So What This Then?....

[JohnRX400h]

On the pics of the new Rx400h auto box there are the usual

P - park

R - reverse

N- nutral

D - drive

and at the bottom..

'B'

any ideas

Obviously no M yet to FR as we say

John

[Brettster]

Brake

for engine brake hill descent perhaps ??

Or maybe its for the built in Bovril Machine!!

[Matthew_McNally]

B ottom?

lowest gear?

[NickF]

Maybe its B for Backwards, in case R stops working. These Japanese manufacturers think of everything nowadays don' t they?

[Scorpion]

reading the owners manual might help :)

[eXOBeX]

Run on Battery Only? AFAIK the Prius can run on Battery only for short distances, think "Stealth" mode.

[LexusEdinburgh]

'B' maximises the Battery regeneration when you are not accelerating or braking. Feels like putting a manual or automatic into a lower gear.

There is no 'electric only' option.

I am just back from driving the car.........all I can say is..wonderful, just wonderful.

Run on Battery Only?  AFAIK the Prius can run on battery only for short distances, think "Stealth" mode.

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[Bazza]

reading the owners manual might help :)

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owning one might help even more

"on order" it says

[Matthew_McNally]

reading the owners manual might help :)

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no one owns own yet Pete ;)

[harlowrog]

I am just back from driving the car.........all I can say is..wonderful, just wonderful.

If you hadn't told us we would NEVER have guessed you were a Lexus dealer :D

Roger.

[Scorpion]

reading the owners manual might help :)

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no one owns own yet Pete ;)

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Dealers would be able to tell ya though!!!

How do you get 2 quotes up? ....duh

[martswain]

"B" is extra braking on the Prius, so will probably be the same on the RX.

"EV" is Electric Vehical mode on the Prius, works below 30 mph only, and with the High Voltage Battery at a certain level of charge.

As a Prius driver, the RX looks very interesting, and hopefully will get a drive as soon as the car is available in Glasgow.

[JohnRX400h]

reading the owners manual might help :)

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no one owns own yet Pete ;)

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Dealers would be able to tell ya though!!!

How do you get 2 quotes up? ....duh

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Sorry my 'no M to FR' may have been a little to subtle! As in RTFM, Read the F***ing Manual

No 'M'anual to 'F'**&ing 'R'ead

Like I say, too subtle... :winky:

[JohnRX400h]

'B' maximises the battery regeneration when you are not accelerating or braking. Feels like putting a manual or automatic into a lower gear.

There is no 'electric only' option.

I am just back from driving the car.........all I can say is..wonderful, just wonderful.

Run on Battery Only?  AFAIK the Prius can run on battery only for short distances, think "Stealth" mode.

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No Ian - you can say a lot more...

Come on that man, get typing - PLEASE!!!

BTW thanks for the copy of Autocar with the RX400 review which dropped throught the letter box from Simon today - First class as usual (service that is, not posting method)

Mr C

[NickF]

Sorry my 'no M to FR' may have been a little to subtle!  As in RTFM, Read the F***ing Manual

No 'M'anual to 'F'**&ing 'R'ead

Like I say to subtle...  :winky:

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I understood you. Not straight away, but I'm persistent! :D

[JohnRX400h]

Hmmm Nick we seem to drive the same car with a different body shell - I have the TT in the pic, tweaked by APR to 280bhp and with a set of Brembos on the front!

BTW Thanks for U my FP :D :winky:

[NickF]

Got that one too!

Mine has the 270bhp Revotechnik remap.

[JohnRX400h]

Got that one too!

Mine has the 270bhp Revotechnik remap.

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Hmmm Revo V APR - that's an ongoing court case!!!!

Can't rememeber who accused who of stealing their software but all I know is we both have great remaps!!!

Erm seem to have dragged my own topic

[Great Dane]

"I am just back from driving the car.........all I can say is..wonderful, just wonderful".

Hi Ian,

You lucky person.

Since you have driven the car can you reveal whether it has a keyless entry system (as the Pirus) or a conventional ignition key?