How to Drive a Toyota Prius
Adjust all your mirrors that need adjusting., Start the Prius's engine., Make sure your back window is clear of any precipitation., Look at the dashboard's lights., Look at the dashboard's light for your speedometer., Look into your blind-spots, and...
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Adjust all your mirrors that need adjusting.
Check both your inside and outside mirrors to make sure you can see properly. -
Step 2: Start the Prius's engine.
If you don't hear any engine noise, this is because the car is running on electricity only. , You can use your rear-windshield wiper to clear off any items that may be impeding your view.
You can also manually clear off any precipitation that may be impeding your view.
You may leave the wiper on, if you feel you need it to continue your journey. , Look specifically for the gas amount and temperature controls.
Although the gas will tend to not be so much of a factor, the car does run for a short time on gas.
Temperature ranges are read just like any other car. , The car will give you a readout in digital form.
Despite popular demand of what most cars give you, Toyota thought they'd make it easier on their customers to give them a more-enjoyable and more easily-read readout. , The turn signal is on the left stalk in the car.). , If it's already disengaged, skip this step.
This is done by pushing in the pedal furthest to the left which is marked "Push On Off". ,,, Recognize that there is no Park position on the gearshift itself.
Instead, you can use the Neutral (N) position. , Make sure the car is in the drive position and not in the overdrive mode.
Look at the joystick-like shifter to the right of the button that powers the car to an on position.
When the car is in P mode, your dashboard will light up the P mode light (it will place a square around the letter P to the left of the digital speedometer.
This selector is positioned in the middle right area of the gear selection knob where there is a large filled dot.
This mode is much similar to the Park position on a Automatic Transmission car.
Shift into R mode when you need to reverse the car.
However, shifting into R mode will trigger to turn on the rear camera on the vehicle.
If you enable the feature by pressing the button, R mode will be the first mode you'll need to shift into to begin a ParkAssist maneuver with your Prius.
R mode runs the same way as Reverse does in an another automatic transmission car.
This mode is positioned at the top left of the shift column from the shift lever.
Use the N mode when you need to use the Neutral gear.
Shifting into this gear on a flat slope will cause your car not to move anyplace, however on a downward slope the car will start to roll forward without any gas applied.
N mode is straight across from P and must be shifted into each and every time to get it out of park and into a drivable gear.
Use the D mode when you want to drive the vehicle.
D mode operates the same way shifting an automatic into Drive does.
D mode is in the bottom left corner of the shifting column.
Use B mode occasionally.
The B mode (shown on the gear lever) can also be used to make the car move forwards.
When B mode is activated, engine braking is much more pronounced.
It can be found immediately under P mode, and you shouldn't need to shift it into any other gear on the left to operate this mode. ,,,,,,, -
Step 3: Make sure your back window is clear of any precipitation.
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Step 4: Look at the dashboard's lights.
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Step 5: Look at the dashboard's light for your speedometer.
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Step 6: Look into your blind-spots
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Step 7: and signal.
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Step 8: Disengage the parking brake the car.
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Step 9: Recognize that the pedals are in the same exact spot as what you would be up to had you bought another Automatic Transmission-driven car (brake on the left and gas/accelerator pedal on the right).
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Step 10: Use the same methods to pressing/depressing these pedals
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Step 11: as you would any other car with an automatic transmission.
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Step 12: Understand the spaces on the joystick-like shifter.
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Step 13: Shift the car into either reverse or drive (R or D).
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Step 14: Drive the car
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Step 15: using the same methods you would
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Step 16: following all signs (and anything else that a driver's manual has told you to listen to) and road conditions.
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Step 17: Follow through until you reach your destination.
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Step 18: Decelerate the Prius
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Step 19: until you reach a speed of 0 mph (km/h).
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Step 20: Adjust the gearshift one more time so the car is in neutral.
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Step 21: Press the Park button above the gearshift.
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Step 22: Turn off the car
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Step 23: by pressing the Power button once again.
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Step 24: Remove the key from the dashboard.
Detailed Guide
Check both your inside and outside mirrors to make sure you can see properly.
If you don't hear any engine noise, this is because the car is running on electricity only. , You can use your rear-windshield wiper to clear off any items that may be impeding your view.
You can also manually clear off any precipitation that may be impeding your view.
You may leave the wiper on, if you feel you need it to continue your journey. , Look specifically for the gas amount and temperature controls.
Although the gas will tend to not be so much of a factor, the car does run for a short time on gas.
Temperature ranges are read just like any other car. , The car will give you a readout in digital form.
Despite popular demand of what most cars give you, Toyota thought they'd make it easier on their customers to give them a more-enjoyable and more easily-read readout. , The turn signal is on the left stalk in the car.). , If it's already disengaged, skip this step.
This is done by pushing in the pedal furthest to the left which is marked "Push On Off". ,,, Recognize that there is no Park position on the gearshift itself.
Instead, you can use the Neutral (N) position. , Make sure the car is in the drive position and not in the overdrive mode.
Look at the joystick-like shifter to the right of the button that powers the car to an on position.
When the car is in P mode, your dashboard will light up the P mode light (it will place a square around the letter P to the left of the digital speedometer.
This selector is positioned in the middle right area of the gear selection knob where there is a large filled dot.
This mode is much similar to the Park position on a Automatic Transmission car.
Shift into R mode when you need to reverse the car.
However, shifting into R mode will trigger to turn on the rear camera on the vehicle.
If you enable the feature by pressing the button, R mode will be the first mode you'll need to shift into to begin a ParkAssist maneuver with your Prius.
R mode runs the same way as Reverse does in an another automatic transmission car.
This mode is positioned at the top left of the shift column from the shift lever.
Use the N mode when you need to use the Neutral gear.
Shifting into this gear on a flat slope will cause your car not to move anyplace, however on a downward slope the car will start to roll forward without any gas applied.
N mode is straight across from P and must be shifted into each and every time to get it out of park and into a drivable gear.
Use the D mode when you want to drive the vehicle.
D mode operates the same way shifting an automatic into Drive does.
D mode is in the bottom left corner of the shifting column.
Use B mode occasionally.
The B mode (shown on the gear lever) can also be used to make the car move forwards.
When B mode is activated, engine braking is much more pronounced.
It can be found immediately under P mode, and you shouldn't need to shift it into any other gear on the left to operate this mode. ,,,,,,,
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