I watched a dumb kid at Walmart pushing a shopping cart between two parked cars hit the drivers side mirror on a parked car and shear it off and it was hanging by the wires.
Not sure whether that kit does folding but I think there is one. There is also a kit to have the "SZ" taillights work as brake lights too. @sfv41901 is very active in the Gen 3 forums and many California users frequent his business. EDIT: @sfv41901 posted in that thread that he is working on getting a folding kit.
Since automatic door unlocking is being discussed maybe someone can answer a question that I have often wondered about which is why someone wouldn't want all of the doors to always unlock at the same time. When there are passengers it avoids having to take the extra step to unlock the passenger doors. Also for many if not most trips I am usually putting things into the car, either in the back or for smaller lighter items I often put them on one of the passenger seats or on the floor. Even though I don’t always need the passenger doors unlocked on every trip, I can't think of a reason why I wouldn’t want all of the doors to always unlock. Other than maybe a concern about putting unnecessary wear on the lock mechanism. However I don't hear about driver door locks wearing out even though they are used every time. Door locks seem pretty robust and I would assume that during design they are tested for probably tens of thousands of cycles. So I guess the concern is about safety? If so I don't understand why it's okay for the driver's door to be unlocked but not the passenger doors. In the oft-mentioned dark parking lot scenario, if we are talking about a bad guy with a gun for example, I would assume he would open up the driver's door not the passenger door. I suppose hypothetically if the bad guy was approaching from the other side of the car they might open the passenger door instead of the driver's door and climb into the car, but I tend to think that happens more in the movies, I would be interested in statistics of what percentage of armed robberies or carjackings the criminal opens the passenger door instead of the driver's door. And anyway we are talking only about when the driver's door is also unlocked, what are the odds for a particular individual of a bad guy exploiting an unlocked passenger door during that relativity brief period of time. I would think quite astronomical, and for me anyway not worth giving up the convenience of having all of the doors unlock at the same time. I can anticipate the next comment is “how hard is it to push the button twice instead of once”, but regardless of how easy it is, why does someone prefer to press the button twice instead of once? Maybe there are other reasons I haven't thought of which is why I am asking.
My last job was in a secure environment, we all had silent numbers, hidden addresses on electoral rolls, and while at work, had to check before opening doors that there were no clients who might try to spring inside etc etc. And, initially, I would park on the street - was followed a few times by unscrupulous looking people - I'd quickly jump in the car, but that VOLVO unlocked all doors. I'd hit the LOCK button the moment I shut my door. Never actually had an incident, but it was scary those few times. I had my name down for a vacancy in the Secure Parking under the building - at $1500 per year. Next car was my FORD FOCUS - which I selected because, with a couple of presses of the FOB buttons programmed it to ONLY unlock the Driver's Door. And, if I was picking up my Mum or Dad, I'd press the button twice - or unlock it by reaching over. With the boot, there was a BOOT Button which unlocked it separately (in the case of my later FIESTA SEDAN, a double click of the BOOT button would pop it open). I'm still to have a car which locks all doors as you drive off - but with the increasing incidence of car-jacking, at night (or in disreputable environments), I hit the "LOCK" button as I get in the car.
Do to have an armrest button to lock/unlock all doors? If so, you could use that inside (like your old Volvo), although I'm unsure if it would automatically unlock on impact that way.
Yes, got one of those - but some of the other cars I had on my shortlist did it automatically when you started moving, and kept it locked till you turned ignition off. And yes, I think if you had an accident, it would unlock and - I think then ejects you.
model 3, as well as the X & S have it also; Eventually all new cars will have bigger backup screens, travel lines, Auto braking/backup sensors etc. It prevents injury & death. No manufacturer wants to get sued, causing their negligence Insurance to get even more sky high, where they pass those costs on to the customer. .
I set my vehicle to unlock all the doors on the first button press of the remote. But if I only use the driver’s door handle to unlock the car, only that door will unlock. That way I have more options when I approach the vehicle based on what I need unlocked and opened. I’m sure the two-stage unlock won’t prevent every possible scenario, but it helps me feel more secure and in control. At the very least, it gives me more reaction time. It’s nice they give owners these options so that everyone can adjust it to their liking.
One of my disappointments when wife bought her 2016 Prius 4 , it had the backup lines but they were static. My other disappointment was blind spot monitoring is visual only. SM-N950U ?
At least you have BSM. My 2017 does not have it but they added it as standard halfway through the model year.
I've got an unpaved area next to my garage where I prefer to park. I have a 2015 Prius V with the standard back-up camera (no turns). On the left side it's tight by the corner of my garage. On the right, there's an ivy covered fence. I measured the distance from the center of my car to where it clears the mirrors, about 39". So at the farthest back point I staked a split strip of white PVC pipe at 44". 20' away (the length of the two splits) I staked it at 46" In the area by the corner of the garage I staked a shorter length 46" away from the corner. For over a year I've had just the 'fence-line' strip in place and it's made backing in easier, and allows me to get really tight to fence. This gives me better walking clearance on the garage side. Today I added the second strip to keep me safe from clipping the garage. I also realized that if I also staked a white yogurt lid (about 6" diameter) at the perfect spot for loading/unloading my long kayak, all I'd have to do is put the cross hairs in the backup camera image on or close to that dot. I put in a second dot, closer to the fence and farther back for normal parking, leaving me enough distance to open the back and load and unload. For a regular paved driveway, and a simple alignment. I'd suggest just laying down a strip of pink construction warning ribbon (Home Depot, cheap) I'd suggest running it straight up the middle of where you want your car to be. Then all your wife has to do is keep the cross hairs in the view on that pink ribbon. Once you know it works you can paint a strip (just lay down two strips of wood and spray paint in between them). You might decide that two strips are better than a center. The two would be warning lines-- if you cross either line-- stop and move a bit forward to realign. And always with anything like this, it's best to just take some time and practice. No one really adapts to a system like this, or like backing up with poor or no rear view (trucks or regular Priuses), unless they spend some time practicing. I really like my lines. I first did it when I was going on a long trip and I wanted to tuck my car right up against the ivy on the fence and as far back. Worked great. For mirrors only, targets-- like tennis balls hanging on strings, or two vertical pvc pipes, aligned either in the center rear view or side mirror. (For people doing this on unpaved ground I used 10" x 3/8" spikes, available from HomeDepot:Hardware: Fasteners: had to take them out of a box. 60 cents each. They can 'pop' where the PVC pries them out of the ground. The trick here is to nail them in close pairs-- like drywall. I'll load a diagram. )
