I've had my 4h for 7 months now and have some feedback on what I think of the car.
My daily commute is about 60 miles return, + running around locally at the weekend (mostly on electric)
My electric range is somewhere between 18 - 24 miles (it has never been higher)
The highest fuel economy with a tank of fuel I have achieved is 75mpg (in the summer)
The winter is taking it's toll and the average is now around 45mpg
So my running average is just less than 60mpg (which is as good as I used to get with my Prius in the summer)
All those bings, bleeps and bongs - they don't bother me.
if you don't want the boot to bleep whilst opening, either do it manually, or open via the rear button when the central locking is on.
Why do I get a 'no key recognised' alarm when a passenger enters the car after I have switched on?
My cable connector door/lid seems to have slipped somehow and doesn't shut properly now. (they can sort it out at my service)
I have also had the alarm going off 6 minutes into a timed heating of the windscreen.
Pre-heating/cooling the car is a great option - I use it a lot.
I have used IKEA/ecotricity points with a access card - no problem
I have also used a 'charge your car' charging point in Manchester via the phone app. It's a bit fiddly and slow to use, but I got there in the end.
MMCS - where do I start?
The Sat Nav is woeful - as I have stated before, the Sat Nav in my 2007 Prius was far advanced of this one.
You can't touch a registered POI on the screen to plot a route there - why not?
You have to zoom in too much to see POIs, I want a more zoomed out view please.
You don't have an option to re-route around indicated TMC traffic jams - you only have an option to avoid a particular road on your route.
The automatic re-routing around traffic does work, but it has to think that the traffic ahead is stationary before it will do it.
If you ask to display the nearest petrol station - it will give you a compass reference based on North up, rather than pointing in relation to your direction of travel.
That is quite hard to work out, as you need to know which direction you are currently travelling in.
The cars USP is 148mpg - only it can't display this on the information screen on the dashboard.
It can display 3 digits on the MMCS, but it stops automatically calculating above 99mpg - why?
I did highlight a workaround early on, by changing to different units and then back again - but this is a ridiculous thing to have to do.
The scale in the environment tab is wrong, it should be in days not hours. Otherwise my car has gone from 400 - 1200ft 3 times in 3 hours whilst stationary in a car park.
I can't calibrate the altitude setting, so it's a bit pointless really.
I stopped looking at the data from my chargemaster charging point as it doesn't appear to be reliably accurate.
Making a phone call takes too long. - the quickest way is to say 'redial' but make sure you remember who you called last on your phone.
There should be a button which displays a list of favourites, which you can then select one.
Not had a good chance to use the 4x4 although it seemed to help the other day in the snow.
I use the paddles a lot, so that I am practically stationary behind cars before I have to use the foot brake.
Having a big car means I don't get bullied on the road.
Also, when cars are passing at speed on the motorway, they think twice when they clock my dashcam (in my white car).
Don't get me wrong, I really like this car. But for something with a price tag of £38,000 I would have expected better than the current MMCS
Would I have chosen a different car - no. The savings by buying it as a company car far outweighs all the niggles and issues.
Will any of these issues be addressed at my first service? (in a couple of months) Let's see.
I have seen plenty of PHEVs now in the North West and Yorkshire - we need people power to get these issues resolved.
My daily commute is about 60 miles return, + running around locally at the weekend (mostly on electric)
My electric range is somewhere between 18 - 24 miles (it has never been higher)
The highest fuel economy with a tank of fuel I have achieved is 75mpg (in the summer)
The winter is taking it's toll and the average is now around 45mpg
So my running average is just less than 60mpg (which is as good as I used to get with my Prius in the summer)
All those bings, bleeps and bongs - they don't bother me.
if you don't want the boot to bleep whilst opening, either do it manually, or open via the rear button when the central locking is on.
Why do I get a 'no key recognised' alarm when a passenger enters the car after I have switched on?
My cable connector door/lid seems to have slipped somehow and doesn't shut properly now. (they can sort it out at my service)
I have also had the alarm going off 6 minutes into a timed heating of the windscreen.
Pre-heating/cooling the car is a great option - I use it a lot.
I have used IKEA/ecotricity points with a access card - no problem
I have also used a 'charge your car' charging point in Manchester via the phone app. It's a bit fiddly and slow to use, but I got there in the end.
MMCS - where do I start?
The Sat Nav is woeful - as I have stated before, the Sat Nav in my 2007 Prius was far advanced of this one.
You can't touch a registered POI on the screen to plot a route there - why not?
You have to zoom in too much to see POIs, I want a more zoomed out view please.
You don't have an option to re-route around indicated TMC traffic jams - you only have an option to avoid a particular road on your route.
The automatic re-routing around traffic does work, but it has to think that the traffic ahead is stationary before it will do it.
If you ask to display the nearest petrol station - it will give you a compass reference based on North up, rather than pointing in relation to your direction of travel.
That is quite hard to work out, as you need to know which direction you are currently travelling in.
The cars USP is 148mpg - only it can't display this on the information screen on the dashboard.
It can display 3 digits on the MMCS, but it stops automatically calculating above 99mpg - why?
I did highlight a workaround early on, by changing to different units and then back again - but this is a ridiculous thing to have to do.
The scale in the environment tab is wrong, it should be in days not hours. Otherwise my car has gone from 400 - 1200ft 3 times in 3 hours whilst stationary in a car park.
I can't calibrate the altitude setting, so it's a bit pointless really.
I stopped looking at the data from my chargemaster charging point as it doesn't appear to be reliably accurate.
Making a phone call takes too long. - the quickest way is to say 'redial' but make sure you remember who you called last on your phone.
There should be a button which displays a list of favourites, which you can then select one.
Not had a good chance to use the 4x4 although it seemed to help the other day in the snow.
I use the paddles a lot, so that I am practically stationary behind cars before I have to use the foot brake.
Having a big car means I don't get bullied on the road.
Also, when cars are passing at speed on the motorway, they think twice when they clock my dashcam (in my white car).
Don't get me wrong, I really like this car. But for something with a price tag of £38,000 I would have expected better than the current MMCS
Would I have chosen a different car - no. The savings by buying it as a company car far outweighs all the niggles and issues.
Will any of these issues be addressed at my first service? (in a couple of months) Let's see.
I have seen plenty of PHEVs now in the North West and Yorkshire - we need people power to get these issues resolved.
