Has anyone tried this?

hmm.. so its just a dial?

Looks intersting but something I wouldnt do

 

It sure looks like a lot more work to install than the push-button shifter for the Gen 3.

 

How much practice did it take to get the install down to just under 28 minutes?

 

ahaha

 

Looks like a solution looking for a problem. I have to ask, what's the problem with the current shifter?

 

nope. i prefer the one for gen 3 with the buttons.

 

also looks like it is designed for a right hand drive car.

 

And if the car crashes and it is discovered you replaced your perfectly working and Toyota designed shifter with that? What might your insurance company decide?

 

That’s what I was wondering!

 

I like old school, never lost track of what gear I was in:



I'm sure they could make a comparable drive-by-wire version. The reverse-beep is a bandage, for a shifter that is dangerous.

 

I think the Prius was designed for old people. It is almost impossible to forget what gear you are in. lol

 

Had a WRX and now got a Prius must be. A Sign of I’m getting old then

 

I'm already there.

 

I disagree..., from experience.

Off-topic but similar, in that it's an "inovative" design with negative consequences: I've also just about put the oil filter housing back on, sans new filter. Twice. If they could please design that thing so it just won't go on without a filter inside, that'd be nice. There's gotta be a way.

 

All aboard the old people Prius boat!

 

I don't quit easily, I hope to wear out a couple more Preii yet. .

 

I've seen these in pictures floating around Facebook...


Posted via the PriusChat mobile app.

 

The gearshift in a Prius is nothing more than a switch anyway. There seems to be a trend of going to rotating knobs these days.

Who knows maybe Chrysler will make a comeback with the Push Button.