Anyone here drive a Prius?

[Catch22Dem]

On the shifter, what is the "B" for?

[Rick Myers]

1. That's only on the MIB version!

Kidding... Sorry...

:evilgrin:

[Career Prole]

2. Regenerative braking...check it out!

http://lomaprieta.sierraclub.org/lp0112_Prius.html

Downhills reveal the third key technology: regenerative braking. Take your foot off the gas and the electric motor creates drag, slowing the car and recovering its energy by putting electric power back into the battery. Regenerative braking is as old as electric vehicles; the surprise is that Toyota estimates it recovers 30 percent of the energy. That’s where the “B” lever setting comes in: on a long downhill, you can shift to “B” to recover even more energy. The gas consumption display, by the way, gives you a gold star for every 50 watt-hours you recover.

[DemoTex]

3. Prius: How will that car serve me in the mountains?

Gravel back roads, tough grades, relatively long distances to basic suppliers (grocery, etc) , lotsa brake use, etc?

[Rick Myers]

4. You'll have to wait for the Hummer version!!!

The entire back area with be a GIANT FLYWHEEL!!!

:evilgrin:

[IronLionZion]

5. you're better off with a Corolla

or some other small 4-banger with a stick shift

[DemoTex]

6. In other words, my 4-cyl Subaru Outback can't be beat?

Damn! That's what I hoped the answer would be. I love my Outback wagon! I have owned two Porsches (a 1978 911SC and a 1965 356C), and neither handled the mountain roads as well as my 1999 Outback wagon.

[VOX]

7. I've looked at one...I'm 6' 5", and there's not much headroom...

but that's a problem for me with many cars. x(