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drove a 2013 for 3 hrs today

Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Main Forum' started by chronon, Mar 12, 2013.

  1. chronon

    chronon Active Member

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    wild interior design and under the hood looks like a high tech science lab --- very clean, well layed out and well done artwork ..

    the dash has a slightly out of focus digital display but when one of the convenience controls are just touched on the steering wheel, a superimposed display of what you are touching appears ( so u dont take your eyes off the road to look at the button your pushing) and the you can further push the volume or temp to engage the change .. i took some video ... -- awesome data logging showing the miles per month as well as your mpg for the whole month ... i didnt like that i couldnt adjust the seat tilt while driving !! this one had about 7400 miles on it .. at 75 i'm sure it was as smooth as my 05 (with 102k) going only 65 ....
     
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  2. JMD

    JMD 2012 Prius 4 Solar Roof

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    Sounds like you enjoyed the car
     
  3. chronon

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    it was enjoyeable yes -- power mode, ev mode and econ mode --- all stuff you have to hack to get on the gen 2 .. EV yes but I don't think you can hack into a 'power mode' --- yeah they really put a lot of detail into the jet fighter cockpit style dual display thing they got going on ... increases the safety and convenience of driving tremendously ... - also the detail of the LED shining from the sealing as a spotlight onto the shift area so that you can see it at night but not so bright as to be a distraction..
     
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    I found the overhead light to be annoying. A small piece of red tail light repair tape fixed that. I would love to swap out the white led for a red one, but I'm not that ambitious.
     
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