unlike a lot of my fellow prii folks, i love the beeps. my favorite one is the confirmation of locking the doors by touch of handle and also unlocking by touch. believe it or not i even like the backup beep which is kind of like a nice confirmation of "yo, dude! we are going backwards" but the most important one for me is the long single loud beep. happened the other day when i got out of my car to get a coke and the car emitted a continuous loud shrill beep as i started to walk away. i was still in drive. saved me a lot of money and embarassment