Errr…Power mode!

[Pumatron]

So, coming up to 2 years of ownership of the Yaris.

Sitting waiting with my 14 year old son to pick the good lady of the house up.

Dad…has this car got Sport mode. 

No Son.

Oh, I miss Sport mode like our old cars had.

I’m rolling my eyes 🙄 at this point in disgust of my son’s teenage obsession with speed. 
 
Dad. What’s this mode button do.

Err, I dunno, the sales person said just leave those buttons alone as the car sorts itself out.

(At this point I’m puffing my chest because I’m a man, I never read the manual, it’s built into our genes to never read the manual)

So, my lad presses it, ECO, PWR or just normal.

Now my lad is all over the button. “PWR” Dad! PWR! I’m gonna Google it. Sheesh, what a world we live in.

So, off we go..in PWR mode, I floor the pedal, blimey the Lady Yaris picked up her skirt and lit the road up in thrum of CVT and triple cylinder explosive fun!

Don’t get me wrong, we ain’t gonna win many races, but my lad has raised the Yaris in his expectations, and Mum’s car is quite cool 😎.

How ridiculous we’ve had the car 2 years and we’ve never bothered with those buttons 🤣.

[Chas G]

Another post thread makes me wonder if the PWR mode button should be renamed  the EDDB mode........engine damper destruction button. 🤔

[Pumatron]

1 minute ago, Chas G said:

Another post thread makes me wonder if the PWR mode button should be renamed  the EDDB mode........engine damper destruction button. 🤔

Excellent! If it’s going to damage things, it’s the only excuse I need to tell my son to never mention or press that mode button ever again. 😂

[Primus1]

Tell him if the button is pressed it automatically reduces his pocket money…🤭

[Paul john]

Pwr mode alters the dynamics of response. 
cant say i dont drive my prius (yea yea slug hybrid to take the p out of) in anything other than pwr mode as i like the peddle position and the responsiveness. 
pwr mode all the way is all i can say. 

[Bernard Foy]

5 hours ago, Pumatron said:

So, coming up to 2 years of ownership of the Yaris.

Sitting waiting with my 14 year old son to pick the good lady of the house up.

Dad…has this car got Sport mode. 

No Son.

Oh, I miss Sport mode like our old cars had.

I’m rolling my eyes 🙄 at this point in disgust of my son’s teenage obsession with speed. 
 
Dad. What’s this mode button do.

Err, I dunno, the sales person said just leave those buttons alone as the car sorts itself out.

(At this point I’m puffing my chest because I’m a man, I never read the manual, it’s built into our genes to never read the manual)

So, my lad presses it, ECO, PWR or just normal.

Now my lad is all over the button. “PWR” Dad! PWR! I’m gonna Google it. Sheesh, what a world we live in.

So, off we go..in PWR mode, I floor the pedal, blimey the Lady Yaris picked up her skirt and lit the road up in thrum of CVT and triple cylinder explosive fun!

Don’t get me wrong, we ain’t gonna win many races, but my lad has raised the Yaris in his expectations, and Mum’s car is quite cool 😎.

How ridiculous we’ve had the car 2 years and we’ve never bothered with those buttons 🤣.

Be careful, he might want to drive the car now he knows it's got a power button 😆

[MikeSh]

2 hours ago, Bernard Foy said:

he knows it's got a power button

I think that's the demographic it's aimed at. The tiktok generation. 

See it, believe it.

[anchorman]

I used to work in research for a friction material manufacturer.  There were boffins in there that could split the atom but they couldn’t change a light bulb and if they did any painting they’d pick the brush up at the wet end.  Some people are completely devoid of common sense and I find it quite bewildering that anybody can get into a vehicle they intend owning and not at least wonder about the controls that are visible.   Yes, if you have to trawl a menu or a button has a second function but one by the gearstick with mode written on it should surely generate some curiosity.  I take you were a bit quicker fathoming the brake and the steering wheel?  You do know you can see your way at night because it’s got lights on the front and you don’t have to sleep in it because it’s got locks on the doors.

Now where’s the wife keep those high heel shoes, I’m wanting to nail some wallpaper up 🤔

[Cyker]

I'm one of those people; Can figure out the controls for any device within a few minutes but have trouble following a simple recipe  

"It wasn't my fault - It doesn't say anything about what to do when the cake mixture has 6ft high flames coming out of it...!"    

