Going to visit Auto Be Yours!

Our PHEV needs a few touch ups on it that Steve Woodard of www.autobeyours.com we take care of with his unbelievable one year warranty. This is one reason I went with Steve and his business. He backs up what he sells! I have been very happy with our PHEV and really enjoy talking about it with people who are interested. I probably get asked at least twice a week, "Does this car really get 100 mpg?" I of course answer, "Yes it does!" I then point everyone towards www.autobeyours.com and the great work they do. By the way, I really enjoy being able to watch Auto Be Yours on their shop cameras, very cool!

PHEV siting outside of Carlos O'Kelley's in Bloomingotn, Illinois

We are having a lot of fun driving the PHEV vehicle around. When I can plug in at work, we are averaging over 55 mpg and higher. I am getting about 300 miles in the first half of a tank of gas. This summer should be fun.

Latest mileage reading....90+....WOW!

I have been able to plug in some opportunity charging this last few days. Wow, what a difference that makes! I am getting better at milking the charge out of the batteries by hypermiling and some other little tricks.

Here's a mileage reading now that the weather is warmer!

Here is improved mileage. Note: I am also using approximately 50% ethanol in the car also!

We picked up the PHEV Prius '07 salvage miracle car last night!

Wow! We have the car! It is amazing! Steve Woodruff took us in a test drive and showed us all the features. It was a lot of information to take in. Going home I couldn't figure out how to turn off the navigation switch till about half way home. Duh! All I had to do was hit the info button on the column! Oh well!

It has a voice activated control. Very neat. The only disappointment was that I asked for a cup of coffee and ...it didn't make it for me! Bummer! Other than it changed, radio, maps, climate, etc.

Here are photos of the dash, the PHEV button, and the stealth (ultra cool EV only) mode! The extra photo is of Steve's Lithium battery pack in Jenny's Prius.

I'll update more later as we get use to all the features.

Hiero PHEV finally finished! Wow! Nice car!

Here is the long awaited Hiero PHEV. Isn't it a beauty? The first picture is of the spring assembly, then the battery pack in the trunk, and then the final rear shot with the 100 mpg bumper sticker! What an amazing journey! More to follow soon!

Yeah! Our new Prius is finally back from the Painters and Ready to have PHEV installed!

Wow! What a great job on the Prius! Look at the left side that was wrecked! Looks great. Steve is just getting ready to install the PHEV this week and test drive. We should be getting it soon. Very cool indeed!