What Is The DUMBEST Thing U Didn't Know About Using Your New "C" & Felt So Very FOOLISH About!

umm.. i can't say i had any experiences like that.. i tend to do very thorough research prior to obtaining a vehicle.

i suppose the only thing would be at my very, very first glance, i wasn't able to really tell the differences in the packages.. but it was literally a glance.. so it didn't take long for me to figure out the differences..

and this was before Toyota even updated their website to include the car in their line-up... so i was pretty much going off everything visually.

 

It took me a moment to get the back open too. I didn't realize the handle was going to feel so upscale compared to hatches I've had before. My hand was on the handle and I just didn't realize it since I was trying to feel for a lever mechanism or hinge of some kind.

Other than that, just the standard happens-in-any-car type things of telling someone to hop on in, but not unlocking the car first.

 

The armrest.....it slides foward!! It took a week to figure that out! Just assumed it was stationary!

 

When I finished test driving the C, I pushed the OFF button and started to get out of the car. When it started to roll forward I realized I didn't put it in park. I am used to my Prius Hatchback taking care of the for me.

 

This is my biggest gripe, I bet future models will go to the standard Prius dongle.

 

This may sound stupid but on the front bumper, on the passenger side, there is a rectangle shape cut upwards. I was looking in the book and searching online and can't figure out what it is there for. We walked by a Yaris the other day and it has a circle there. Can anyone tell me what that is?

 

Tie down point for when stowed on the boat I would assume. Behind the plug I would guess there is a point where a cable can be attached to move it short distances or clamp it down to prevent movement. I would guess there is one hidden on the back somewhere as well.

 

Thanks! I didn't know that until you posted this.

 

It's for emergency towing (page 425 in the manual). I think all new cars are required to have it. We went straight from a 2001 to a 2010 vehicle, so it happened sometime between then.

 

easter egg:

each of the trip odmeters calculate the MPG separately

I am using Trip A for total mileage and for a overall MPG

and using Trip B for each tank, that way I can track mileage per tank too

 

I can't speak for the "C", but my 2010 has the towing I-bolt in the tray with the jack.

 

You're a genius! Just brought mine home last nite This was a little concerning to me from the start but not enough to deter me. I started to adapt to it and thought "this isn't so bad". Went out this morning and slid it forward! Brilliant.