New All-WeatherMat? Any good -- bad -- different?

You could sell 'em on Ebay? LOL!!! Just make sure you bring the car to them without the floor mats.

PS: Did you ever figure out a solution for quickly defrosting windows in soggy Oregon?

 

I'm dealing with condensation problem via a towel and gonna get a squigee soon. I'd rather wipe all the windows dry before driving than waste energy on inefficient defrost...

A big part of the problem is the front windshield is so big, not like other cars... Right now with cloudy all the time and stable temps in the 40's all is well and no problems. But next cold spell combined with some sunshine it's gonna get crazy again!

 

Just leave your mats home when you go to get the free replacement mats. Tell them the original mats were the devils spawn and you burned them before they could take over your soul.

 

The whole purpose of providing new, flatter mats, is to eliminate an alleged safety issue with the old, more robustly constructed mats conflicting with the accelerator pedal bottom. There is no way the dealer is going to allow you to keep the old when you get the new.

And if you do not have the old mats installed in the car when you visit your local dealer, then there is no safety issue and therefore, no reason to issue the new mats to you for free.

I had the all-weather mats with my 2004 and the driver's mat started to develop a crack or two in the ridges so I didn't mind trading the front mats in for the new flat mats a few months ago, when the inverter coolant pump was replaced for a second time and the accelerator pedal bottom edge was cut down.

The new front mats are adequate, but nothing to write home about. They look pretty flat though, when compared to the rear mats.

 

To remove condensation even in the winter run the ac briefly. At least thats what my OM says.

 

My Toyota All Weather mats developed cracks on the drivers side too. I glued another thin rubber mat to the bottom side to repair it while I was unemployed, then bought the WeatherTech Floor Liners once I was gainfully employed again. The WeatherTech liners are much better IMO.

Ive never had the accel pedal recall done. Roseville Toyota let me decline it without any hassle.

 

They cut my pedal last year. Did a nice job rounded it off on the bottom. Looks factory. I wear size 91/2 shoe no problem and wife 7 and never an issue. Wife never has said a word about it and I never told her it was done.
For you people that have not had it cut I guess it has to do with how far you sit back so maybe your foot only touches the bottom 1 inch of the pedal.

I wanted mine done in case any thing happened and if Toy had not cut my pedal they could come back and say I did not respond to there offer. My fault.

I do recommend if you do not have your pedal cut at least you know how to go into neutral at an instant.
Thats a good thing to know on any car you own.

 

What is the recommended method to "go into neutral in an instant" in a 2006 Prius?

 

Yea... You can also hold down the start button for five seconds to shut the car down, also a hard breaking will over-ride the acceleration... With several ways to solve this problem it's amazing that it ended up costing Toyota $1 Billion even though they never had to officially admit wrongdoing... Courts and Lawyers are crazy!

Luscious Garage has YouTube videos that demonstrates all three methods at freeways speeds. Every one of them worked perfectly.

 

LOL... using a towel (cloth instead of paper saves trees) on your windows doesn't mean you have to leave it in your car. Also wiping everything down before driving makes your car way safer to drive... You save gas too because you don't have to run the A/C and heater and fan at full blast all the time...

 

5 seconds is an eternity in a run away car.

Just put the shift lever in neutral. Takes 1/2 a second. Practice it. I use it to clean the brakes at 60 mph's.
Its now second nature.

 

I mis-spoke, I think it's less than 5 seconds... Point being with three options to stop runaway acceleration the only think that's dangerous is the driver's inability to think clearly in a critical situation and because no one was ever able to prove in court that this problem really happened because of Toyota, we're talking about solutions that will never be needed in the first place.

 

Ok but being able to place the car in neutral was and always will be the easiest way to get out of a run away car scenario. In any car.

In the Prius its extremely easy. For quite a while now when my battery is already in green lot's of times I'll put it in neutral when I'm cruising to stop so as not to hypercharge the battery. And its very good for the rotors. My rotors look pretty good. But its second nature now.

 

You are recommending that when cruising to a stop one occasionally switch into neutral to clean the break rotors?

Also, I read that the battery maintenance system was excellent and that it was really difficult to harm the cells - is there a documented problem with "hyper-charging"?

 

No not to a stop so much but at speed. Most of us on here do this. Prius rotors get very rusted as they get little heavy use as a very good percentage of braking is assisted by regen. When you put the car in neutral regen is removed and you are only on the hydraulic braking only. And you then discover how poor the Prius brakes are by themselves.

If you have never done this on your 06 your rotors must be very corroded. They tend to bark when they get like that.
And get incredibly grabby when its wet out.

So....practice first going slow and put the car in neutral. Make sure no ones in front or in back of you. Apply the brakes firmly. Don't slam them just firmly. Put the car back in neutral while your rolling and drive away.
Best to do thus at 50 though so you can apply firm pressure and not slow down so much.

When you get confident doing this and when your approaching a light far ahead and your hybrid battery may already be in green I put the car in neutral and glide to stop. Not always but sometimes if the situation is right.
It makes no sense to continue regen in green and I can clean the brakes while I'm at it.
Mostly its done by me for the brakes.

Constant Green is not great and tends to heat the battery up a little. But not enough to upset the battery ecu apparently. Not best to store the car in green everyday though. If I"m approaching home and I'm green I'll ev it home. Every little bit helps mileage. This is some esoteric stuff I'm telling you here.

And if your in green constantly your not getting good mileage usually because your not modulating the gas pedal most efficiently. I can stay out of green mostly. When wife drives she's always in green. I get 50+ she usually gets 44. But sometimes you are forced to green because of traffic pattern stop & go so hard to win sometimes.

But you can help your brakes but doing what I recommend.

 

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They let all the air out of your tires. Really.