Im confident if my wife didnt drive my car sometimes i could get over 60 in the summer. I was at 62mpg and 40 miles and she drove to town and it went to 58. Maybe ill make a video sometime and show people how its done.

@@dreamleaf6784 you should use appropriate or even best quality oil. Worst thing to go cheap on.

Got mine 167K miles for 15K$ :( my country sucks

I get around 52mpg highway miles on my 08 Prius with 130k after a few tweaks .With no problem i run in the 60’s in the city . Still running strong .

@@VannessTVofficial ouch

You got a really good deal on that Prius. I’ve got a 2008 with 241,000 miles with the original battery pack. If you want your Prius to last forever then clean the battery pack blower once every 5 years.

I have 2007 no problems yet at 167.000 48 mills per gallon. Runs like it did when I bought it best car I've ever owned.

What's a police impound lot

@@M.Hamidi. when the cops take your car & stick it in an auction if you dont go get it in time

@@M.Hamidi. like Brandon mentions, it's like a parking lot but where cars are packed in like sardines where the police have taken your car to, at least that's my understanding of it.

I did the abs also on my 2008. Just found out today that there is a way to calibrate the fuel gauge. I thought for all of these years it only held 7 gals of fuel only to find the guage was out of calibration. Simple fix you can find it on youtube

John Belles Remove the fuel injector fuse from the fuse box to drive solely on electricity.

cyndie26 where is that fuel injector fuse?

no it doesn't. The Plug-In hybrids do, but not the regular hybrid cars

John Belles he kept it under 20 mph .....slow acceleration with a full battery will allow you to do that.....in traffic or with vehicles around you,that would be hard to do......

@@cyndie26 that's the best method, yes, Ido it all the time, specially on long road trips, it's the best!!!

Some dude wanted to sell me his 2006 Prius with 140,000 miles for $3,700 i would have to pay for the tax due next month and the smog check.

@@jesusf.2600 germany? Because I have a car with the exact same specs. Same price same usage and same year haha

+Jeff Hartwig I drive a 2007 Prius. If you live in a Europe region country (like South Africa), you have a dedicated EV button like the 3rd gen Prius. When EV mode is activated you can accelerate a lot faster than in normal mode. I know you can install some sort of mod in the US version to work like the EU versions do.

+Ju-Aan van der Poll "Europe region country (like South Africa)" lol

I just got a 2007 with the "high pack" options and this thing is wonderful!! Very fun to drive, super comfortable, cheap maintenance and I'm getting 50pmg (4.7ltrs p/ 100kms). I don't think I'll ever want another type of car!!!

Yes. I drove 20 miles out in the country on a gravel road with 99 mpg in the same model.

atlive1 the send grens have higher mpg than the newer ones

You are correct. I can drive 20 miles in a 2007 without burning gas, but of course it will then start the engine to recharge, or on the next trip it will need to recharge. Too bad the hybrid battery cant be charged with a plug in charger. O know you can add a plug in kit that requires more batteries. But youd think that someone could invent a charger that hooks to the hybrid battery. I know they have chargers for when the battery is out of the vehicle and being serviced.

@@JM-nh8yp 20 miles...? that sounds impossible to me buddy.

@@advancedlamb Not impossible at all. I took a picture of my screen that day. I was intentionally being careful to see how far I could go.

@@JM-nh8yp It is impossible to go 20 miles on a 2007 prius battery. your anecdote is far more likely to be either outright false than to be true. the prius battery is well known for only being capable of going 1.5-2 miles with no ICE engine, you are saying you got 10x that. The Prius battery fucking runs out of a bar if you use it to get to 30 MPH FFS and you're saying you kept going for 20 miles??

max speed for ev mode is 50 km/h

Timo Bleeker Check oil, check health of battery driving it around. Make sure the engine isn't messed up (coolant in oil and vice versa) and check vehicle records. Pretty similar to a regular car

Timo Bleeker it has a light frame, make sure it drives straight and the alignment is near perfect.

It's to the left of the speedometer. You can see the amount he has from E(empty) to F(Full) and it looks like he has 7 blocks out of 10.

I had the same problem. My odo stucked at 299.9999. I had to disassemble dashboard, take out speedometer cluster and reset it to 0. At the end I've had to put everithing back.

