Anyone else noticed this? That thing takes up a lot of view space. I don't
know how many times I've missed seeing a car entering the road from the
right side from a driveway or side streeet or whatever due to that huge
obstruction. Or is it just my model? I have a mirror that ...

I wish to thank all of the posters in alt.autos.Toyota prius for some
excellent & entertaining posts I have been viewing for the past week
and a half. I have always thought about a prius as our (wife and I)
next car and in reading the post have moved it up to the top of our

the Samsung A900 is apparently crippled re bluetooth functionality as
it cannot upload phone book to Prius, and has a bug where it generates
phony incoming call notifications when crossing cell boundaries.
So, I have taken to leaving the Bluetooth off on the A900.

Seems the A/C really drops the mileage, maybe 15-20% or more.  With daytime
temps running close to 110 degrees, the A/C runs almost constantly and fan
speed is almost always high.
However, the car does stay quite cool and comfortable.  Just the mileage

in a 2005 Prius with JBL premium sound system, I cannot find anything
like a mute button either on the dash or on the audio screens of the
LCD?  I have to turn the volume to 0 to mute the speakers.
does a mute feature exist?

I live in a small town - 1 mile wide 5 miles long.
It has 4 traffic lights and lots of stop signs.
We make somewhat less than 1 trip each day
through 4 stop signs and 3 traffic lights to town.

I have an 06 with the nav package, the software version is "ver.05.1", I
cannot access the program menu while moving and the override tweak doesn't
work,I wonder what software version you all have?
My 06 was made in china, I have installed the ev mode switch and xm radio,

In Belgium (sorry for my bad english language) the Prius can be bought in 2
versions. The cheapest version doesn't have cruise control (and has a less
sofisticated audio, no fog lights (is this correct english?), and there are
also some other minor differences, but I am not ...

It only affects some Classic Prius (I think some 2001s and maybe
2002s), amongst a whole lot of other cars (like the Corolla).  The
manufacture date on my 2001 Prius is 12/00, so it looks like I'm fine
(see the door jamb plate/under bonnet/hood plate for your production

my wife owns a 2005 prius, & really is enjoying; we live in central
arizona, & have a few "hills" around here.
it seems to me ( & i don't drive it often) that it used to be that we
would descend a "big" hill, and, if transmission left in "d" we would

I own a 2004 Prius, fully loaded.  I am up to 59,000 miles now with flawless
performance.  I use dealer service and do the full schedule of maintanence.
Does anyone have more miles and have you seen problems start to occur?  Just
wanted to know so I have an idea when I would have ...

410 miles and the gas gauge reads 1/2 full. Fast fills with no frills (stop
it at the first click) does work!!

When I filled the tank today, I had 526 miles since the last fillup,
according to the consumption screen.  It also read 46.9 miles per
gallon.  That computes to 11.2 gallons consumed.  The fill-up took
11.625 gallons.

I purchased my 2006 prius at the begginig of June.  I have since filled up
with gas twice and I've gotten about 350 miles/tank of gas.  I didn't let it
run all the way down but I was down to 1 bar on the gas tank reading.  I do
mostly city driving, running around town.  Shouldn't I ...

My 2005 Prius is due for 15,000 mile service and in calling around to
local Toyota dealers I'm shocked to find that the estimated cost is $130
to $170, and that's without the "cabin air filter" which they all say
probably needs replacing at another $56 to $69.  Yikes!