Most Obscure Gen III Facts (way out there)

I'm amazed. I thought the fuzzy felt pillar covering was a cost-cutting measure across all models. Never guessed it's an upgrade! It looks like a dust and dirt magnet that will be next to impossible to clean. I'd much prefer the plastic covers that can be freshened up with a little Vinylex.

 

Cannot put the car into gear if the driver door is open

 

Huh.

Did exactly that yesterday (put both in reverse and forward with driver door opened to move the car by a few cm. Works.

 

Ahh! You're right, I never actually tried "going". To rephrase, if you have the door open while shifting IMO gear, you get a "shift into park" message

 

What do you mean they are different? Are we able to set the sound features separately for each source? But we know for fact that the different sources do produce different sound qualities. How do we know the differences are from the source, or from the settings?

 

By looking at the equalizer settings

 

the overhead console light switch detents don't line up with the pictograms, especially the "on" (right one)

 

Lexus has this same "mouse fur," albeit with much shorter naps.

 

On my Prius I set:

• AUX: Bass to -2 & Volume to 20 (iPod audio books)
• CD: Bass to 2 & Volume to 8
• SAT: Bass to 1 & Volume to 6
• FM: Bass to 3 & Volume 10
• I think also the Blutooth volume can also be set to a different value

I've noticed that feature with volume when switching between FM and AUX.

 

What volume?

If I set my volume at 6 or 8 I would not be able to hear anything.

 

my car does not do this.

 

What is that thang?

What is this?


What is this rectangular plastic piece on the floor in front of the front passenger seat? It looks like a cover. On its right (facing up in the picture) it says PULL (or maybe it's PUSH) and there's an arrow. The text in the middle says FRAME NO.

Please don't tell me to RTFM because I have no idea where to look.

 

I looked. It is to cover two holes on the floor. Those holes are needed to accommodate the mounting tabs of the cover.

RTFOM won't solve it. I can't RTFSM.

 

The main driver's window control switch has an indent and odd shape to the top of it making it feel different to the fingertips from the other switches.

 

It's a cover to cover the holes that hold the tabs that hold the cover?

How did you take it off to look? I tried pushing (or pulling) in the direction of the arrow but it wasn't moving. I've never been very good at removing battery covers, either.

 

That plastic cover that says "Frame No." covers the frame number. Quite an elaborate scheme to cosmetically hide the frame ID number.

Must have been thought up by the same Japanese workers that program the user settable features. They probably just do that to american cars.

 

I pulled up in the middle and sprung it. The right hand side tab has a small catch that should release or slide if you push it a bit to the left. The left side tab has a very large protrusion and cannot release, only break, unless the other tab is free and the cover is rotated up.

If there is any frame number there, it is hidden underneath the carpet.

 

And they say the Japanese don't have a sense of humor. :bounce: