Post #1521062
2026-04-22 01:42 UTC
Replies (3)
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@Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-04-22 01:53
Also, it’s a totally random shift order from normal. You push it left and down for drive, hold it left for neutral, and left and up for reverse, and right and down for B. What’s B? B is regenerative breaking, and you can’t shift directly to it from any mode other than drive. It also does not work with cruise control. The Prius is a deeply strange vehicle.
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@Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 2026-04-22 01:57
A shifter like that - with no indication that it’s in park - killed Anton Yelchin. (Though that was a Chrysler product.) They should be illegal. The thing that puts the giant machine in motion should be a big fucking lever.
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@b000rg@midwest.social 2026-04-22 06:37
HOLY SHIT, THIS IS WHERE MY NISSAN PATHFINDER GOT THIS SHIT FROM??? I hate it with a passion. The worst is going through an automatic car wash and HOPING it actually shifts into neutral. And then once it does shift into neutral, it beeps a warning on the dashboard and tells you how to exit the vehicle while in neutral. JUST LET ME SHIFT THE FUCKING THING LIKE A NORMAL VEHICLE AND YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO DO THAT. I only drive it for work, and I swear I will never buy a personal vehicle newer than 2008 ever again. ETA: You wanna guess how to guarantee it shifts into neutral? "Shift" into park, DON'T press the side button, which for some reason mechanically blocks the shifter from going into the reverse position only, and then move it towards the reverse position. If you move it in the other direction, there's nothing preventing you from shifting back into drive.