Posted by Jean B. on December 16, 2005, 2:50 pm
Well, it is nasty out there in Massachusetts. Luckily, the
windshield and back window were covered with slush and not
ice. (It occurs to me that they are both great surfaces for
ice formation.) It seemed to me that I read the Prius had
heated mirrors, but since I didn't see any such buttons or
anything about that on the climate screen, I dragged out the
manual. It seems to allude to the mirrors heating when you
have on the rear window defroster, although it doesn't state
that clearly. Is this in fact what happens?
--
Jean B.
Posted by onerpm on December 16, 2005, 5:33 pm
yes, it is!
(that manual states very little clearly...you'd think after all these
years, the Japanese companies would have figured out to hire a decent
English-speaker to edit them!)
Rob
Posted by Jean B. on December 17, 2005, 2:47 am
onerpm@yahoo.com wrote:
> yes, it is!
> (that manual states very little clearly...you'd think after all these
> years, the Japanese companies would have figured out to hire a decent
> English-speaker to edit them!)
>
> Rob
>
Thanks for confirming that. It is a useful feature!
--
Jean B.
Posted by RRG on December 16, 2005, 7:50 pm
wow i hadn't realized that at all.... great news!
russ
> Well, it is nasty out there in Massachusetts. Luckily, the windshield and
> back window were covered with slush and not ice. (It occurs to me that
> they are both great surfaces for ice formation.) It seemed to me that I
> read the Prius had heated mirrors, but since I didn't see any such buttons
> or anything about that on the climate screen, I dragged out the manual.
> It seems to allude to the mirrors heating when you have on the rear window
> defroster, although it doesn't state that clearly. Is this in fact what
> happens?
> --
> Jean B.
Posted by Shawn Hirn on January 1, 2006, 6:33 pm
wrote:
> Well, it is nasty out there in Massachusetts. Luckily, the
> windshield and back window were covered with slush and not
> ice. (It occurs to me that they are both great surfaces for
> ice formation.) It seemed to me that I read the Prius had
> heated mirrors, but since I didn't see any such buttons or
> anything about that on the climate screen, I dragged out the
> manual. It seems to allude to the mirrors heating when you
> have on the rear window defroster, although it doesn't state
> that clearly. Is this in fact what happens?
This is easy enough to observe. Do the mirrors feel warmer after you've
had the window defroster on for a few minutes?
> (that manual states very little clearly...you'd think after all these
> years, the Japanese companies would have figured out to hire a decent
> English-speaker to edit them!)
>
> Rob
>