cycle of death

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(efusco @ Aug 10 2007, 05:38 PM) [snapback]493733[/snapback]</div>

Yeah, like the Good Doctor wrote: turn it ON to drop the windows, then turn it OFF and take all the time you want.

Prius2go, why do you want the car ON while you're cleaning it?

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(richard schumacher @ Aug 12 2007, 10:33 AM) [snapback]494321[/snapback]</div>

Yes, please tell. Curiosity overwhelms (still waiting for the answer to my original question)....

 

or you can do what i did today: car in ready, leave windows up, crank a/c really cold, clean the interior. hey it was 93 outside and that's relatively cool for the past couple weeks.

i was having a hard time resisting the urge to hose myself down when i washed the exterior!

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(prius2go @ Aug 10 2007, 09:08 AM) [snapback]493553[/snapback]</div>

Crazy huh? Same with the cargo light. The domes will go off. But the map lights will say on forever if manually switched on. No car should ever allow lights (headlights included) to remain on for more than say 10 minutes after the car has been shut off. Want the lights to stay on longer? Leave the car on.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(prius2go @ Aug 10 2007, 10:39 AM) [snapback]493627[/snapback]</div>

The same thing that everybody else does when they leave their headlights on too long. Suffer. Get a tow. Find somebody with jumper cables. Wonder why ANY car lets you do that...much less an advanced "smart" car like the Prius.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(prius2go @ Aug 11 2007, 02:34 PM) [snapback]494057[/snapback]</div>

Only the domes are timed. This is just one reason why I swapped everything out to LED on the interior. And on my EV, I have separate timer circuits on every LED lamp as well. Should I mention again how retarded it is to have the car allow lights on for an extended period after it is shut off? The circuit to accomplish this would cost pennies per car, and save untold hassles. And it would save plenty of energy/pollution as the batteries will last longer. Draining them like you did to yours will shorten its life tremendously.


<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(prius2go @ Aug 12 2007, 01:16 PM) [snapback]494374[/snapback]</div>

Yup. To drive the car, it must be in "ready." To get into ready, you MUST have your foot on the brake while pressing the button no matter what other mode you were in previously.

Want to drive? Brake and button. No short cuts.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(efusco @ Aug 12 2007, 02:06 PM) [snapback]494371[/snapback]</div>

Clearly.

It's difficult to imagine how someone who has been reading PC and driving a Prius for a year wouldn't know how to get into "ready" mode or how to shift into "R" and "D".

 

Am I the only one who didn't need a lecture on how to operate the car?

I know I'm a computer geek but the whole car seems pretty intuitive to me, I've only changed 3 things.

1)Back-up Beep = OFF
2)Seatbelt Beep = OFF (I'm a meter-reader, can't buckle 90% of the time)
3)Installed an EV-Mode hack to enable electric-only operation via cruise control stick. (mostly I just want the option, no real need)

I mean don't you put your foot on the brake when you get in a car? Auto's you must to shift from park, and manuals you better unless you're on perfectly flat ground...

I do not know, I guess if you have no problems you're not voicing it here, maybe that's why Prius owners seem so... troubled.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(prius2go @ Aug 16 2007, 07:23 PM) [snapback]497372[/snapback]</div>

Thanks man, I guess there is a pretty functional difference there, in that if you have the motor-supplied functions available in other cars, then the car really IS on. The Prius COULD be in the "almost but not quite ready" mode... btw, I think that Toyota is asking for it making that function even available...

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(prius2go @ Aug 11 2007, 05:19 PM) [snapback]494083[/snapback]</div>

IF YOU'RE NOT PRESSING THE BRAKE:
--one press of power turns on the radio and that's pretty much it
--a second press of power turns on most everything but the drivetrain
--a third press of power *WITHOUT foot on brake* turns off car again
--a third press of power *WITH foot on brake* powers up entire car and triggers 'ready' light on dash.

Does that help?

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(prius2go @ Aug 10 2007, 11:40 AM) [snapback]493537[/snapback]</div>

About one week if you treat it like that. :blink:

Tom

 

This is getting silly. It's NOT complicated!!

 

With all the money you save on fuel and tax, take it to a car wash! (But only in modes T,F,I,S or J)