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Well, at least I won't be tempted to upgrade to a 2010 / 3rd Generation Prius anymore

Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Main Forum' started by cycledrum, Jun 13, 2010.

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  1. cycledrum

    cycledrum PSOCSOASP

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    Thread may be deleted. Sorry to erase your responses. :eek:
     
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    so, that's your final word?:rolleyes:
     
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  3. cycledrum

    cycledrum PSOCSOASP

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    pd.
     
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    Well, that's just one person's opinion. Why don't you look at the car yourself and see if it meets your needs?

    Keith
     
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  5. bisco

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    i was joking! but i am only 5'=7".:D
     
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  6. cycledrum

    cycledrum PSOCSOASP

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    I've rented a 2010 Prius several times,

    * I sit in a Camry, stretch out my legs, steering wheel adjusts well within reach

    * Accord , CR-V, Civic, Pilot wheel adjusts within reach

    * VW Golf, GTI, Jetta wheel adjusts within reach

    * Mazda CX-7 wheel adjusts well within reach, need to push in a little.

    * Mazda 3 steering does not adjust within good reach. Prius falls into this flawed seating company, IMO.

    * Scion xB steering wheel does not even telescope, is far away and reminds me a bit of the Prius wheel.

    * Subara Impreza wheel doesn't even telescope yet it's well placed with seat slid back.
     
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    I sympathize with you, as I am too tall (and fat) in the torso to fit through the doors of most cars. (If you cut my head off, I would still not fit in a Matrix, my shoulders hit the door frame) As it happens the Prius is OK for my needs, but I certainly have to shop to find that one model in ten that I fit inside. (My wife's company car, a Nissan Xterra, is very frustrating as you can see they lowered the roofline over the front seats to prevent easy access)

    [​IMG]

    I hope your search yields you a car you find comfortable.
     
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  8. cycledrum

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    Lucky you for fitting this car. :(
     
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    Ouch, you have it worse than me! Sorry about that.

    Thanks, I can make do with this 2009, but obviosly window shopping.

    I would like to see the Prius be virtually as comfortable as an Accord in the driver's seat.
     
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    the camry is like a towncar compared to the prius. i love drivinmy wifes hycam but i like my 60 mpg more! still happy with the 08.:)
    but isn't the 09 without steering column adjustment worse than the 10?
     
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    I am excited to see you justifying your 2009 Prius...more power to you. For someone to rent SIX 2010 Prius, i see that you're trying really hard to justify your 2009 Prius.
     
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    Not really. I sit in new Accords .... sweet. I'd like to see the Prius approach that level of seating refinement.
     
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    The first time I rented the 2010 Prius, a V model, I distinctly noticed the steering wheel reach was awkwardly far for me. I liked having the seat slid all the way back and down - I could easily reach the pedals.

    But the steering wheel was too far to reach - it was awkward.

    I've tried all sorts of adjustments in the 2010 Prius -

    * slide seat forward 1 notch, no help

    * height adjust up 4 or 5 cranks, no help

    * notch seatback forward, awkward

    * slide seat forward 2 notches, legroom not so good.

    * tilt wheel up / down, no help

    * believe me, wheel is pulled close as possible. It only telescopes 1.5" btw.
     
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    Yes.
     
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    It seems that you spend an aweful lot of energy repeating yourself...and justifying yourself. I think that we all get the point...you don't like the 2010 seat/steering wheel configuration.

    With all the seating mods to your 2009 (listed in signature), why on earth are you even trying SIX 2010 Priuses??! Isn't that similar to taking a big dump into your financial toilet? If the V model was bad, then why keep trying 2010 models?? Did you expect the IV or III or II to be any different?? SIX 2010 models to come to this thread?

    Doesn't the Camry come in Hybrid form?
     
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    Repeating myself?

    I've tossed out a bunch of comparison cars and some measurement data on this topic.
     
    #16 cycledrum, Jun 14, 2010
  17. Tideland Prius

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    Well I can see where cycledrum is coming from. I tried sliding the seat all the way back (boy does it go pretty far). I can just barely do a full braking application (i.e. brake pedal all the way down past the denté that is the Hill Start Assist) and the steering wheel doesn't come out far enough. I haven't tried many cars with telescoping steering columns (the other is the Camry/Camry Hybrid but I never tried sitting all the way back) so I have little to compare (in fact, this is our first car with telescopic steering wheel... yep, kinda sad that it took Toyota this long to introduce it into their lower end cars).
     
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    There are cars that I've hit my head on trying to get in, Jetta and Insight. I only do such experiments once. Bummer about the vehicle fit but I understand the problem of wrong size.

    The Marines issued me 10 1/2 size D boots. So the next pair I got were 11 1/2 D boots. It took 10 years until I found out my shoe size was 10 1/2 EEE.

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    6-2, all is fine for me
     
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    This was the first thing I noticed about the prius, the telescopic adjustment in the steering wheel is far too short. My previous car, a Mk4 Ford Mondeo had about 4" of adjustment. A colleague at work has just got a new Toyota Avensis and that is the same as the Prius, just 1.5" of telescopic movement.
    I have managed to find a compromise by bringing the seat forward some and I must say that the seat itself is far more comfortable than the Mondeo's.
    I find steering wheel itself obscures the start button and the light switch, wipers and indicator stalks though which was very annoying initially until I learned which was which.
     
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