There is an EV mode by design, though never implemented outside Japan if I read correctly. One company sells an aftermarket board, however the modification from what I understand only requires some wires and a switch spliced in. Now, in regards to using the EV only mode, reads like isn't a good mode to use due to the battery stress issues. I guess was implemented for quiet exiting or entrance to ones residential neighborhood as well as moving the car in and out of garages. Otherwise, isn't recommended to be used. I however, wonder why there isn't a program to use the EV mode for acceleration to 35mph or maybe 45mph as I read can be used up to 55mph which is a little higher than the gen 3. Seems would overall improve the fuel efficiency of the vehicle when used to get up to speed in highway or freeway driving conditions. Guessing the Prius C design beefed up their CVT winding so to be able to be used more for stop and go conditions. Check out priuschat for info regarding the mod for the gen 2's.

​@@jafinch78do you own a gen 2? I just picked a 2008 touring model . Is there a website or KZfaq channel you recommend?

With a full battery it's easy, just gently push on the gas petal and drive slowly, don't speed up quickly or it'll go to gas mode, as long as you got battery charge and not going uphill or rough terrain it'll stay in electric mode.

EV mode. Behind your steering wheel

Bigrookie also driving under 34mph with a full battery

Bigrookie hahaha yes i just found this little trick, everybody behind me honking and flicking me off😂😂😂 I laugh and yell “im trying to get 60mpg”

Eugene Cody full battery or not, you will get those MPGs with the Prius, easily if your main battery still has a good charge.

Samson 2015 $ound's good!! 👍

truly a cruel world that your question went unanswered. such is life.

Great questions that sadly got no answers ☹️

I never put it in electronic mode i just figure it's hard on the battery why take a chance decreasing the life of the battery they get great mileage just driveit

It might be a bit, but, there is a difference between the 12 volt battery and the traction battery. Which the latter is what the car itself uses for it's forward and backwards movement. Check out technology connections video's on electric vehicle's.

They will do that and more in city driving, because each time you coast or brake, it recharges.

Chris fix recently made a video showing how to replace and/or upgrade the hybrid battery in a Prius. As for adding extra batteries, I don’t know but surely with the right tools and knowledge it’s definitely possible.

+Drpepper99uk about 56-58 km/h

You mean before the gasoline engine comes on? I think it varies a bit if your using using the A/C or not. From my understanding, the A/C compressor/clutch is electric, or, at least I'm pretty sure that it's true for the gen 2 Prius', and that will drain the traction battery faster. It also depends on how full the battery is too and the incline and how fast your going. But, I think it's about a mile, maybe, depending on how healthy the traction battery is too.

It didn't come on ANY Prius shipped to the US unfortunately, BUT! With a few dollars and a couple hours you can install a factory EV button. www.calcars.org/prius-evbutton-install.pdf

Shawn come to Georgia someday (Y)

Ramaz Kutateladze If I had the chance to get us out of this country.. I would! 😁

Hmmm, interesting. I know my mom's now husband has said that he was able to get his 2008 Toyota Prius at the time (which is now my car, hence the 'at the time' part of the sentence) up to about 30/35 mph on electric only (I think that's what he said).

That's not really true. 41MPH or higher and yes, the gas engine kicks on. But you're not fully electric very often, even under 40MPH. There's a constant dance between gas and electric modes, with electric mostly being used for slow takeoffs from a stop.

My gas engine in our Prius runs all the time I don't know how to go fully ev or if it would keep up in traffic, how would I do that? Unplug the file injector fuse?

The friction from the brakes is put back to the battery. Same set up as most roller coasters.

Actually on a flat you can get quite higher speeds like 31 to 35 before yhe engine kicks on. Easy on the pedal

@@dreamleaf6784 I regularly do 40 mph on full electric in my 09

@@jimdye7431 nice! In a flatter area right?

Actually, as long as the Atkinson Cycle Engine is warm, and you have a congestion free relatively flat highway ahead of you, it is possible to cruise along using ONLY the engine, at anything between 60mpg and 99mpg. And guess what? During this phase, the traction battery is also being charged. I experience this everyday during my commute. The EV mode best comes in handy for crawling through pockets of traffic congestion. Once on a clear road, the 1.5 litre Atkinson Cycle Engine is entirely capable of running on its own while still sipping fuel, and giving amazing mpg.

