Does the 2014 prius c require synthetic or regular?

Don’t all cars have “N” or neutral??

 

This thread is now officially an off-topic free-for-all, lol.

 

Is any Prius expected to go 80 MPH?! It kills me when I see others drive them like a Porsche from stop light to stop light! No wonder some have oil burning issues.

 

One might think so... but the Prius is actually a great example of a car that doesn't. There is no way to mechanically de-couple a Prius engine from the wheels without physically disassembling the car.

US federal regulations require that cars have a neutral gear selection, so Toyota had to emulate one by electrically isolating MG1 from MG2. But this only applies to the ones sold in the USA...

 

Hmm interesting....

 

Neutral is handy for scenarios where you want the car to be free-rolling. For example, parking on a steep hill, and you want the angled front wheel to roll gently into contact with the curb.

 

How in the heck does one sit with the engine idling in a Prius?

 

Pull up to the curb, apply parking brake, put in Neutral. Battery won't recharge in N, so once the battery discharges to 2 bars, the engine will kick in and try to charge it up. It won't succeed, so the engine will stay running. Eventually (I don't know how long, nor do I plan on finding out), the traction battery will die and the car will not power on and will give you an alert to get service.

 

Since N and D are identical mechanically, it's all in the electronic control. N de-powers both MGs, so no charging. D links them electrically, but also emulates "creep" when you slip off the brake. P (park) is the same as D, except the creep-forward is canceled and a mechanical pawl engages specifically to keep the car from moving.

So if you want to sit there under power, put it in P, or leave it in D and keep your foot on the brake (cancels creep AND applies brake)