2010 Toyota Prius: Drive Modes

[vnmgyn]

Prius is a nice car, the problem is some of those classic stupid americans....

[ihearthescreaming]

Toyota = Fail!

[urbex2007]

If the Prius had a diesel turbo engine I would buy it. At the moment it is 20 years behind, diesel overtook it and Toyot stayed in the past. In a 1600cc ford focus diesel turbo I get 55mpg in the town and 73mpg at 60mph on the motorway. Cheaper to run, tax, insure & buy than a Prius. Low emissions too, no expensive heavy batteries or high servicing costs either. So why do people buy the Prius? Go for a turbo diesel for economy, power, running costs, insurance & tax. The prius is dead & gone!

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[Harukoozt]

@urbex2007 Diesel trucks have smokestacks.

[springyoyo]

is this car good like driving 20 miles a day on a freeway?? please reply back and is the driving shift hard to do or is it like the rgular old kind

sorry if i confused you :]

[ToyotaUSA]

No worries! The Prius is good for short and/or long distance driving. And selecting a gear is not difficult; you just push the Park button to park instead of putting the gear shift selector to P.

^Denise Morrissey

Toyota Online Community Manager

[springyoyo]

thanks for replying back would this car be good for

my grandpa he is 63 and we both are trying to become as green as we can so we thought of buying a 2010 prius :]

[MegaMaster456]

I prefer EV and ECO Mode.Reply Plzz.

[JUKIO01]

man, i wish they would explain to me how they work, and the pros and cons for using differents modes

[dickthebig1]

So a friend says to check out some of the new cool Prius videos well my god, is this dude must be on electric power. I how the new prius is faster than him or the hare (Honda) will win this race. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[graysfizix]

how about an option to plug this in? what's the range in all electric mode? What's the top speed?

[allenhuffman]

The 2010 Prius will drive up to a mile in slow speeds on all electric. It's certainly not an electric car -- but EV mode can be useful when you know you will be driving awhile at slow speeds (like going through a school zone or parking lot) and want to encourage the car to not burn gas.

[mike3k]

Did it improve the 12v starter battery? I had so much trouble with mine because I didn't drive enough that I ended up trading it for a Corolla. I would LOVE to get another prius if the starter battery won't die if I don't drive for a week or so.

[allenhuffman]

Did you have the Smart Key system? It draws power all the time, trying to sense the key fob. There is a switch below the steering wheel that turns this off, which is what you do when leaving it for long periods of time. I've left my Prius at the airport for 8 days several times when I forgot to turn this off, and was still good (though I was worried it might have killed the battery).