Parking-lot attendants, etc.

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Jay - 27 Feb 2005 21:50 GMT

I recently test-drove a Prius, and noticed the unconventional driving
controls and the "smart-key" setup. A new owner would get used to these
quickly, I'm sure.

But what about parking-lot attendants, car-wash employees, etc.? Any of you
owners out there have experience (positive or negative) about unprepared
folks driving their Prius?

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Michelle Steiner - 27 Feb 2005 22:33 GMT

> But what about parking-lot attendants, car-wash employees, etc.? Any
> of you owners out there have experience (positive or negative) about
> unprepared folks driving their Prius?

You get a pad of cards that explain how to operate the Prius. each card
has a hole in the corner, so you can attach it to the key ring on the
fob. Or you can tape it over the slot. <g>

Seriously, just about every attendant I've dropped the car off with had
already handled one, so there wasn't any problem. But I have heard a
(very) few horror stories, like the valet who drove the car with the
parking brake on.

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dbs__usenet@tanj.com - 28 Feb 2005 00:24 GMT

> I recently test-drove a Prius, and noticed the unconventional driving
> controls and the "smart-key" setup. A new owner would get used to these
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> owners out there have experience (positive or negative) about unprepared
> folks driving their Prius?

I've not had any problems to speak of. I have had a 2002 parked by
parking-lot attendants and I have it washed at a place where no-one
speaks english. They all handled it without problems.

Daniel

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Shareware Junction - 03 Mar 2005 22:31 GMT

> But what about parking-lot attendants, car-wash employees, etc.? Any
> of you owners out there have experience (positive or negative) about
> unprepared folks driving their Prius?

I tend to valet park a lot. Every attendant that given my Prius over to has
said that they've driven one before and seemed to know what they were doing.
The only story I heard was a friend of a friend, who valet parked, only to
come back two hours later to an angry valet because he drove off and she
walked off with the fob in her purse. :-)

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