confessions of a newbie

Thanks for the chuckles.

I would however recommend reading over the owner's manual. It really does have good information in there.

 

My first road trip. Came to a construction zone flagman, put the car in park. When we were waved on I put the car in drive (Ithought) but it didn't move. I paniced, turn the car off, turned it on, put it in drive still no go. Everyone in line went around me. I finally tried the sequence again slower and it moved.....never had a problem in the year since, love the car, now that I think I know how to drive it.

 

My Toyota Prius manual came with a 30 min DVD. VERY HELPFUL.

 

That was funny.

Also, get acquainted with the overhead light and its switching. Most newbies end up leaving a door
cracked and it kills the battery and then oh boy alot of drama can ensue. So:

Always lock the door with the key fob. Always. Every single time even in the garage. Get in that habit. Because if one door is not closed all the way it will beep you when you try to lock the car alerting you . It just does one long beep if a door is cracked. Try it. T

The exception to that is:

The rear hatch. Takes a while to get used to closing the rear hatch. Pull it down by the inside handle grip hole and as its swinging down place your palm on the outside Toyota emblem and push it shut. Don't slam it just a little shove. And always make sure one of the front doors are open as you close it as there has been a report of windows cracking if all the front doors are closed and you whip the hatch closed. Its a tight car. At the very least if you whip the hatch closed and all the doors are closed its tough on the door seals.

When the hatch is closed properly look at the relationship between where the hatch door meets the body at the corner. See how evenly they meet. Every time you close the hatch look at that relationship so you know the hatch is actually closed all the way because the problem is you can lock the doors with the fob and if the hatch is not all the way closed it will NOT beep. The hatch is not on the all locked doors circuit. Then if not closed and you do not know it , it will leave a light on and eventually will kill the battery.

Good Luck!!

 

Funny stuff. Congrats & enjoy your new Prius.

 

Don't worry, I've done some stupid things so far too. Just picked up my car on Saturday and went to run a few errands immediately after. Before I got out of the car to go in the store, I sat and fiddled with some things for a few minutes while the car was on, so the engine shut off since I wasn't moving. I then proceeded to get out of the car and was about to lock it when I remembered that I didn't shut it off. I guess I won't ever forget to shut it off again!

 

The car will beep at you 3 times when you get out with the fob & the car is in READY. Also when you try to lock the car with the Fob & in READY it does nothing. Alerting you that something is wrong.