A couple of oddities…

I bought my v5 a week ago - it has been great.



If you want a v5 in Ribbon Blue in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area w/o ATP, you’re in for a 4-6 week wait, so I picked mine up in Omaha for a grand less than MSRP. The drive home went quick, and it got 50.1 mpg. I found I am always better off using the cruise control, for best mileage. I am a very happy customer.


One really big surprise, is that the keyless entry fob, gives me wife’s Honda Fit issues. A couple of days ago, I pressed the lock and unlock buttons a couple of times, and noticed the tail lights on the Fit came on and off. Um… I pressed it again to turn them off, and headed into the house. The next day, the battery on the Fit was dead. I charged it, and it was fine, but I’ll avoid messing with it at home again. It would be interesting to drive through a Honda dealership to see if this is unique to our Fit, or if it gives all Honda’s a “fitâ€.


If the folks who write the firmware for the navigation system are reading this, here is an improvement for you to make: Sometimes my phone (MyTouch-HTC Froyo from T-Mobile) will disconnect the music or internet and or the phone connection too. I have to relink these to regain their perspective functions. There is a button to “disconnect allâ€, when anything is connected. And then there is the “connect all†button when everything is disconnected. This design would be a lot more user friendly, if the “connect all†button was present, whenever ANYTHING was disconnected.


I would like to have information, on the advance settings for the internet connection. I’ve yet to figure out how to send/receive text messages.


I would like to know too, if there are plans to display all 4 tire pressures, on the navigation display. Here in the north where it gets very cold, tire pressures can vary a lot due to temperature. Having that data on the display would be very useful to have.


The heated seats are great. I am giving thought to building a pulse width modulation circuit to throttle back with a rotatable knob, how hot they get.


Does anyone out there, have a clue, as to what card, that card holder is supposed to hold to the left of the driver? A duplicate cup holder as the passenger has, seems to be more useful.


Overall, it is a great car.
The last time we were shopping for a car, the standard Prius did not get our vote because of that plastic extension from the dash to the arm rest. The lack of it in the “vâ€, allows me with long legs, to cross my legs in the front passenger seat. A vast improvement.

 

Old Mill, they were great to work with, and they are more than happy to pick you up at the airport.