What feature do you wish your Prius had?

[norbert]

OK, since I asked the question, I'll start:

1. Dual visors for the driver so you could have one on the left and one in front of you. This would keep me from having to switch it back and forth on winding roads.

2. Doors that would automatically lock when you sat down or at least when you powered on the car.

[jchu]

The one I forgot to get... VSC ops:

[prius04]

The auto door lock is available as a modification from "Coastal Dave". Go to his web site.

http://coastaletech.com/auto_door_lock.htm

The part is $65 dollars and supposedly easy to do yourself.

One thing I'd like on the car is a running MPG that does not reset to zero on every gas fill up. That way we could have a permanent total.

[Hytec]

Memory seats and mirrors! My wife also loves the car, ergo she drives it....OFTEN!

[efusco]

The memory seats would be cool, but I've never had them so it's hard to miss not having them much. But 6-way adjustable driver's seat would be my 'one-wish' if the Toyota Gods would grant it.

[priusham]

There is so much RIGHT with this car it's tough to mention shortcomings. In no particular order...

Leather interior (not after market)
Daytime running lights for U.S. (but not using the HID) and auto-on headlights
A tilt steering wheel that actually tilts ;-)
A longer (adjustable) sun visor
A better audio system
Moonroof
AUX audio and video inputs to the stereo & MFD
Side mirrors that tilt downward in reverse
A "fuel consummed" readout.

[prius04]

Coastal Dave is making a little device that will let us know when the friction brakes are being used versus using the regenerative brakes alone. I wish this came with the car.

I'd also like a little light telling me that the gas engine has come on, or maybe the light would go off when the gas engine came on. Maybe, a tachometer for the gas engine would do the same thing.

[mikepaul]

An iPod slot in the dash (with adapter for my mini), so I could plug it in and use the steering wheel controls to run it...

[ml194152]

I wish my Prius had a padded window sill. Sometimes I like to rest my elbow on the sill (top part of the door, where the window comes out of) and that hard plastic is very uncomfortable. :cry:

[laserbill]

I wish we had some of the features that I see on foreign spec vehicles such as:
1. Rear disk brakes
2. Body side mouldings
3. Side marker lights/ DRLs
4. Turn signal mirrors
5. 16 or 17 inch wheels
6. Heated and electric adjustable seats
These features Toyota could easily offer in the USA but due to marketing policy, they have decided that we don't need or won't pay for these items. Or maybe it is a strategy that allows them to offer model year upgrades at minimal R&D/ development cost. Who knows, but I wish they were available in this market. One thing I would like to see that I have not seen in any market would be an ability to select a mode on the multi function display that would show operating parameters such as coolant temp, RPM, oil pressure and info that the sensors throughout the vehicle are sending to the ECM. Glass cockpits in aviation use this technology, and the info is all there, just not shown/available in real time to us.