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Cake day: June 15th, 2023

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  • Today was 50F (10C) and I’m estimating closer to 3mi/kw-hr.

    Or in other words, warmer weather is close to +25% more range and efficiency compared to last week’s cold weather test.

    Note that this number is very preliminary (ie: reliant upon Toyota’s battery measurements) and I’m currently recharging my car with the Kill-a-watt to verify my initial estimates. I’ve also got a work meeting tomorrow morning, but I’ll try to write down the results of today’s warmer weather test and report back to you.

    Alternatively, if I forget to write down the Kill-a-watt results tomorrow morning, I’ll just repeat the test again on Wednesday or something. It should be warm weather all this week.


  • I know somethig that will piss you off.

    Wow. And you call me arrogant.

    You haven’t run fuel tests. That was the whole point of the argument.

    Toyota claims 48mpg. I claim 53mpg. My test has different results than Toyota’s claims. The entire basis of you (and the other guy’s) posts is mistaken from the beginning. And now you add bullshit numbers from unlisted sources despite two Prius owners in this topic telling you our statistics. And yet, I’m the arrogant and biased one. That’s… interesting.

    Do you understand your position in this matter? I’m the one with the car. I can literally run the complete test when I want. And finally, I’ve shared my initial test results of 53mpg on a much smaller scale (mostly because its now 50F and I’m now unable to do cold weather tests. And the weatherman says I won’t have a near-freezing day for another week or two). Furthermore, it would take a substantial amount (ie: 200 miles of driving) to get a reasonable test done… assuming we want something like ~4 gallons averaged out on the test to help mitigate any errors.

    But if you don’t like the initial numbers I’ve given you (53mpg), that’s not a fault of mine or methodology or whatever. I’m simply showing you my best estimate of reality here. And since YOU admit you don’t own this car, I’m not sure what the fuck you could possibly contribute to the discussion (nor the other guy for that matter).


  • 1200+ words across 6 seperate posts according to MS Word, though I admit I’m not copy/pasting very carefully.

    Look man, under no uncertain terms I’ve stated the following:

    1. I’ve lost trust and faith that you and I could have a reasonable discussion.
    2. I’m willing to insult you directly to make the point#1 crystal clear.

    I’m not sure where you think you can bring this discussion forward from this spot, or what is going on in your brain to think that writing additional walls of text to me is a productive use of your time. And I’m honestly not sure what I can say that is a productive use of my time. And this is what I want, because again, point#1, I’ve lost faith that you and I could possibly hold a reasonable discussion on this matter at the moment.

    Try again in the next topic or next time we talk or something.


  • Oh yes.

    But a wire’s resistance is purely ohmic (or damn near a pure resistance, very little inductance or capacitance to discuss).

    So seeing a voltage sag of 120V (original) to 118V across the 11 Amps my charger pulls means we can calculate the resistance to be 0.2Ohms.

    The rest of the 118V to the charger and the car is the usable power. After all, the current is constant (11Amps).

    Power = Voltage * Current.

    With 2V * 11Amps being wire waste (22W in the wires in my home), and roughly 1298W delivered to the actual charger

    Additional losses are clearly evident (winter, battery heater, air conditioner etc. etc.) later. But the 22W of wire-heat waste / 1320W of power drawn from my power meter (where my electric bill is calculated) is the 1.5ish% loss of this element.


    So the 1.5W is literally the loss in my homes wires, before accounting for the charger itself heating up.

    It sounds like you know all this but just want to clarify and double check.



  • You want them to take it back. Do so.e research, and prove them wrong. Otherwise, stop shouting.

    BTW: Seriously, you seem naive to me so let me give you a serious protip.

    If someone thinks you are biased on the internet, and you owe them nothing (not like a close friend or a family or something), you STOP TALKING WITH THEM BECAUSE ITS A WASTE OF TIME. And I’ve found that shouting, and direct insults, is the fastest way to make it clear that I’m ending the discussion.

