First off, how the heck do you search this club? I know something must have been posted before, but I'm not going to manually search trough a bazillion messages.<br><br>What does "E" mean on this car? Truly empty or very close to being empty? It would be nice to get a good gauge of the range of this car with a a highway and a city test, but I don't want to stuck somewhere without a paddle either. I could always get an extra container of gas, I suppose.<br><br>Do your cars start at a ridiculously high gas mileage and then go down from there? When I received my car from the dealer, they had filled it and reset the trip odometer. My car was reading something like 30 L/100 km.<br><br>Finally, what's the direct conversion from L/km to miles/US gallon and miles/imperial gallon?

when the last light is blinking on my TRAC car I can usually put in about 9.5 (up to 10.25 US gallons if I try to slowly top it off). I find that a little too conservative for my tastes, but I do understand and I know I'd get over it quickly if I were an owner. Conversions can be performed here. <br><a href=http://www.rlhudson.com/metric_main.html target=new>http://www.rlhudson.com/metric_main.html</a>

When the bar next to the E is the only one left, if you are in town, no reason to worry. If you are on a road trip, start looking for gas. When the last bar starts flashing (and the display "bongs" and displays a warning) you have anywhere from 2-20 miles left on the tank. Get gas now!

First - you have gotten some good replies on the lack of a search function. My only comment is that since 1995, nearly every web-based forum created has been a poor reimplementation of Usenet, which had most of these problems solved by 1990 or earlier. About the only thing Usenet didn't have was a search, which it got when Dejanews started up (yes, a Web site, but their goal of a large collection of infromation that is easily searchable, which is what the Web is good for.) Anyway, you didn't come here to hear how we used to bang the rocks together get ones and zeros...<br><br>&gt;Do your cars start at a ridiculously high gas mileage and then go down from there?<br><br>Yes. If I fill up after the engine is really warm, I can often pull out of the gas station and go some distance purely on electric, which causes the meter to "peg" at 99 mpg. If the engine is cold or I accelerate hard, giving low instantenous MPG (the bar on the far right), the overall MPG will start low and get higher. Also, the sample size of whatever estimate of fuel flow the meter is using is zero after you reset the meter, so the numbers will be a little weird until it has some more data to work with.<br><br>&gt;Finally, what's the direct conversion from L/km to miles/US gallon and miles/imperial gallon?<br><br>1 US gallon = 0.833 imperial gallon<br>1 imperial gallon = 1.2 US gallon<br><br>(mi/US gal) * 1.2 = mi/Imp gal<br>(mi/Imp gal) * 0.833 = mi/US gal<br><br>Since l/km and mi/gal are volume/distance and<br>distance/volume, you have to divide when converting.<br><br>x mpg (US) = (235.2/x) l/100 km<br>x mpg (Imp) = (282.5/x) l/100 km<br><br>x l/100 km = (235.2/x) mpg (US)<br>x l/100 km = (282.5/x) mpg (Imp)<br><br>Source: Bosch Automotive Handbook 4th edition, constants rounded by me to slightly more sane numbers of significant figures.

&gt;&gt;What does "E" mean on this car? Truly empty or very close to being empty?<br><br>I get 50 to 80 miles after flashing starts. E is empty when the dash lights up and you only have batteries. I've run out twice now. Once on a city street, just drove in a filled up. And once at 75 mph on the freeway. The car slowwed to 40 mph. I exited the next ramp, stopped at the light and then to a nearby station. No Problem.<br><br>&gt;&gt;Do your cars start at a ridiculously high gas mileage and then go down from there? <br><br>I found my car getting used to lower numbers as it got older. Then again, I drive it faster now.

In Message 6860 bugs_are_tasty asked many things:<br><br>&gt; First off, how the heck do you search this <br>&gt; club?<br>Simple - you don't. <br>What's worse - Yahoo search engine deliberately avoids indexing their own sites!<br>Last time I managed to actually contact a Yahoo person they indicated that management simply didn't care.<br>Given Yahoo clubs stinky performance lately, I'm highly inclined to join the other "rodents" in their exodus to other sites.<br><br>&gt; I know something must have been posted before, <br>&gt; but I'm not going to manually search trough a <br>&gt; bazillion messages.<br>Sure you are - if you want the information, that is.<br><br>&gt; What does "E" mean on this car? Truly empty or <br>&gt; very close to being empty? <br>I don't know of anyone who has ever seen "E" (NO bars lit). Seems as tho when the last bar is flashing, you are VERY near walking or "exercising" the HV battery pack.<br><br>&gt; It would be nice to get a good gauge of the <br>&gt; range of this car with a highway and a city <br>&gt; test, but I don't want to stuck somewhere <br>&gt; without a paddle either.<br>A paddle won't do you much good unless your Prius is floating.<br><br>&gt; I could always get an extra container of gas, I <br>&gt; suppose.<br>I have considered carrying a gallon of the "Safety Gas" but some of their claims make me cringe a bit.<br><br>&gt; Do your cars start at a ridiculously high gas <br>&gt; mileage and then go down from there?<br>No - I zero the display with each fill-up and then IGNORE it for a while: 15 miles or so. By then, it will have settled down to resemble reality - not second-to-second, completely misleading MPG figures.<br><br>&gt; When I received my car from the dealer, they <br>&gt; had filled it and reset the trip odometer. My <br>&gt; car was reading something like 30 L/100 km.<br>?? so? I write down EVERYTHING before delivering baby to the doctor's office. Diagnostics require running the engine: Gallons without miles...<br><br>&gt; Finally, what's the direct conversion from L/km <br>&gt; to miles/US gallon and miles/imperial gallon? <br>No idea! Try www.google.com and do a search. Betcha you'll even find an online converter somewhere.<br><br>Happy Prius!<br>bp