Run Away Prius

[Airbalancer]

Is the a speed limited built into a Prius, that cuts off gas once it reach a mph, I know Caddy & BMW does

[F8L]

Originally Posted by Airbalancer

Is the a speed limited built into a Prius, that cuts off gas once it reach a mph, I know Caddy & BMW does

There is a speed limiter in the Prius but it doesn't cut off gas per say. I believe it is 106mph (2nd Gen) and 113mph (3rd Gen). I' sure someone will correct me.

[TheSpoils]

If the floor mat problem persists, you can hack off the bottom of the accel pedal with a saw.

[Shawn Clark]

Originally Posted by PriusRos

What's "baking power"?

You got me, there. Wasn't putting much into it at that point...

[SlowTurd]

2 weeks ago, in my 2010 prius, i was driving about 20mph stepped on the gas and then held the shift in neutral.

it went into neutral after 3 second and the engine just idled.





no bread was made on the accelerator.

[bedrock8x]

In California and some other states, the on ramp to the freeway is sometimes only 300 feet long, you must floor the accelerator in order to get up to 65 mph quickly in order to merge into traffic.

A lot of people love to have a powerful engine just to be safely merging into traffic and this is often the selling point of gas guzzlers.

Originally Posted by Flying White Dutchman

i never need to "floured the accelerator to merge into traffic"
or do you think the prius is to slow?
if you drive the prius in a normal way i dont think there wil be a problem.
also you always need to make sure in any car that the floormats are staying at there positions. if not make sure to hold them at there place.
my priu(s)vius work car was not a toyota and the factory mats sometime's did touch the gas pedal. ( there was no posibility to ty them down )

[fuzzy1]

What's "baking power"?

Baking Power is the energy flow needed to heat the oven that bakes the bread dough. This dough contains Baking Powder, causing it to rise, lifting and sliding a device off the Floured accelerator pedal. When this jam is cleared, the engine slows down and the bakery truck regains its Braking Power.

Or something like that.

I'll take raspberry jam on my hot bread.

[richard schumacher]

What Darrell wrote. If you're worried about a runaway, go test the brakes in some safe place. If the brakes can't stop your car all by themselves then they need repair!

[jonehill]

hey don't worry! I media tries to make a mountain out of a mole hill.
you can take a test drive and decide for youself that is there anything wrong in your toyota prius or not.

[cwerdna]

Originally Posted by bedrock8x

In California and some other states, the on ramp to the freeway is sometimes only 300 feet long, you must floor the accelerator in order to get up to 65 mph quickly in order to merge into traffic.

A lot of people love to have a powerful engine just to be safely merging into traffic and this is often the selling point of gas guzzlers.

Heh, that's if there even is an on ramp. I recall that on some spots of the 110 in So Cal, there is no or virtually no on ramp. There's just a stop sign and the highway. You either have to hope for a break in the traffic (can be tough in So Cal traffic) big enough so that you can make it in by flooring it.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&sour...1,44.1,,3,1.59 looks like one of them. It doesn't look like you have even 50 feet between the stop line and traffic approaching from the rear since you don't get your own lane.

There are some spots on highway 17 near Santa Cruz where I recall there are intersections where you need a powerful car to avoid getting hit.