It’s amazing. In only 5 tries I managed to get pix up.
We’re still loving the new critter.
It is now officially insured [I never like to have it ‘verbally’ agreed.]
We have yet to get our plates. I hope we get a number I can remember! We’re not sure if the car is a she or a he, but I’m betting on he. All our cars have been ‘he’s.’
I tend to shy away from vanity plates. Maybe because I don’t like to stand out in the crowd, and because I figure vanity plates make it too easy to remember your license. So, some jerk thinks you cut them off, they got your license number, they start looking for you…….no, thanks, I’ll keep my “semi-vanity” plates that say, “U.S. Armed Forces Retired” on them. I don’t even use my Amateur Radio callsign for the plates (it’s only $10 more, where the real vanity plates are more expensive).
To start it, you put your foot on the brake while having the key somewhere about your person, you push the power button, and it starts. You check your parking brake, move the little shift toggle either to the left and up (R) or left and down (D). To park, place foot on brake, press the P button, which automatically takes it out of gear; then press the power button again and it cuts off and puts everything the way it should be for your next start. You could get spoiled by this.
I am warned to be very careful of speed bumps (its low carriage) and to buy extra batteries for the keyless key, because they cost you a mint if you have to be towed in to have the dealer put batteries in your key. But our dealer offers free service on tires, tow, out-of-gas, etc, for the life of the car within 25 miles of the dealership. So I think we’ll just get spare batteries ‘in case’ and trust the agreement.
I read, wish I could remember where, that the Prius uses Linux as its OS for all the software controls. There’s also a group of security amateurs who have figured out how to reprogram the systems. They see this a dire problem(which it can be), but I see it as a way to customize your ride. Just a little scripting and the economy car becomes a sportscar. It’s probably not that easy.
Whoops. I read the article about car operating systems wrong. Toyota is using Linux on its automotive entertainment centers. Just as well, the thought of being able to change my car’s performance with a Perl script is little unsettling.
Lol—we’ll be happy if we can get the hand-touch to unlock all the doors at once—we don’t live where we need worry; and if we can get the thrice-curst backup beeper and the ‘your door is open while the engine is running’ beeper to just go away. We have no children, we would know if a cat had the door open, and we live on an arterial we have to back onto from a 20 foot driveway—you bet your sweet bippy we look before backing up; and we don’t need a thing screaming in our ear while we’re trying to calculate a safe entry going backwards.
and if any of your furry little friends could manage doors, then you’d have to worry about the kitteh crew disappearing down to any local sushi place for fresh fish!
Just be careful not to let your acceleration go to sort(-1), and have your vectors go to imaginary components, as you never know where you’ll end up. It all seems fine if it’s squared, but those jump points, well….
On the other hand, Shu and Shi might navigate in the between of jump space. Cats do seem to appear and disappear….
I’m in the mood for an Alliance/Union book, may take a couple of nights for some fun reading.
That was, of course, supposed to be sqrt(-1) for i, the imaginary number. Apparently, the browser spellchecker prefers sorting functions to power/root functions. Possibly, it gets disoriented in jump space….
The back up beeper in other parking lots is a good safety feature. I have more than once been startled by Priuses suddenly and silently doing a backwards dart out of a parking spot when I thought that the drivers were well aware of my presence. They are so silent!
I always look both ways, back up slowly and, in busy lots, stop before I get all the way out so anyone coming can see me. No backup warning, but I prefer parking with space around me. The idjits who think it’s fine to ignore the pavement markings, on the other hand (or the ones parking their full-size wheels in a compact space) – !!@#$%^&*(!!!
One joy of the little SUVs is the ability to park in a compact car slot when that’s the last left, and still transport a whole patio set in one run from Lowes.
The car
the roof
cute side window and one of 2 glove compartments
a cute little storage platform that is just too convenient for kittehs wanting to interfere with driver: water pistol likely
back seat with seats in up position
cargo area, one seat up: we flipped the mat until we get a protector
dashboard, centrally located
and the car again…we’re fixing that ratty driveway. Soon.
It’s amazing. In only 5 tries I managed to get pix up.
We’re still loving the new critter.
