Nasty, cheap, out-gassing plastics, a rainwater leak that ruined the carpet, design flaws from excessive engine cooling in cold weather to controls too small to operate with gloved hands and a vent that makes an amazing, almost constant rattling noise when the car is moving, our 2010 Prius II has exactly one thing to recommend it: high fuel economy. They could have done so much better. I'm being reminded of one of Toyota's more crass "features" this week: the oil change reminder. We have the two year free maintenance package with our lease, and they will only change the oil every 10k miles, because that is the factory recommended interval with full synthetic oil. The oil change reminder light, however, comes on every *5k* miles. At first it goes out after a few seconds, but once the 5k milestone has passed, it can only be blanked by pressing the "Display" button - or by taking the car to a Toyota dealer for a customer-financed oil change, or telling the dealer to reset the #@!@@ reminder. There is no excuse for this, as this dash is used in the Prius only, and the Prius uses only synthetic oil. They just want to wring a few more dollars from their vict, er, customers...
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12 years ago