What do you think of the shifter?

Getting pulled through an automatic carwash (horrors!), or when being towed with the front wheels on the ground.

 

You make sure you're on level ground

 

The shifter is great, BUT, I would prefer that R and D were reversed. To me, it is much more natural to move it in the intended direction of travel similar to aircraft control functions.

 

I agree (with reversing R and D), and maybe that's why I'm uncomfortable with the shifter. It's very similar in location and action to the throttle on Piper aircraft (Dakota/Archer/Arrow, etc).

Using the shifter gives me the same discomfort I feel when I switch to the Mooney M20C where the location of the flaps and landing gear switches are opposite from what I'm used to in other aircraft that I fly more often (not to mention the altimeter + VSI location swap). I've only got 2100 miles on my Prius, so maybe in a couple thousand more it'll become more automatic.