    Again: don’t waste your time trying to prove yourself against baseless accusations on internet. Its not worth the hassle. If you find yourself doing that, you are the one who will get stressed out in the long term.

    So I reject your advice and instead replace it with the exact opposite. Get angry. Shout, end the discussion. Then move on with your life. The discussion has been blown up, so its easier to move on. Don’t lol “do research” on behalf of other people who don’t give two shits about you and drag on the unnecessary discussion for days. They never were going to believe you anyway, because they thought you were biased from the start.


  • You know what would solve all of this?

    I have an alternative plan. How about YOU run a 200 mile test? Go rent a Prius or borrow one from a friend. Drive it 200 miles in the 30F winter cold and tell me how many gallons were used.

    I’ll wait. A day, a week, a month, a year. Go put your actions where your mouth is.

    Oh, you won’t do it? What about the other guy? Uh huh. You expect me to do it?

    Well there’s the rub, ain’t it? I guess I just accept that I’m biased then.

    He has rightfully stated that the data you based your whole post on is likely wrong.

    With what evidence? Please, I seem to have missed it.


  • Yes. But you know who owes me something? The other guy owes me to take back his baseless bias accusations.

    Come back in a day, week, month or year. It won’t be taken back.

    You are issuing challenges to the wrong guy. I have nothing more to give you or prove to anyone here. (Well, I’ll do a gasoline test eventually because I truly am curious. But it has to wait until I’m personally got the time for it).

    it doesnt say much about the peraon carrying out the tests if they freak out the moment they are challenged on their results

    Why should I give a shit about that? I’m not like a professional journalist with a reputation to uphold. Lol.




  • I made it clear that to do the test they’re asking for is four fucking hours of test at a minimum.

    And then they come back and call me fucking biased. Okay you fucking asshole. You run the test. Don’t complain to me.

    The fucking gasoline test is going to take a long time, it’s going to force me off of EV mode for literally days and I’ve actually got busy things this week (wedding, work, etc. etc). I have no time to do a substantial gasoline test anytime soon.

    You may absolutely have planned these tests perfectly, and the other person may be wrong. But if they are, then prove it

    The other asshole hasn’t tested jack shit and is just bullshitting from his keyboard. I owe him, and you, nothing.

    I’ve offered my test data on the internet. I don’t have anything else to offer.

    As I said before and I’ll say it again: if he wants to spend hours answering this question, and if I get a free stab to call him biased in the new topic he makes, then yes, I’ll change my tune. But we all know he’s just trolling me.


    What, you think I have the test data you want or something? That these fuel test results magic themselves out of the air? Someone actually has to take the time and do this test.

    Now if you address their claim then this whole matter is put to bed. But by all means, carry on insulting them

    Lulz. I owe you and him nothing. I did the tests in the top of the page and I stand by my tests. I don’t owe additional tests (let alone fucking hours of work) to anyone else.

    Do you think the temperature stays still? The temperature in my area is back up to 50F today, which if I started the gasoline test it would have negated the results. This shit changes per fuel type and and per temperature.


  • All they said was they thought you might be biased, and you exploded

    Yup. Because it’s not honest. It’s clear the discussion is worthless at that point.

    If they can’t even hold the pretense of an honest discussion, none of the words after will matter. So might as well get this over with and make it clear that I intend to end the discussion unless they back down from the bias accusations.

    Protip: if the other guy in a discussion thinks you are biased, it’s a waste of time to engage in honest discussion. It doesn’t matter if they are a MAGA conspiracy theorist or a fanboy or anything. The discussion goes nowhere and I’m confident it’s a waste of time.

    And it’s a waste of time, I need to make it clear in no uncertain terms that I’m ending the discussion ASAP.


    If you see my point about bias then I’m happy with the words I’ve selected. It’s made it clear what I’m mad about. Second tip: if someone is insulting you and making you mad, it’s okay to be mad on the internet and show your emotions. We don’t have to be robots.

    Now tell me, am I actually wrong in any of this?