Most Obscure Gen III Facts (way out there)

When ECO driving Mode is selected, iregardless of which display has been chosen on the MID, the display automatically switches to the HSI display.

David (aka Blind Guy)

 

Since I tend to stay in ECO mode with that display up, I'd never noticed this until you pointed it out and I tried it today.

 

There's a George Bush Turnpike??? Does it go anywhere...?

 

It goes thru the suburb cities west north and east of Dallas and it was named after the first George Bush president

 

Yeah -- me too! I was wondering why every time I pressed down on the brake while stopped that slip thing lights up. In the Gen II, you sometimes had to press down hard on the brake in order to stop the energy transfer. I hadn't heard of Hill Start Assist at all -- but then I read the quick reference guide last night and found out what it was.

But what does the slip indicator mean while driving anyway? When it came on in my Gen II it always unnerved me because I never really understood what it meant.

 

Why do they give you only one eyelet when it looks like you need two -- wouldn't it be unbalanced if the tow chain is attached to only one side?

 

Just a guess, but I presumed it's just used to winch the car out of a ditch. I don't plan on testing the theory.

 

No need to take off the back headrest they fold forward and down for a better view. Neat uh.

 

There's a pretty nice sized storage area under the mat in the back that has twist locks. It it extends to the right and left cubby areas.

There's a ton of icon choices show as pois on the map. When clicked on they can be routed to. I put dunkin donuts icons on mine for the nearest fix.

If there is traffic you can click the icon on theroad and it will speak the incident.

 

And in the Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C., the CIA headquarters is named "The George Bush Center for Intelligence" .

It goes without saying that it, too, is named after the first George Bush!


Stu

 

believe it or not you can put a bicycle in the back WITHOUT even turning the handlebars. i could get a bicycle in the gen II but had to turn the handlebars all the way around to fit.

 

Ok, here's one I haven't seen posted...

There are 5 different displays available using the 'Disp' button and 5 different trip options (including blank) available with the 'Trip' button. So if you ever need to go to the one right before the one you're on (like you're on trip B and you want to go to trip A), you push the appropriate button 4 times. Same 4 clicks if you're on the last 5 minute display and want to go back to the power graph bar thingy

 

Yep, it's true. Here's my 60 cm Trek road bike in our former 2005 Prius, without turning the handlebars. It fits just as well, maybe even better, in our 2010.

 

great pic. i had to laugh because i have a blanket in mine too. unfortuantely, my bike is a cheap nice person schwinn hybrid. its ok but its not a trek!

 

Only have mine for about a week so I don't know to many things about it yet but one thing I found is if you're in reverse ("R") and give the shifter a quick slap to "B" the car shifts to "N". If you actually move the shifter to "N", you have to hold it there for a bit to get it to shift. Slapping it to "B" is instantaneous.

Michael

 

Yep. I've been hauling my 54cm Felt F2C in my 2006 Prius for the last 3 years. The hatchback design makes it very easy to take your bike in and out. We also have a hitch on our Prius when we need to carry two bicycles.

It works quite well!
Bryan

 

Actually, the 50 MPG target is easy for me: Just look at the Computer Indicated MPG, and never figure it out the old fashioned way at the pump...
I have been telling all my friends I get over 50MPG WRT (Without Really Trying). Actually, I'm getting around 47. Should have never figured it out?

 

My wife and I travel with both of our bikes and a week's worth of luggage (and we're not light packers) inside our car twice per year. We take off the wheels (easily done on bikes with quick-release wheels), take off the seat posts with saddles (very easy, makes packing easier), take off the pedals (makes packing easier), and cover the chains/sprockets with 13-gallon garbage bags (one bag for each bike - keeps chain grease from getting everywhere).

We lay the first frame on top of the folded down rear seat, the length of the frame stretching from door to door, then cover that frame with an old quilt to protect it from being scratched by the second frame, then lay the second frame on top of the first.

We place the wheels in wheel bags (they're not expensive, can order them from bike catalogue companies - keeps the grease and dirt from getting on stuff, keeps the spokes from getting caught on other items, and makes packing easier) and lay them on top of the frames. The seat posts/saddles and the pedals (which are placed in a small plastic bag) go on the floor behind the front seats.

All of this leaves the normal luggage area free for regular luggage, which as you know, is quite sizeable. It's not quite as easy to do all of this as using an external rack, but once you do it a few times, it goes quickly. Plus, the bikes are better protected and the aerodynamics of the car are not affected.

This car is amazing in its practicality for hauling toys and stuff.