Posted by Calidous on September 17, 2005, 11:21 pm
>> > Lean to the right and adjust your right mirror so that you can just see
>> > the right rear corner of the car, then lean to the left and do the
>> > same
>> > for the left mirror. It works for me.
>> >
>> > Kari
>> >
>> Is there something you say to your car while doing this or does the nav
>> lady
>> do the talking?
> What do you mean? What Kari described is the method. (Uhh, the car is
> parked while doing this, of course...)
It was called the "car talk method". :-)
Posted by richard schumacher on September 18, 2005, 3:34 am
> >> > Lean to the right and adjust your right mirror so that you can just see
> >> > the right rear corner of the car, then lean to the left and do the
> >> > same
> >> > for the left mirror. It works for me.
> >> >
> >> > Kari
> >> >
> >> Is there something you say to your car while doing this or does the nav
> >> lady
> >> do the talking?
> >
> > What do you mean? What Kari described is the method. (Uhh, the car is
> > parked while doing this, of course...)
> It was called the "car talk method". :-)
D'ohh!! Ya got me.
Posted by Hachiroku on September 17, 2005, 3:05 pm
On Fri, 16 Sep 2005 20:34:26 -0700, kari wrote:
> Lean to the right and adjust your right mirror so that you can just see the
> right rear corner of the car, then lean to the left and do the same for the
> left mirror. It works for me.
>
> Kari
Interesting...I have been doing this for years and have never heard them
mention it!
>
>> On Fri, 16 Sep 2005 08:46:40 -0500, richard schumacher wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>> The car certainly does have a blind spot to the left rear. I was coming
>>>> off
>>>> a ramp, after dark, onto the highway, and the car which was to my left
>>>> rear,
>>>> which I'm sure had its headlights on the whole time, just jumped out of
>>>> nowhere. It was as though it snuck up with its headlights off, and then
>>>> suddenly turned them on just as it came up to my left rear. You do have
>>>> to
>>>> watch your mirrors and stay alert.
>>>
>>> It helps to use the Car Talk method for adjusting all the rear-view
>>> mirrors.
>>
>> The "Car Talk" method?
>>
>> knowing those two, I'm afraid to ask...
>>
Posted by mrv@kluge.net on September 18, 2005, 5:13 pm
http://www.cartalk.com/content/features/mirrors/
Even includes illustrations!
Posted by Hachiroku on September 16, 2005, 10:00 pm
On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 23:03:32 -0400, Paul Missman wrote:
>
> I picked up my Prius at the dealer today, and drove it 107 miles with an
> average MPG of 46.0, including driving over a 2500 foot mountain and back on
> I-64. I really liked the vehicle's performance. The displays teach you how
> to drive it for best MPG pretty quickly. The car got about 25 MPG going up
> the mountain at 65 MPH. For highway driving, I think the cruise control
> probably gets better MPG than I could, and with no effort on my part.
I HATE those damn displays! I suppose, if I owned one for a while I would
learn to KEEP MY EYES ON THE ROAD, but for the week I had one to drive it
was like a magnet drawing my eyes to it!
It is a nifty tool for squeezing mileage out of the vehicle, though.
>
> I really appreciate the lack of a multi-gear-ratio transmission. Power
> transfer from primarily electric to primarily gas and from discharging to
> charging is undetectable without watching the display. The computer does a
> great job of matching up the electric vs gas engine power curves for smooth
> acceleration and deceleration.
>
> I didn't do any hard driving, so as to push the tire grip limits or activate
> the ABS or traction control systems. That said, I did have fun driving the
> vehicle tonight. I'll try some more challenging roads sometime later.
>
> The steering is quite responsive, and well designed. It takes a bit of
> getting used to, not to wander back and forth on the highway, if you are
> coming from a larger car with more play in the steering.
>
> The car certainly does have a blind spot to the left rear. I was coming off
> a ramp, after dark, onto the highway, and the car which was to my left rear,
> which I'm sure had its headlights on the whole time, just jumped out of
> nowhere. It was as though it snuck up with its headlights off, and then
> suddenly turned them on just as it came up to my left rear. You do have to
> watch your mirrors and stay alert.
>
> I enjoyed the A/C system's ability to maintain a set temperature. Coming
> from a car with manual controls, and having to adjust the A/C-heat balance
> fairly often, this is great.
>
> I haven't used the radio a lot, but I enjoyed the performance of the CD
> player. It is not in the same ballpark as my home stereo, but it was not in
> any way disappointing. I was not playing any heavy duty rock tonight, so I
> don't know how it performs when pushed hard. It did fine with the vocals,
> jazz, and small classical stuff I played tonight. I found it worthwile to
> adjust the front/rear and left/right balance with a familiar recording to
> get a good soundstage from the drivers position. It did, however, sound
> quite good before I made this adjustment.
>
> Don't read the owner's manual if you are tired. It isn't a manual so much
> as a large novel. This car has more modes just to unlock and lock the doors
> and to signal you to every possible situation pertaining thereto than any
> car you have ever seen. It would have been far better to select these modes
> from the color display in the car than to push combinations of door buttons
> and key fob switches to change between opening modes, listening for beep
> codes from the car to figure out what you just did.
>
> All in all, it is a beautiful vehicle, and it impressed me with its
> comforts, its handling, and its seeming stability, given its size and
> weight. I'd recommend it to any average driver for average driving without
> reservation, as long as I thought they could handle the idea of a computer
> controlled car with no classic transmission.
>
> Paul
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>> > the right rear corner of the car, then lean to the left and do the
>> > same
>> > for the left mirror. It works for me.
>> >
>> > Kari
>> >
>> Is there something you say to your car while doing this or does the nav
>> lady
>> do the talking?
> What do you mean? What Kari described is the method. (Uhh, the car is
> parked while doing this, of course...)