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I am finding it a challenge to keep the longterm mileage on my 2010 at 36.5. I've even had it checked out and they said everything was up to spec. But a few months back it was more toward the 38/39 range. I diligently follow all the recommendations in the above post (including the AC since we're having a relatively cool summer), but here are some other things I noticed. When starting out, the car always wants to run the ICE for at least the first 5 minutes regardless of what you're doing, even sitting still. That right there sometimes causes me to lose a tenth of a mile on the overall. I've taken to sitting in the driveway until the EV kicks in and then take off. Short trips put-putting around locally (to the store, post office, etc.) are deadly! This is partly due to the above reason. Now the car is supposed to get better mileage in city driving than on highway, but I'm in the L.A. area so there is always traffic and the percentage of drivers who are actually idiots who should never have been given a license is measurably higher than in other areas. So it's a lot of stop and go plus jerks who start tailgating or honking if you're not zooming to a red light at 50 m.p.h. Sometimes having to deal with this causes the ICE to kick on and stay on even when stopped or going down hill, and the general feeling is that the engine is running and p***ing away your gas for no good reason. On the rare occasions when traffic is light or good routes are chosen then the mileage seems to improve. On the highway if a speed between 60-70 mph is maintained then the mileage comes in at 60 mpg or above. Finding a nice truck to get behind works great because then the people in the gas-guzzling SUVs who want to do 90 can pass you and the truck they'd be passing anyway. Even these occasions are rare for me, though, partly because my average driving is probably less than most (I've had the car just over a year and the mileage is about 8500). Does it sound like the reason I feel like I'm struggling with the mileage is because of the area I'm in? Can anyone relate to these comments? One final pointer is to make sure that the intake vent for the electric battery is never blocked with anything.

Honestly I can't tell from "feel" which brakes are in use at any given time, but just over the last couple of days I did notice instances where I was braking but not seeing the indication that the battery was charging. Is this the issue they're talking about? I've just had my 6 month maintenance and everything has been fine. However, I have had brake squeaking almost since the beginning.

It's a quandary. I like connecting the iPhone via USB so that it can charge during use and so the iPod metadata displays on the Sync screen. But when a call comes in, BT kicks in to answer it, the music mutes, but when the call ends the music does not resume. I have to pull over, remove the USB wire, etc. It's fine when the iPod is playing via BT, but of course then the metadata doesn't display and the 3GS doesn't charge. Any one finding a way around this issue?