Re: Toyota says no evidence 'runaway' Prius happened

Glad I can help.

Jeff

Wondered about the Prelude as far as comfort. They had a dark green one on the showroom floor when we bought the Accord. I really liked it. Had the first push button start I'd ever seen. Even then it was a snug fit and I was a /few/ pounds lighter then.

'Teg??

Just don't confuse the two systems like many seem to do. Your dad's Five Hundred and my friend's Freestyle have a cone and belt CVT which varies the effective size of the driving and driven pulleys to change ratios, it still requires a torque converter, reverse gear of some sort, and a high pressure hydraulic pump to apply tension to the stainless steel belt.

The PSD in a Toyota hybrid mimics a CVT by varying the speed difference between the 2 motor/generators to change ratios. It has no torque converter or reverse gear and just has a small fluid pump to keep the bearings lubed.

Especially if it was assembled in Japan. Was it?

I am parsing that "invaluable" as not valuable. (You know, like "incorrect" is not correct.)

Just to be clear, the Toyota system is still a CVT, but of a completely different type.

A Ford transmission with a belt? That sounds funny. A belt carrying the load in a big car's transmission? It's a steel belt, though. And heavy duty. I have seen the working model at NY Auto Show.

Jeff

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Integra.

How do I find out where it was assembled? Also, this is a 1995 model, I often think it is a 1994 model for some reason.

I finally hit 80,000 miles yesterday!

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Having to explain a joke, ruins it. But I'll explain anyway.

"Invaluable" means "having value beyond measure", or "priceless". You can define my comment as "ironic", or "tongue in cheek".

Tegger's School of Humor is now closed, never to re-open. Maybe.

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Look at the VIN number in the windshield.

If the first character is a

If the 10th character is a P = 1993 R = 1994 S = 1995 T = 1996.

It's probably broken-in by now, but give it a bit longer to be sure.

My best long-distance car was a 1990 Ford Thunderbird SC. As long as the car made it to the destination without breaking the transmission, it was a great ride. That car was "Found On Road Dead" a good many times in less than 2 years.

The main reason it was comfortable was the adjustable seats. Just touching a button would make changes in the seat that made a lot of difference when things got tired from being in one position for too long.

Now, I try to do the same general thing by moving a towel from place to place, but there have also been no trips longer than three hours in a long time.

The time I was pulled over and searched by the brain-dead highway patrol in Alabama for doing 60 in a 55 zone with Texas plates was the last time I drove long-distance. It's not worth the trip to me when I have to deal with bubbas wearing jackboots who find people guilty until proven innocent.

Thank you sir, this is indeed a 1995 model Accord LX that was assembled in Japan.

Hehe, I have put about 3,000 of the miles on the car. Most of the miles are from Grandma driving it back and forth 200 miles each direction.

She did not run the A/C enough, and the entire system was replaced for $1200.00 last year, so that works great now.

This is one of the few cars I have owned where everything works without any issues.

Ah so.

I think so. 45-50mpg, LARGE back seat (three kids can sit abreast), and the hatch--which is large enough for a family of four to take a week's vacation with, even putting all the luggage underneath the pull-out cover.

It's low to the ground, but the seating height isn't nearly as low as my

Speed demon? Nah, although I know it will go 101 at least. Will self-absorbed 20-somethings from Jalopnik buy it? Nope. But will they feel shame at dissing this car when they're 40 and have family responsibilities? Yep. They'll find out what its true value is.

I had the same experience with my 07 Prius the summer after I first got it.

Because it's an automatic transmission (no manual shift required) car, and every automatic trans car that's been sold since day 1 has (by necessity) the creep feature.

Toyota worked very hard to hide the magic and make this behave, for all intents and purposes, just like the automatic Corolla that the buyer just traded in.

No, it doesn't.

There's no "push" against the brakes while the brakes are on, as with a fluid-drive automatic transmission. The electric motors are not being energized until the brake pedal is let up, then they're energized and the car creeps.

Frankly, this is MUCH better than not having it creep at all. Imagine grandma letting up on the brake pedal to ease the car out of the garage, but instead of a tiny bit of creep she has to put her foot onto the go pedal to make the car go. WHAM! she gives it too much go pedal, and she slams the back corner of the car into the garage door frame.

Yeah, that creep is a GOOD thing.

If the first digit in the VIN is a 1, 4 or 5, it was assembled in the US. If it is a 2 or 3, it was assembled in Canada or Mexico.

If the first digit is a J, it was assembled in Japan.

Jeff