[Jimota]

I’m always pressing buttons to find out what they do.  However, sometimes this approach can backfire on you.  As a new duty barman at my local club, I was told not to press a particular button on the cash register but no reason was given.  Well, curiosity got the better of me and I pressed said button.  Result - cash register locked and nobody could open it.  Had to call the bar convenor to work his magic.  

[bathtub tom]

14 minutes ago, Jimota said:

 I was told not to press a particular button on the cash register

Daughter was moving into a new (to her) house. While I was downstairs moving stuff, she and missus were looking around upstairs. One of them wondered what the big red button in a bedroom was for, so pressed it. Couldn't hear ourselves think, let alone try to have a conversation with someone who knew the alarm code! Daughter insisted I removed the key code panel to try and switch it off, despite me telling her it wouldn't be that simple and would probably trigger the alarm for another 20-30 minutes - it did!

I went to the pub.

[hind]

Extreme case but there was an interview with one of the Ukraine soldiers. He recalled that one of the weirdest traps he heard of was the door bell button installed on the tree in the middle of the forest. One of the soldiers in the column pressed it... and detonated a booby trap which killed and injured some of his comrades 😕 

[Roy124]

@anchorman .  I find it quite bewildering that anybody can get into a vehicle they intend owning and not at least wonder about the controls that are visible

Well:

I was driving my Merc Specialist engineer to work before he took my 10 year old car(new to me) for a service.   I asked him about the various buttons on the dash.  Big pause:

To be fair, he specialised in pre-war and his son in newer models.

[flash22]

To blow your mind even more

on the bottom corner of the front door cards is an arrow that points to the jacking point

 

[Cyker]

Waaaat?!?!  

[CPN]

39 minutes ago, flash22 said:

To blow your mind even more

on the bottom corner of the front door cards is an arrow that points to the jacking point

Nah.... Them there is recycle symbols!

Front door...

Rear door...

Probably just means that they were made from old plastic milk bottles!! lol!

Don't think I'd want to try jacking where that rear door one is pointing! It'd probably collapse the side of the car!!

[anchorman]

15 minutes ago, CPN said:

Nah.... Them there is recycle symbols!

Front door...

Rear door...

Probably just means that they were made from old plastic milk bottles!! lol!

Don't think I'd want to try jacking where that rear door one is pointing! It'd probably collapse the side of the car!!

Steady on Colin, they might on one side but a wild goose chase on the other!

 

I’m glad Mike isn’t a stickler for staying on topic!!!

[anchorman]

3 hours ago, Jimota said:

I’m always pressing buttons to find out what they do. 

Glad you don’t fly a Typhoon jet for a living.  

[Parts-King]

4 minutes ago, anchorman said:

Glad you don’t fly a Typhoon jet for a living.  

What's this big red handle for?..................shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii 

[CPN]

7 minutes ago, Parts-King said:

What's this big red handle for?..................shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii 

Power!!! Upwards!!

(just keeping on topic...😉)

[Rhymes with Paris]

Ejector seat is what I tell 'em.

[Dick_Dastardly]

1 hour ago, Rhymes with Paris said:

Ejector seat is what I tell 'em.

Funny you should say that 😉

 

[dannyboy413]

"Oops, I didn't know it was the fire missile button".

[Pumatron]

13 hours ago, anchorman said:

I used to work in research for a friction material manufacturer.  There were boffins in there that could split the atom but they couldn’t change a light bulb and if they did any painting they’d pick the brush up at the wet end.  Some people are completely devoid of common sense and I find it quite bewildering that anybody can get into a vehicle they intend owning and not at least wonder about the controls that are visible.   Yes, if you have to trawl a menu or a button has a second function but one by the gearstick with mode written on it should surely generate some curiosity.  I take you were a bit quicker fathoming the brake and the steering wheel?  You do know you can see your way at night because it’s got lights on the front and you don’t have to sleep in it because it’s got locks on the doors.

Now where’s the wife keep those high heel shoes, I’m wanting to nail some wallpaper up 🤔

Whoa lighten up, it was tongue in cheek!

I’m an engineer, it’s my wife’s car, I don’t drive it often, and my wife definitely wouldn’t fiddle with the buttons as it’s not her thing.

I’m a busy person, so I don’t have time to be checking out what someone else car does, I get in it start it and drive it to it’s destination!

If only I was as perfect as you….😉

[Primus1]

I’m always pushing my wife’s buttons, once I didn’t see her for three days, my eyes did open, eventually, when the swelling went down..