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marsden_online) wrote2013-04-30 05:13 pm
marsden_online) wrote2013-04-30 05:13 pm
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PriusC
For some of while my 2004 Prius has been at the panelbeaters I've been driving a little loan PriusC. A few comparisons:
- cockpit is laid out much more like a standard vehicle with a centre-front gearstick.
- no touch-screen, the energy display is mounted centre of the instrument panel. This screen still serves as a readout for all sorts of things depending on context
- instead of the two-second average L/100km it now displays the average efficiency since you turned the car on, far more useful
- when you turn the car off it briefly displays how far you travelled that trip, the efficiency and how much the trip cost (presume you can set the price somewhere).
- it is noticeably leaner on the petrol around town - I'd expect that of the later-generation engine/software and the fact that it is a smaller, lighter vehicle.
- also noticeable is how much more acceleration it will pull from the electric alone before kicking in the petrol, which could be down to the same factors.
- the proximity key took some getting used to (key only needs to be in the car for it to start when the ignition button is pressed and near the car for it to lock/unlock if you touch/grip the door-handle just so. Thanks to M for showing me that trick). After four days I was still reflexively making the "move hand sideways, grip and pull" motion as if to remove the key after turning the car off.
- cockpit is laid out much more like a standard vehicle with a centre-front gearstick.
- no touch-screen, the energy display is mounted centre of the instrument panel. This screen still serves as a readout for all sorts of things depending on context
- instead of the two-second average L/100km it now displays the average efficiency since you turned the car on, far more useful
- when you turn the car off it briefly displays how far you travelled that trip, the efficiency and how much the trip cost (presume you can set the price somewhere).
- it is noticeably leaner on the petrol around town - I'd expect that of the later-generation engine/software and the fact that it is a smaller, lighter vehicle.
- also noticeable is how much more acceleration it will pull from the electric alone before kicking in the petrol, which could be down to the same factors.
- the proximity key took some getting used to (key only needs to be in the car for it to start when the ignition button is pressed and near the car for it to lock/unlock if you touch/grip the door-handle just so. Thanks to M for showing me that trick). After four days I was still reflexively making the "move hand sideways, grip and pull" motion as if to remove the key after turning the car off.