Most annoying thing about the prius?

The nincompoop-know-it-alls who tell me how much they think new batteries cost, or that I'll never get my money back. (Oh, says I, and what are you doing in your car that makes you money?)

 

I like the split rear window because it blocks out glare from the headlights of tailgaters at night. I would love power seats, sunroof, and many other options but not only would they add too much weight and lower MPG but I couldn't afford the car!

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(hyo silver @ Aug 3 2006, 03:04 PM) [snapback]297148[/snapback]</div>

I have to agree with you. My only other gripe is that I only have one Prius.

 

Stupid cloth fabric on the door and the center console.

 

...I'm still trying to think of something...

Oh yeah, non-Prius drivers who try to tell me what a dumb car it is.

 

How 'bout the fuel system in general. In less than a week of ownership, I've had the thing erupt all over me (yeah, I've got that lesson down now...), and noted that the gas gauge is ridiculously inaccurate. On Sunday night, I made my usual run down I-10 from Pensacola to New Orleans, almost exactly 200 miles. I burned ~4.5 gallons on the trip, or just about 1/3 of the tank's capacity. The indicator stayed pegged at full until 195 miles. I appreciate optimism, but I'd prefer an honest gas gauge. I don't know if my car has actually had the fuel system update (it's an 04 delivered in August 04). Is hanging up at full for an extended time one of the gas tank issues? Hate this, but still love the car. . .

 

Cloth covering on center console...and tiny space between console and seat, into which little slips of paper go to be lost forever...or almost forever.

Otherwise...GREAT!! I love all the compartments for storage....keeps "junk" out of sight...helps to keep clean look in car.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(marjam @ Aug 3 2006, 02:05 PM) [snapback]297150[/snapback]</div>

I'm lovin' that split rear for the same reason!! I mentioned to my wife that it's more than coincidental that it perfectly blocks headlights when someone's riding your butt.
I would only want power seats if they came with 2 memory positions - my wife and I have different seat/mirror positions. Then I realize - how friggin' lazy am I that I can't take 20 seconds to readjust manually???

 

THE BLADDER!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

...the weirdo's that drive them...! h34r:

 

My biggest complaint is the inconsistent performance- the car is so sensitive to temperature, wind, battery state of charge, tire pressure, etc that it's acceleration and MPG characteristics vary from drive to drive.. Don't get me wrong, the car still performs extremely well and I love it, and the MFD is great, but it just accentuates my awareness of the variances of the vehicle operation, but even without the MFD, you just notice that the car behaves differently depending on various things: on days when it's extremely hot and the battery is low, the car has limited acceleration, on other days when the SoC is high, the car uses more battery for acceleration and feels really peppy, on other days, the battery is low and the engine revs very high to provide the same acceleration.. In all cases, the car still goes, but it goes *differently* in every case... By comparison, conventional automobile is much more predictable and consistent in terms of the performance you get and the sounds it makes when you drive it..

 

1. The little 15" wheels just look to small, makes the whole car look like a toy. Certainly Toyota is capable of a light wieght 16' wheel.

2. The cloth on the door armrests, May turn out to be fine but if they get ratty looking they will be a pain to reupolster.

3. That gas tank bladder may turn out to be the worst problem of all but hasen't happened to me yet. Just went down to 1 bar this morning so I may be finding out.....:"knock on wood" B)

 

The only thing I don't like about it is that the doors don't automatically lock when I put the car in drive. Our last 2 cars did that and I grew to like it a lot. It's minor in the long run though so I'll get used to it.

We've never had problems with the bladder or overfueling. I'm surprised that it seems to be such a problem for other people. The gas gauge doesn't bother me either since you can basically just multiply your current mpg by 11 to figure out how about how many miles you can get on your tank (assuming that you fill it to full each time.)

 

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It seems minor, but the one thing that bugs me the most is the granularity on the stereo volume. When getting on the freeway and needing to turn up the volume I'd much rather need to hit the button 3 or 4 times rather than hold it down and wait for it to toggle up through about 10 notches.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(sl7vk @ Aug 3 2006, 02:09 PM) [snapback]297154[/snapback]</div>

I have to agree. I went and got a can of scotch guard to spray on darn things. I also don't like the fabric on the visors.

 

Rattles from ceiling and doors in 2006 models
Dead battery after 2 weeks of non use
Sometimes unexpected traction control behavior
No AUX in base models
Cruise control can only remember +-4 kicks in either direction
Melting of indicator reflector
Can not see tire pressue, just get warnings.

 

No auto sensing headlights

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(BlckPrius @ Aug 3 2006, 01:54 PM) [snapback]297136[/snapback]</div>

For me, it's the darned recalls, because I don't live close to any dealers, and they aren't very good anyway.

Re: the above, I'd recommend:

1. spin your rv mirror around so it's upside-down (homelink buttons at the top). gives you slightly more visibility out the front, and a better angle out the back.

2. aim your side mirrors correctly to see the blind spots. I only learned this a year or two ago, after 30 years of driving. you can get the full method on click and clack's website, but it's basically:

a. lean left until your head is against the window. now, looking into the left side mirror, move it out until you can barely see the side of your car in it.

b. lean far over to the right, and do the same for your right mirror.

If you do this right, and a car is approaching you from behind, it should appear in the applicable side mirror right as it disappears from your rv mirror. it takes a little time to get used to this change, if you are used to having your side mirrors aimed way in like I was. you have to rely on the rv mirror a little more than you used to. however, once you get used to it, it's great; the blindspots are gone.

can't help ya on the power seats... I don't see the need, and prefer to save the weight and cost!

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