Yesterday we traded in our 2001 Hyundai Elantra for a new blue Prius. Very nice car, lots of goodies. A few things I’ve learned so far:
- Coasting generates the most power. Regenerative braking is a bit of a misnomer – as long as the car is moving and you’re not actively accelerating quickly, the car’s generating power.
- Handles about as well as any 4 wheel, 4 cylinder sedan. Fine for me, probably would irritate performance-minded street racers.
- Lots of little hidden spaces all over – extra trunk well, dual glove compartment and much more. Very nice for hiding things.
- The aux input is a standard headphone jack – podcasting in my car!
- Podcast producers – be sure if you put your shows on CD in MP3 format that you use ID3 tags – the onboard display reads ID3 tags and displays them on the console.
Aux in jack rocks.
Aux in jack rocks.
It does – combined with a 12V iPod charger, it’s all iPod, all the time, though I may consider burning CDs for really long trips, since the steering wheel controls obviously cannot control the iPod.
Good design – the 12V jack and the AUX in are both next to each other in the driver’s armrest. No need to have cables all over the car – just tuck everything into the armrest, and you’ve got iPod audio.
It does – combined with a 12V iPod charger, it’s all iPod, all the time, though I may consider burning CDs for really long trips, since the steering wheel controls obviously cannot control the iPod.
Good design – the 12V jack and the AUX in are both next to each other in the driver’s armrest. No need to have cables all over the car – just tuck everything into the armrest, and you’ve got iPod audio.
nice! if i drove a car, this would be it.
nice! if i drove a car, this would be it.