Article on Prius

great article!!

i, btw, was one of the people who lambasted him on his original article about the Prius. and as predicted, he has learned to love his Prius.

i wish i could find the article now, but he was the one who said that the startup procedure was confusing and "much more difficult than it needed to be"

he complained that it was confusing on when to push the brake or not.

ya i know... we couldnt figure out what he was talking about either.

 

It sounds like he learned to drive it with some practice in real world driving situations and got it right for the article this time...

 

That's what I'm talking about. Too many pundits write about the Prius and how they are very disappointed after driving only 1 tank's worth... Here's an example of a pundit who let the car break in, and also let the himself learn the right way to drive the car, and he's happy. He's probably getting much better results too.

If only more pundits did this.

 

it was posted here by someone about a year ago...maybe less. maybe spring time...

hey bookrats...was it you?

he had weird concerns... he was always for the environment but thought the controls were too techy and the start procedure too complicated. he also thought the MFD was too distracting...back then he didnt know it could be turned off i guess.

 

It is a rare journalist (or politician) with the grace to revise his opinion openly. You've got to respect this guy.

As the famed economist Lord Keynes is reputed to have said, "When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do, sir?"

 

I've e-mailed Mr. Andrews "our" congratulations and thanks.

 

actually this guy has printed a lot of about-faces since its his job to introduce new technology and his impressions of that new technology. i know you may find it hard to believe, but a lot of new technology simply does not do what its advertised to do.

its not that he is wishy-washy or a bad writer. he is actually very good considering he is at the mercy of these companies. many roll out products and then cannot fix any bugs that arise later or their support falls flat on its face, etc.

David Pogue is another tech writer who also does a great job but if you follow his column regularly, you will see many retractions printed based on reader feedback. its just the nature of the bus.