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Yeah, I've gone to premium 95 RON now, considering the cost per km difference with E10 is minimal. Also, if you believe the marketing, it has "special sauce" that make your car run better. So why not! ;-)

I did a test of E10, 91 and 95 using Caltex stations on my 2010 Camry Hybrid Luxury over 6 months. The consumption is measured using full fills rather than the car computer. This was recorded over 2 months period for each type of fuel, I fill on average every fortnight and driving about 1000 km during that time. I've found that in $ per km terms at 2011 prices, 91 was the clear winner, followed by E10 and then 95. Difference between E10 and 95 was only a few cents, with E10 being cheaper to run. I've since lost the data logged in the app so I can't give you exact numbers. But 91 was by far the better fuel to get, back in the day 91 was 3 cents per litre more expensive than E10, and 95 was around 10-15 cents more expensive than 91. There's a clear economy difference between E10 and regular fuels in my experience. However, since that time, my local Woolies Caltex have phased out 91 and gone to E10 only...91 RON is really hard to find at a decent price in my area now.

Used on long (km) hill descents when the regen brakes have the potential to overheat the battery by overcharging. Equivalent to the 2 or L gears on a normal auto. B also can be used as a sports mode of some sort...it keeps the engine running at lights and you can take off faster (at least on the 2010 model).

2010 Hybrid Luxury. Long term average of 5.6L/100km calculated using petrol filled, not trip computer, on my daily commute to Sydney CBD along the M5. Just switched to Michelin XM2 and getting low 5s so far. Tyre pressure 38-40 psi. Use air con whenever needed in winter and summer.

I have a 2010 as well, I average around 5.6L/100km for my daily commute of 38km each way along the M5 parking lot to the city. There's a few tips I have learned from the net and also from experimenting: Maintain battery power above 70%/ Pulse and Glide (essential eco-driving habit) The trick I found is to maintain battery charge above 70% at all times would give you good economy. Also by using the petrol engine more when you are accelerating towards the speed limit/traffic speed, then as the situation dictates, lift off to shut down engine, and glide on regenerate for as long as you can without causing traffic delays, then repeat as neccesary. This will make sure that you are using electric only mode less which actually improves economy! Step on brake firmly when stopped this prevents the car from using battery power to power you forward, but not actually overcoming the brakes (check the HUD for the arrow to wheel when stopped). Find the best route to travel (ie motorways better normal roads, even in peak hr traffic) I also found that the car gives best economy when in constantly moving traffic but at varying speed. This is a great opportunity to pulse and glide as described above. Inflat your tyres to higher pressures than the suggested 32 psi I inflat my tyres to 38 - 40psi, the ride will be a bit less comfortable but at those pressures I get the best economy and I don't feel any drop in grip. The car will glide longer. Hope these will help in some way.

Yep, mine gets hot too. It's uncomfortable to touch, not so much burning. Seems like Level380 has the most probable cause. I'll play with the climate control to see if it does the same on the 2010-2011 models.

I replaced the original Dunlops at 46k with Michelin XM2 ($159 a corner, 215/60R16 JaxQuickfit). Much quieter and probably gives better fuel economy, Only on them for about a week so far and I'm getting at least 5-10% improvement on fuel economy. I was averaging $5.6-5.8l/100km on my daily commute (M5 Sydney). Last week I averaged 5.1L/100km, which is the best I've seen ever. Dry grip is at least on par if not better. Haven't had a chance in the wet yet. Highly recommended for the TCH!

Yeah, the type of fuel used changes mine averages. I did a series of fills with different fuel over 2 cycles (2 tanks for over 2000km) and found significant difference in $/km between E10 and 91, but very little difference between 91 and 95 (ie. $/km for E10 > 91 >= 95) . From that little experiment, I take 95 over E10 always now as in NSW 91 is being phased out...

The fuel light is very conservative on the Camry, mine typically comes on with around 15-16L of fuel to go. Full tank is 65L so your calculated L/100km may be a bit higher than actual. I use an app call fuel log on my Android, it'll give you a much better estimate of your economy. You can always calculate yourself from your fuel dockets and odometer readings too... I get around 5.7L/100km as calculated by Fuel Log doing 80km round trip each day (2/3 highway), with short 16km local trips sometimes since purchase. The car readouts are usually 0.2-0.4L less.

On my satnav head unit it doesn't support Bluetooth Stereo, I'll be surprised if the non-sat nav head unit do.