whats the things you like and dislike about the gen 3?

My '97 Toyota Camry had them and they were great. If Mercedes owned the patent, Toyota needs to renew the license along with GMC. My 2001 Yukon had them as well.

 

http://www.visormates.com $14 fixes driver and passenger visors.

 

Above and beyond cycledrum, thanks bud!

 

I've seen plenty of them around my area. Los Angeles, California. Stage 10 Online — ESS, prius shifter, prius accessories, prius tuning

 

21st century technology with 20th century build quality

 

The NAV can be improved. My Bimmer I could search for places of interest or coffee shops and it made recommendations. No such luck with the Prius.

The fake leather seats are crap but comfortable. Real leather would have been nice.

The center console s rock hard.

Other than that I like the car. The fuel economy is incredible. The analytics is the bomb. The information is a great feature. I feel like the CEO of my car.

 

Likes:
Fuel efficiency.
Fairly reliable (so far in 42K miles)
Hatchback convenience.
Paint quality (BWP)
Door sill lighting.
HVAC system filtration.


Dislikes:
Ride height.
Frontal Fragility (Glass Jaw) Hit anything bigger than a squirrel...and you're going to the body shop.
Price.
Interior appointments. (Camary Price.....Yaris interior)
Carpet = Felt.
No sound deadening materials.
Squeaks from Plastic.
Gucci plastic scratches easily.
OEM aux battery weak and unreliable.
OEM "Helen Keller" radio. Worst in our corporate fleet - bar none.
Partial Retained power - windows work. Crappy radio does not after shut down.
Lack of Auto-on headlamps....despite presence of headlight photo sensor.
Non extendable visors.
Bifurcated rear glass.-Extremely poor visibility for a car with as much glass as it has.
Steering by X-box. Electric. No feedback. Almost non adjustable steering wheel.
No real-world way to bypass TC.
No 12-v power management (auto-off) system.
No non-switched AUX outlets.
Rear wiper. Too small to aid visibility---yet big enough to clutter an already cluttered rear-view.
Seats only a Chiropractor could love. No lumbar support.
HVAC system offers no graduation between dash and floor vent flow. It either or both.
Oil filter.
Rear brakes (at least they're finally disc!) prone to sticking after prolonged parking. Occasional noise while being applied while backing.
Reverse beep - should be on the OUTSIDE of the car - or at least be customer defeatable.
Reverse = EV mode only. No drag racing in reverse!
Fuel Gauge does not work for the last 20-percent of the tank.
Fuel tank could be larger.


I might be forgetting a few things.....

 

$1500 for NAV in the Three is very poor compared to Garmin. If the Entune apps turn you on it may still be worth it, but not for me. Should have bought a Two or what I'd really like is PIP

 

I have these and they work very well. I ordered an extra set of bands so there are two on each visor.

 

Likes:

Most everything about the car. Most fun car I have ever owned.

Dislikes: (Items Toyota could easily improve on the new Gen 4)

1) Rattles
2) Road noise
3) +6% error on MPG calculation (no need for this marketing ploy when car easily surpasses 50 mpg)

 

Great car but a tad expensive for a Econo Box.

I do like the car.

 

The things I don't like about my gen 3 are:

• ICE comes on ~10 seconds after I hit the starter regardless of SOC, and instantly if it's cold enough outside. Thirty seconds would be better even if speed is limited to 10 mph or so.
• Dash is too dark if I have to turn on my headlights in the daytime
• The rear wiper is small. I agree with the prior post about this.

 

#1 Rattles in the front
#2 Rattles in the rear
#3 Rattles that I cannot even locate

 

Rear visibility is the worst thing for me too.

 

I don't mind the rear visibility at all.
What I dislike is the poor visibility at the passenger side rear quarter and downward at each corner of the car. I suspect that this problem exists to some extent with most new cars due to the current fashion to raise the line of the bottom of the windows