It is now officially insured [I never like to have it ‘verbally’ agreed.]
We have yet to get our plates. I hope we get a number I can remember! We’re not sure if the car is a she or a he, but I’m betting on he. All our cars have been ‘he’s.’
Doesn’t Washington do “vanity plates”?
“DA PRIDE”
That would be funny.
WE’ve never done vanity plates: spendy things. But that would be funny.
I tend to shy away from vanity plates. Maybe because I don’t like to stand out in the crowd, and because I figure vanity plates make it too easy to remember your license. So, some jerk thinks you cut them off, they got your license number, they start looking for you…….no, thanks, I’ll keep my “semi-vanity” plates that say, “U.S. Armed Forces Retired” on them. I don’t even use my Amateur Radio callsign for the plates (it’s only $10 more, where the real vanity plates are more expensive).
Mine is an ex-POW plate. DH was a guest of the North Koreans and Chinese for 2.5 years. It’s also less than $10.
Mebbe a bit of triple (quadruple?) entendre too? 😉
To start it, you put your foot on the brake while having the key somewhere about your person, you push the power button, and it starts. You check your parking brake, move the little shift toggle either to the left and up (R) or left and down (D). To park, place foot on brake, press the P button, which automatically takes it out of gear; then press the power button again and it cuts off and puts everything the way it should be for your next start. You could get spoiled by this.
I am warned to be very careful of speed bumps (its low carriage) and to buy extra batteries for the keyless key, because they cost you a mint if you have to be towed in to have the dealer put batteries in your key. But our dealer offers free service on tires, tow, out-of-gas, etc, for the life of the car within 25 miles of the dealership. So I think we’ll just get spare batteries ‘in case’ and trust the agreement.
I read, wish I could remember where, that the Prius uses Linux as its OS for all the software controls. There’s also a group of security amateurs who have figured out how to reprogram the systems. They see this a dire problem(which it can be), but I see it as a way to customize your ride. Just a little scripting and the economy car becomes a sportscar. It’s probably not that easy.
Whoops. I read the article about car operating systems wrong. Toyota is using Linux on its automotive entertainment centers. Just as well, the thought of being able to change my car’s performance with a Perl script is little unsettling.
Lol—we’ll be happy if we can get the hand-touch to unlock all the doors at once—we don’t live where we need worry; and if we can get the thrice-curst backup beeper and the ‘your door is open while the engine is running’ beeper to just go away. We have no children, we would know if a cat had the door open, and we live on an arterial we have to back onto from a 20 foot driveway—you bet your sweet bippy we look before backing up; and we don’t need a thing screaming in our ear while we’re trying to calculate a safe entry going backwards.
and if any of your furry little friends could manage doors, then you’d have to worry about the kitteh crew disappearing down to any local sushi place for fresh fish!
Just be careful not to let your acceleration go to sort(-1), and have your vectors go to imaginary components, as you never know where you’ll end up. It all seems fine if it’s squared, but those jump points, well….
On the other hand, Shu and Shi might navigate in the between of jump space. Cats do seem to appear and disappear….
I’m in the mood for an Alliance/Union book, may take a couple of nights for some fun reading.
Pixel would like to have a word.
As in the cat who walked through walls (because he didn’t know that he couldn’t)?
That was, of course, supposed to be sqrt(-1) for i, the imaginary number. Apparently, the browser spellchecker prefers sorting functions to power/root functions. Possibly, it gets disoriented in jump space….
The back up beeper in other parking lots is a good safety feature. I have more than once been startled by Priuses suddenly and silently doing a backwards dart out of a parking spot when I thought that the drivers were well aware of my presence. They are so silent!
The drivers may have looked, and there was room, but I was sure startled, and there are blind spots …
I always look both ways, back up slowly and, in busy lots, stop before I get all the way out so anyone coming can see me. No backup warning, but I prefer parking with space around me. The idjits who think it’s fine to ignore the pavement markings, on the other hand (or the ones parking their full-size wheels in a compact space) – !!@#$%^&*(!!!
One joy of the little SUVs is the ability to park in a compact car slot when that’s the last left, and still transport a whole patio set in one run from Lowes.