You are at a stop light and your Prius dash lights all light up with a big exclaimation on the MFD display. What would you do if your Prius stalled in a busy street? --Hilore
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(hilore @ May 21 2006, 09:22 PM) [snapback]259010[/snapback]</div> Put it in neutral and push it out of the way :huh: preferably with some hunky man's help
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(hdrygas @ May 21 2006, 09:39 PM) [snapback]259018[/snapback]</div> you never know there are all sorts of people out there... :lol:
restart the comp... car I mean. If that doesn't work, hazard lights then more playing around with buttons and switches. Lastly, Toyota Roadside.
Finally! The answer to my dismal dating attempts...Stall the Prius and hope for a hunky man to help! More proactive than sitting at home and waiting for a damsel in distress to come knocking at my door.
First of all, turn on the hazards. If the light turns green, step out and wave the cars around you. As the cars roll by be prepared to tolerate those who stop to take pictures so they can post them on IHateHybrids.com. Smile for the camera. When you have calmed the public, restart the car slowly three or four times. Hopefully on the third attempt the lights will clear. If all that doesn't work, put the car into [N] and push it out of the path of traffic. If you can not get the car into [N] you are stuck in which case, get out your cell phone and call Roadside Assistance. Finally - perhaps this is just me - if you're still sitting in traffic, lean against the back of the car so the new row of cars forming behind you know that you're going nowhere once that light turns green again. That's pretty much what I would do. When I get home, I'd search the web for my picture.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(TonyPSchaefer @ May 22 2006, 01:15 PM) [snapback]259287[/snapback]</div> Interesting sidenote: Jason Lexell of Digital Harvest Media has actually registered and parked the domain name "IHateHybrids.com".
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(brandon @ May 22 2006, 02:47 PM) [snapback]259339[/snapback]</div> And as long as it stays "parked," it's not going to contain any flames or propaganda. Sounds good to me. Seriously, this thread has me considering keeping a cardboard sign in the back that reads, "pLZ heLp! nEEd 'D'-ceLL BatTerY -- 9v OK 2." Might as well be entertained while waiting for that tow.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(TonyPSchaefer @ May 23 2006, 09:06 AM) [snapback]259644[/snapback]</div> This is a hypothetical question, right? Because I know that the the operating system for the car isn't Microsoft! Sy Cohen
"Effective internet marketing strategies", my nice person. Domain-squatters should be burned alive. . _H*
I recall the owner's manual saying something about forcing a reboot by holding down the POWER button for more than 3 seconds continuously.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Pumbaa @ May 23 2006, 11:12 AM) [snapback]259722[/snapback]</div> Seriously now, HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE HAD THIS HAPPEN!!!!!!
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(B Rad @ May 23 2006, 01:19 PM) [snapback]259767[/snapback]</div> Oh let me count the times.....Prius 0, Ford Escort 4 with Hunky help 3 times, Ford F150 2 no help either time, Honda Accord 2 hunky help once, Ford Ranger 0, Buick Opel 3 Hunky help 3 times(I was young and flaunty then ),Ford Torino (don't remember :mellow: ) Once a woman stopped to help me, most times I could and did help myself. The last time I had a flat tire and just as I was showing my son how to use leverage to loosen the lug nuts a Gorgeous young police officer stopped and er took over for me Alas I am old now, but I can dream....
Hunky help is always appreciated. Thankfully I have never broken down, but I have had the parking lot hunky help. My friends at school decided they should be able to change the spark plugs themselves in a '99 Maxima. For normal college guys...this would be no issue. For these two, not so simple. About 30 mins in, they get the plug wrench stuck in the engine. Finally, we send them off to get a longer extension for the socket set, and they left the two girls behind staring at the car with the hood up. By the time they got back, we had disassembled all the necessary parts. And we highly appreciated the offer of help from the cute blonde guy from two buildings down...but we had it under control. We just needed the boys to stay away before they broke something else. Personally I live by the ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure solution to car maintenance. It falls into the category of things I probably could do myself, but I feel much safer letting someone else handle it. I'll stick to military training simulators...things I can repair.
