2010 Prius Driving Impressions DISCUSSION Thread

Hello,

I have a question for the owners of den 2010 Prius:

Are there still the four Hybrid-Stages as there are in the 2003-2009 Prius?

You know:
Stage 1 (Warming up - ICE wont stop until a certain Temp is reached)
Stage 2 (ICE stops but responses very quickly when needed)
Stage 3 (ideal Temp is reached and ICE does not stop at lower speeds until the Car ist stopped completely for at least 5 - 10 seconds.) It then stops in the 2008 Prius with a small earthquake, and that´s how you get finally to
Stage 4 (the full hybrid mode)

Did anyone check it out yet?
Are there different Stages?

Thx to you and always have a save ride!

kr
wogue

 

Test drove one this morning while waiting for mine on order. Fantastic! Power mode gives it a much needed punch if you are getting onto a fast highway. Smoother transition between battery/gas engines. Overall, pleased that I held out for a 2010 instead of getting a 2009. Front seats much more luxurious in my opinion, too.

 

Thanks for posting about the rear headrests ... I was wondering why you could push that button yet the headrests didn't hold in a higher position ... derp!

 

That's a really great question. There is no way I can tell. With the Gen2 and knowledge, feel and experience, you could pretty easily tell. In the Gen3, I can't. The car is too quiet and too smooth.

Also, I haven't hooked up a Scangauge, so I can't get reads for clues.

I think John1701a is working on it as we speak. If you can hold out a couple more weeks . . .

 

Rick, i tried the same thing except mine was from 40 to 60 and like the Gen 2, i "felt" more power when SOC was high. but then again, different locations for these "tests" so only have my impressions to judge only.

i will say in my SPM of which i have had several opportunities to punch it around something, the acceleration is very dramatic.

 

Prius Gurus -

I would hope that if/when the accelerator is floored, at any speed and no matter what mode the vehicle may be in, the entire drivetrain goes full-out. ie - emergency situations, passing, Insight challenges at stoplights

I think it was posted here recently that the published 0-60mph times were in Normal mode, and if in Power mode would be quicker - is that right?

 

yep...eco mode can be looked at as kinda like the setting for your mouse. it simply smooths out the response of the system in relation to the movement of your foot.

iow, in power mode, movement of an inch may provide 25% of available power. in eco, only 10%. flooring it in any mode will still provide 100%.

basically what it does is helps heavy coffee drinkers from getting bad gas mileage...sort of...

 

Was your third setting EV or Regular Mode?

 

Pick up my 2010 Blue V with Nav, yesterday and after a long day and about 86 plus miles here are my initial thoughts:

Very nice & tight ride (current car Infiniti M35X).
Excelleration as expected, may drive in Power mode all the time
Mileage about 47.5 MPG, so far.
Love the Blue color and how it matches the blue emblem

Have one technical issue so far: somehow there was already a phone paired and can't delete it...does someone else have this problem, on second note, all my contacts on my Iphone 3G is in outlook...anyone know how to trasfer that?

Will post pictures and more updates later.

 

I don't know why you can't delete the other phone. Try to do it with your current iPhone turned off and see what happens.

In terms of your contacts on the iPhone: When you go to pair the iPhone with your Prius, you'll see a message asking if you'd like the car to download or sync your contacts. Just press "Yes" on the screen, and you'll wait seconds to minutes (depending on the number of contacts -- up to 1,000 allowed, at least). It is a very easy process. (My iPhone syncs contacts with my notebook, and my contacts are in Outlook.)

 

Glad it worked for you!

Hope I'm able to make it Sunday. IF I do, it will be by 1 or 1:30pm.

 

have to delete phone from setup menu

 

Can someone comment on the uphill and downhill performance of the 2010 at highway speeds, please.

I'm hoping the 2010 does much less of the following stuff my 2009 does -

engine spins pretty high and lets me know it's working pretty hard going up steep climbs at highway speed. Also, there not a lot of pickup, uphill, unless I was to really stuff the throttle which would just make MPG's go farther down.

On downhills, the 2009 starts to 'runaway' (accelerate, a lot, foot off gas of course) since it is so aerodynamic - this is a bit annoying. Not an option to use 'B' mode since I'm on short stretches of downhill, followed by uphill again. So, must brake.

Thanks.

 

that uphill downhill stuff is not going to change much. when i know i am going to hit a steep hill, i slow down making sure i hit the crest going 5-10 mph under the speed limit (less if traffic allows it...once i hit the top of the hill on 512 going into Puyallup doing 35 mph on 60 mph freeway. it was 4 am and the road was empty. but even coasting, still hit the bottom of the hill at 65 mph and had to brake to make a sharp curve at the bottom)

as far as going up, i have done the above mentioned hill with no issues. in the 2010, the engine is supposed to be stronger (have not tested it) and it definitely idles smoother and runs quieter so its all really a perception thing.