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Juts get my hand on the V Silver last Fri and extremely satisfied with its fantastic features and beauty

Having started a thread on this before this one got bumped up I would say the issue needs to be addressed. There are situations where it could result in damage or injury, for example a pothole close to an intersection and a pedestrian stepping out from in front of a car already stopped to your left or right. One third to one half of a second with no brakes is simply to long, even at low speed. This is very unlike the "grabby brakes...

Woo Hoo! Traded in my 2004 black Corolla on a gorgeous 2010 blue ribbon Prius III on monday! Still figuring out the dang buttons, but thanks to this forum I expect I'll be up to speed shortly!

Quote: Originally Posted by ashn2k I just bought a Prius V and really am excited with it. Just one tiny bit problem, I don't know how to change the temperature reading from *F to *C, because *C is mandatory in my country and I find it way too hard to calculate the temperature from time to time. Could it be a way to change it into *C, because Prius does provide the option between MPH and km/h etc. Thanks and looking forward to help On my...

Going from 17" to 15" will be just fine. The power steering will work even better. Going from 15" to 17" will cause the power steering to work extra hard. It -may- feel like the steering has gone "heavy". Over years it could shorten the life of the power steering unit. Note that the power steering doesn't do much after you get above 10-20 MPH. So low speed steering might get heavy,...

Quote: Originally Posted by kgall Is the picture lying to me, and something really is going on with the ICE? Or is there just something I'm missing completely here? You were looking at "ENERGY MONITOR". It shows the correct energy flow, and it can't be used for the ICE running status monitor. To see the ICE status, ScanGauge or my ICE running monitor LED will be your friend. Ken@Japan

I went from stock-sized 17" to stock-sized 15" steelies for wintertime. There was no way on God's green earth the 17s would have survived a Chicagoland winter unscathed. I'm sure I'll be in for my first service before the snows come off, so I'll be interested to see if anyone makes a comment.

Quote: Originally Posted by kgall OK, so I'm cruising at about 60 and get out of cruise control and start slowing, and I see on the diagram of where the power is going that energy from the wheels is going to the electric motor and thence to the battery. But NOTHING is showing either way from the ICE. The ICE sounds to me very quiet, at least under the rest of the cabin noise. When I see this, I notice that the speed is about 58 MPH,...

Quote: Originally Posted by tarusse1 Well the thing is the dealer was pretty rude, and didn't even want to show me the other cars they had on the lot. I'm not set on this car and would rather go to another dealer. So what would be a good deal on a III. If you felt the salesman at the dealer was rude, then definitely go someplace else. Even if they wanted to try to push you into the III demo, there's no reason to not be nice....

Quote: Originally Posted by tarusse1 Well the thing is the dealer was pretty rude, and didn't even want to show me the other cars they had on the lot. I'm not set on this car and would rather go to another dealer. So what would be a good deal on a III. For me, that would be a clear message - go to another dealer. As for the discount they offer, I would ask for at least $2000 down the MSRP for a 1500 mile car, maybe even more. It was...