Sanity Check Prius vs. Accord 4dr EX '13

Aha, I see this is up at Sears Point / Infineon Raceway. Did couple trackdays there. Tricky track that is.

I applaud your racing career, and you are right, two foot driving is good in racing. There's a lot of parallel in that to sportbike (motorcycle) canyon carving / racing.

I always rode with index and middle finger covering / applying the front brake which you know is on the right grip as is the twist throttle. There is trail braking into turns, also keeping throttle on to keep tension in the drive train in turns, and so forth.

I say fine to use left foot to brake in car at times. But, if the car starts spinning out of control and one is using the left foot to brake, I don't know how someone will brace themselves to control the brake and there's a high possibility of hitting the gas too.

I used to left foot brake up til 3 1/2 years ago then kicked the (bad for street) habit.

Left foot or right foot? | The Safe Driver

More good reasons why not to left foot brake.

Driving with right foot on brake and gas pedal? - Yahoo! Answers

 

Went to Piercey Toyota this evening, took a sit in a 2013 Prius Four with power softex driver's seat. It wasn't all that, just ok.

 

Nothing to block glare from sun on Prius navigation screen -


Accord dash has a hood over nav screen to block the sun


Camry has nothing block the sun. What would it take for Toyota to think of these details?

 

Toyota cannot even design door armrest that is high enough and not a brick.

 

ok, so you or someone tell me how to attach a foam pad to a fabric door armrest without damaging the fabric after years. Double sided duct tape transfered onto the fabric.

 

Not only does Toyota make Prius door armrest that is too low and too hard, they go off and cover the armrest with fabric or leather instead of vinyl so that one cannot attach velcro without ruining the fabric or leather. Idiots!!!!!


Off the shelf pad, but it's attached by gluing velcro onto a vinyl armrest, NOT fabric or leather (Prius).

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I picked up some stuff from a craft store that's like putty. Seems to hold it in place and it's easy to pull it off. We'll see how it holds up over time.

 

They put in telescopic steering wheel, all 1/2 inch of it.

 

Well, I suppose I can get used to not using the door armrest, I've tried that a bit. It's a little weird cause I've used it in probably every other car I've had, old habit. Who knows, maybe keeping my elbow off the armrest will save my elbow from getting taken out if the seat airbag ever went off in a crash.

As for the steering wheel not telescoping close enough, there is 17" between the center of steering wheel and my chest and the police reports say there ought to be 10" to 12" minimum. I'm not sure the steering wheel airbag would be all that effective being that far away.

 

hmmm, how to respond...

a) That's real funny except it took you three days to think it up, smartypants.

or b) I don't like snide comments any more than you would, so you can keep them amongst yourself if you don't mind. k, thx.