Posted by Percival P. Cassidy on June 16, 2018, 3:59 pm
I have found that if I leave our 2015 Prius Four in "Power" mode when I
switch it off, when I switch it on again there is no "Mode" indicator at
all -- blank where the Mode indicator normally displays.
What Mode is it actually in at that point? -- doesn't feel like Power
mode when I hit the accelerator. I'm guessing that it's in ECO Mode, but
why doesn't it display that?
Perce
Posted by Pat on June 17, 2018, 11:10 am
On Sat, 16 Jun 2018 11:59:48 -0400, "Percival P. Cassidy"
>I have found that if I leave our 2015 Prius Four in "Power" mode when I
>switch it off, when I switch it on again there is no "Mode" indicator at
>all -- blank where the Mode indicator normally displays.
>
>What Mode is it actually in at that point? -- doesn't feel like Power
>mode when I hit the accelerator. I'm guessing that it's in ECO Mode, but
>why doesn't it display that?
>
>Perce
It's in normal mode. Not Power. Not ECO.
Posted by Percival P. Cassidy on June 17, 2018, 8:04 pm
On 06/17/2018 07:10 AM, Pat wrote:
>> I have found that if I leave our 2015 Prius Four in "Power" mode when I
>> switch it off, when I switch it on again there is no "Mode" indicator at
>> all -- blank where the Mode indicator normally displays.
>>
>> What Mode is it actually in at that point? -- doesn't feel like Power
>> mode when I hit the accelerator. I'm guessing that it's in ECO Mode, but
>> why doesn't it display that?
> It's in normal mode. Not Power. Not ECO.
Thanks, Pat. We are newbie Prius drivers and hadn't realized that there
was a "Normal" mode in addition to the ones activated by the labeled
buttons. When I Googled the modes, I found suggestions that in many
situations "Normal" may be preferable.
Perce
Posted by Pat on June 17, 2018, 8:58 pm
On Sun, 17 Jun 2018 16:04:58 -0400, "Percival P. Cassidy"
>On 06/17/2018 07:10 AM, Pat wrote:
>
>>> I have found that if I leave our 2015 Prius Four in "Power" mode when I
>>> switch it off, when I switch it on again there is no "Mode" indicator at
>>> all -- blank where the Mode indicator normally displays.
>>>
>>> What Mode is it actually in at that point? -- doesn't feel like Power
>>> mode when I hit the accelerator. I'm guessing that it's in ECO Mode, but
>>> why doesn't it display that?
>
>> It's in normal mode. Not Power. Not ECO.
>
>Thanks, Pat. We are newbie Prius drivers and hadn't realized that there
>was a "Normal" mode in addition to the ones activated by the labeled
>buttons. When I Googled the modes, I found suggestions that in many
>situations "Normal" may be preferable.
>
>Perce
Interesting. Why do they believe normal is better? I typically use
ECO because I like to see high mpg's. I sometimes use power when
entering a busy freeway but then I go back to ECO. I do notice that
when I rent a car (non-Prius), I tend to press the gas pedal too hard
at first because I am so used to driving the Prius in ECO mode.
Pat
Posted by Percival P. Cassidy on June 18, 2018, 1:25 am
On 06/17/2018 04:58 PM, Pat wrote:
> On Sun, 17 Jun 2018 16:04:58 -0400, "Percival P. Cassidy"
>
>> On 06/17/2018 07:10 AM, Pat wrote:
>>
>>>> I have found that if I leave our 2015 Prius Four in "Power" mode when I
>>>> switch it off, when I switch it on again there is no "Mode" indicator at
>>>> all -- blank where the Mode indicator normally displays.
>>>>
>>>> What Mode is it actually in at that point? -- doesn't feel like Power
>>>> mode when I hit the accelerator. I'm guessing that it's in ECO Mode, but
>>>> why doesn't it display that?
>>
>>> It's in normal mode. Not Power. Not ECO.
>>
>> Thanks, Pat. We are newbie Prius drivers and hadn't realized that there
>> was a "Normal" mode in addition to the ones activated by the labeled
>> buttons. When I Googled the modes, I found suggestions that in many
>> situations "Normal" may be preferable.
> Interesting. Why do they believe normal is better? I typically use
> ECO because I like to see high mpg's. I sometimes use power when
> entering a busy freeway but then I go back to ECO. I do notice that
> when I rent a car (non-Prius), I tend to press the gas pedal too hard
> at first because I am so used to driving the Prius in ECO mode.
This is what I found first of all -- a basic description of the
different modes:
> http://prius.wikia.com/wiki/Operating_modes_ (ECO,_Normal,_PWR_and_EV)
I can no longer find the thread where people were suggesting that Normal
is better, but it was on the priuschat forum.
Perce
>switch it off, when I switch it on again there is no "Mode" indicator at
>all -- blank where the Mode indicator normally displays.
>
>What Mode is it actually in at that point? -- doesn't feel like Power
>mode when I hit the accelerator. I'm guessing that it's in ECO Mode, but
>why doesn't it display that?
>
>Perce