What happens if you push the "park" button while the prius is in drive and in motion?

[jayman]

Originally Posted by patsparks

Hill start is a required part of the driving test here and in the UK. If the car rolls back even a tiny bit you fail.

Hmmm. Around here, I'm pretty sure the only requirement to have a license is that you're not legally deceased

[jayman]

Originally Posted by qbee42

My brother-in-law backed into a police car on his first attempt at the driver's test. Needless to say he didn't pass that time.

VROOOM CRUNCH!

I sincerely hope you tease him about it every chance you get

[Mike Dimmick]

Originally Posted by qbee42

It's easy to do without the parking brake, and without left footing the brake. It just takes good coordination between the clutch and gas, and a quick right foot.

Automatics creep. Manuals don't. It's actually the most annoying thing about the Prius, that the creep is so aggressive. We've had UK users on the Prius-UK Yahoo group asking how to turn it off. Sorry, you can't.

I've never tried a hill start in a manual without the handbrake - presumably you bring the clutch to bite point, then release the regular brake and stamp on the gas?

If you have a foot-operated parking brake, do you have four pedals or does the clutch move elsewhere?

Originally Posted by dogfriend

Using a Prius would be cheating too.

You would get the special 'automatic' licence which only permits you to drive automatic cars - you'd have to take another test to (legally) drive a manual on public roads. Still, I'm not sure they'd let you take the test in the Prius.

[patsparks]

I went through a school crossing with lights flashing (25km/h speed limit) at 60km/h. I squealed the tyres going around a corner. I passed first try. I think the tester was impressed I could squeal the tyres on a Datsun 120Y!

[qbee42]

Originally Posted by Mike Dimmick

I've never tried a hill start in a manual without the handbrake - presumably you bring the clutch to bite point, then release the regular brake and stamp on the gas?

That is the exact technique.

If you have a foot-operated parking brake, do you have four pedals or does the clutch move elsewhere?

Yes, four pedals. The parking brake pedal looks like the one on the Prius. Some of them were push-push pedals like on the Prius, and some had a hand operated release lever.

Tom

[dogfriend]

Originally Posted by Mike Dimmick

You would get the special 'automatic' licence which only permits you to drive automatic cars - you'd have to take another test to (legally) drive a manual on public roads. Still, I'm not sure they'd let you take the test in the Prius.

They make no distinction in California. I don't know about other states, but as soon as I passed my test at 16, I was eligible to drive any 2 axle vehicle up to 18,000 lbs. I took my drivers test in a manual, but there was no requirement to do so.

Isn't that scary?

[vince31]

I hear that if you press the park button while moving in a 2010 Prius the Sat Nav kicks in with "Finding the nearest Parking Space" and guides you to it, the Park Assist then automatically kicks in and parks the car for you! Ideal for inner city parking!!

[Helio]

Originally Posted by dogfriend

Yes, but it doesn't power down completely - it goes into ACC mode. It is the only way to get the car into N and ACC as far as I can tell.

I thought if you didn't put your foot on the brake while pressing the power button it would go into ACC mode. I'm feeling too lazy right now to go out to the garage and test that theory. I'll let someone with more ambition try.

[dogfriend]

Originally Posted by Helio

I thought if you didn't your foot on the brake while pressing the power button it would go into ACC mode. I'm feeling too lazy right now to go out to the garage and test that theory. I'll let someone with more ambition try.

Of course you can get ACC mode by pressing the Power button once with your foot off the brake. But you cannot shift to N (or D or B or R) while in ACC mode.

If you go to IG-ON mode (press Power button twice with foot off brake) you can shift to P or N (but not to D or B or R)

There is a chart in the service manual that indicates when you can shift to the various states, P R N D or B. The chart shows that you can shift from N to P when in ACC mode, but doesn't tell you how to get into N in the first place. The way to get into N when in ACC mode is to power the car down while in motion.

[QuiGonJohn]

I was told by my salesman to always press PARK then Power when I stop driving. And the manual says the same thing. But one day, I just stopped and pressed Power and I noticed the light on the PARK button came on green, before all Power went out. So does that do the same thing or am I actually leaving the car in neutral?