Most Obscure Gen III Facts (way out there)

On the back hatch, the two windows are different shades.

The larger one is green in tint and the smaller one is gray in tint.

At a stop, if there is a vehicle that fills the view of both, you will see a difference between the two.

Not sure why they changed the shades of tint between the two.

I think the smaller window and my sunroof are of the same tint.


Or, am I just imaging this?!?!?!?

 

If you have cruise control engaged, and you shift to "B" (downshifting) it will disengage the cruise control.

You will not be able to re-engage the CC until you shift back into "D"

 

Yeah, that one's curious. I assume that's because the engine is braking since it's the same engine process as putting your foot on the brake.

 

That's about it!!!


You just have to make sure you shift out of "B" and back into "D".

I think it may have been better if it stayed in "B" only if you held the lever in place.

Something like a momentary switch.


Just a thought....

 

The sliding moon roof is 19% and lower rear hatch is 29%, both dark gray. The rest of the windows (~75%) are green as you pointed out.

 

For a moment there, I thought it may have just been me or the tint job........LOL

 

Was the green tinting a MY11 change? I haven't noticed green tinting in the MY10 Prii that I have driven.

tnx,
Mike

 

It's always been there. It's a very slight tint, but noticeable on light gray (Misty Gray) looking from the outside.

 

Yeah, but do the brake lights turn on when shifting into "R"?

 

A little blurry, but...
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This is for the 2010.

 

I made a couple of changes to my Prius recently. First I set the option to not have the NAV always go back to the map. Then I changed my trip MPG monitor from 5 minutes to one minute. (hold in the button). Much better around town on short trips.

 

@ wesayso.....no they do not. You are "downshifting" not braking.

 

I just found out that at the musical venue in Lenox, Massachusetts, Tanglewood, they give preferred parking to Prii. (as well as other hybrid vehicles)
So it's not just a Prius Obscurity, but it certainly is obscure!

 

I had my Prius windows tinted and the installer said the back windows look like different shades/colors because you are looking through the top window at a steep angle and through the bottom window straight. He said they were actually the same color.

 

See http://priuschat.com/forums/knowled...61167-2010-prius-window-specs.html#post840041 Your installer would be correct if he were talking about the same tint looking darker or lighter depending on whether you're looking through it at a steep angle or straight on, but the factory glass is tinted either green or dark gray in the glass. No film is used.

 

I don't know if this had been mentioned earlier in this thread but I recently noticed that the heating and ventilation mode adjusts automatically depending on the temperature outside. When I drove to work in the morning when it was cold outside, the air was directed to my feet from the heater. When I left in the afternoon when it was warmer outside, the air was directed through the vents. Pretty nifty

 

Ok, so they say that April showers bring May flowers, and it's raining here in the scenic Hudson Valley of NY, which brings me to this most recent obscurity.

I was leaving work this evening, and as I was putting my laptop in the hatch, I realized that the rain water was draining down the side of the hatch, into what appears to be an internal channel, where it drains out behind the rear wheel, in the wheel well. The channel is hidden by some black plastic.

It's another of those things I wondered why they did it like that. It would have been just as easy to drain it right down the back bumper. Talk about obscurities that are way out there!

 

Engine braking is nothing at all like putting your foot on the brake. The brake pedal tells the computer you want to go slower, and it will use dynamic braking, and friction brakes if/when necessary, in order to do so. 'B' mode causes the engine to be spun by the drive wheels, which results in additional drag. It's used for prolonged braking, which would otherwise result in too much charge to the battery and therefore cause the friction brakes to kick-in prematurely.

And for another obscure fact, stepping on the brake does not disengage the cruise control, per se. One of the features of the Gen III CC (a very nice one, IMHO) is that you can step on the brake without disengaging it. It will disengage when the vehicle speed drops below the set speed by more than a predetermined amount (I'd have to drag out the manual to get the correct value.)

I disagree about that being a good alternative. I often take a route that brings me down a steep, twisty road. I engage 'B' mode at the top of the hill, and even with that my battery is maxed-out by the bottom. Attempting to negotiate that road with one hand holding the shifter in 'B' would be a hassle at best, and dangerous at worst.

 

That's not true, actually. It's just that the cruise is canceled by the same switch that turns on the brake lights, and that switch doesn't get depressed when you step on the brake lightly. If you step on the brake hard enough to light up the brake lights, the cruise will cancel no matter what your speed is. You can find many threads about adjusting the sensitivity of this switch, often for the purpose of canceling cruise control more easily.

 

I read somewhere that the front brakes are smaller then the bigger the back brakes.

front-10.0 inches

rear- 10.2 inches