datathunderstorm I'm on my 3rd Prius, and no, you can't simply travel along between 60MPG and 99MPG. You might get instances of that on a downgrade, but overall, 44MPG is a pretty steady average. I'm talking about US Gallons, so you can do your conversion if you're in the UK. You simply can't use a temporary reading to determine a proper MPG figure. After about 160000 miles on my Priuses, I definitely know the car. Also, when you have a mostly depleted battery, the ICE (Internal Combustion Engine) is going to have to run harder to charge the battery if there is no downhill available. During this time, MPG suffers about 10-20% initially and gets better as the battery tops off. To your point about the ICE capable of running on its own, yes. Not only capable, but it mostly does just that. You don't need much power to cruise steadily. If you need to pass, the electric motors help out. EV mode doesn't help with MPG at the end of your fuel tank (even though the Prius doesn't use a tank). I like the EV mode for moving my car around the property if I need to. No sense in starting up the ICE. The take-away point is, you can't create energy from nothing. If you run on EV mode, you will have to charge it by robbing power from the ICE. If you're lucky to be going down a hill, you will get some free energy thanks to gravity. Otherwise, it all evens out in the end. EV mode is fun and useful, but it doesn't save anything.

My 2008 Prius T Spirit mpg average for summer is 66.3mpg (UK) 630 miles to the tank. For winter, the lowest I got is 53mpg.....and that was achieved NOT crawling about slowly, but driving quite spiritedly. As I stated earlier, conditions DO arise where the Prius DOES cruise happily on anything between 60mpg to 99mpg on FLAT terrain. Mine does! Yes, you'll achieve 99mpg going down an incline with the engine running too - this happens everyday on a 3 mile portion of my commute. I've experienced the depleted battery during traffic congestion - and you'll only get the dreadful MPG from the engine running and trying to charge the battery too - IF you're still stuck in traffic. BTW, the MPG is low, because the engine is NOT at optimum operating temps. Once you're moving on a free road, MPG picks up very quickly (as the engine temp rises to optimum), and it also charges the battery too. And yes, during this phase, I HAVE achieved 60mpg or more. I'm only speaking from experience. Could it be that my Prius using 16 inch tyres, and more advanced petrol over here makes a difference? I can also run in EV mode up to 42mph. I've also seen 53mph on EV - engine running, but NOT using fuel - it was bleeding off excess traction battery charge from a full battery.

datathunderstorm I hate that your Imperial gallon is 20% larger than our US gallon. That better explains your numbers. Also, my 2004 Prius will max out at 32mph before the engine must go on.

Have you not mastered the feathering of the pedal to achieve stealth or glide mode? In glide you can maintain 42mph without running the ICE, strictly battery. It must be a level grade and straight road, but still yet.

I do it every day lmao

you can. the battery can maintain a speed of 35mph for like a mile or two..

Yeah. Just unplug the flux capacitor. It’s a 2005. No

whats your avg mpg like? cause im interested in getting a used prius but i drive kinda heavy-footed

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Mushroom

No anti-diesel here. Follow my channel. I have a custom built 72 Mach1 an F350 turbo diesel a Honda Ridgeline and a Jeep Wrangler. A whole mix of stereotypes lol

Alexander Elerick 1. Diesel stinks 2. Deters bee pollination 3. Loud 4. Annoying(folks run them out of convenience, not efficiency/ "let me leave my engine running because someone told me it uses less gas than restarting it again") 6. Rarely do diesel owners tune their engine properly, plumes of black smoke for just commuting.

Dan Bee yea diesel “stinks” but it smells like heaven to me lol, Not much of a bee guy, i care about the enviroment and all but bees arent my thing. Louder just sounds better in my opinion, but to each their own. Diesels take a while to warm up to proper operating temp. And yes use more fuel when starting, if im running into a gas station to buy a drink i just let it idle. And your wrong on the tuning part, people DO tune them to blow smoke. Blowing smoke isnt the best thing for your engine. My truck dosnt blow much of any smoke if i tired. I think “rolling coal” can be cool but its just excess wear on the engine. So a properly tuned truck will not blow smoke.

Alexander Elerick why would anyone ever tune anything to run so lean while your not even hauling? Youre going use more gas to start than to idle 2-3 minutes, more like an inconvenience, but agree to disagree? The environment is kind of everybody's "thing" btw, unleaded cars do not disrupt the ability of the bee to find pollen, diesel unfortunately does. So many diesels yet most appear to be for cruising, or jollies, must be nice...

Dan Bee diesels for me are a passion i guess you can say. I have nothing aginst hybrid cars. My truck is my daily driver. Im gonna use it to haul my camper eventually and other stuff. The way you get the black smoke is by tuning it and giviving the engine more fuel than it needs the black smoke is just unburnt fuel that dosnt get combusted.