Rented a 2010 - questions

I rented a 2010 V for the day and drove the heck out of it yesterday. I've always wondered if the stereotypical Prius drives slow because of the driver or the limitations of the car. I was pleasantly surprised that this car has plenty of power when you need it for entering freeways, passing, and going up hills. Over 250 miles yesterday, driving very un-priuslike, the trip computer showed 46MPG. Pretty impressive.

Overall I liked it, but if I choose to buy it will definitely be a lifestyle change from my Acura. Here are some questions I have based on my experience:

1. The audio control of the Nav, bluetooth, and audio seemed very limited compared to my Acura. I often got into situations where after going a few menus into a feature, there was no audio command to continue what I was trying to do. So I had to press a button on the screen to continue. Is this true or am I missing something? The Acura voice control I am accustomed to is just amazing.

2. The sun glare on the nav screen was pretty annoying all day. Are people buying those plastic visors I've seen discussed in other threads? Does it help?

3. My Acura has a daytime/nighttime override button for the Nav display so that I can still view the nav screen in day mode even if my headlights are on. Does the prius have this? I had to turn my headlights on on a rural road at 3PM and all the instrumentation in the car disappeared.

4. I haven't seen much discussion over alarms. I know the prius has the immobilizer, but that only prevents someone from stealing the whole car. Are people buying alarms for this car?

5. I liked the audio traffic alerts, but otherwise it seemed really difficult to quickly look at the traffic on the highways in the area. Maybe that was due to the screen being washed out by the sun all day.
It was pretty humorous when I was sitting still in heavy end of the 4th traffic and the voice announced "Caution, heavy traffic". Like I didn't know!

Thanks for comments.

 

Yeah. The Honda/Acura systems are great. My first thought when thinking about a hybrid was the Insight, because it has all the same tech I'm used to, but that car was a disappointment overall. The prius is very smooth at switching between gas and electric modes. Sometimes I didn't even realize if the engine was running or not. When I accelerated from a stoplight in the Insight, and the engine started up, the whole car shook. So that car is definitely out.