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Old 05-28-2008, 03:55 PM   #68
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There's a noticeable "Prius effect" on driving effort. When you're getting 19 mpg in a Ford Taurus, everyone thinks you're nuts for trying to raise your mileage by one or two MPG on a loser gas hog-- despite the fact that it's a 5-10% improvement. Yet just about every Prius driver enjoys their 45 mpg performance and goes nuts trying to reach 46 mpg-- a 2% return. I drive that car even more lightly than the Taurus. Ignorance is bliss, but when the LCD display shows you where the power is going you can't help yourself.
I have been researching the Prius and have noticed that people have said: "The car trains you."

As I have mentioned before: just recording usage (money food electricity...) will often get you decreasing same.
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