I just took delivery of my 2004 Tideland Pearl #9 and am thrilled by it. Except for my wife's complaining that IT NOT GREEN I have nothing but good things to say about the first week of ownership. Coming from an engineer, it's a great testimonial to the quality and ingenuity of this vehicle.
But I do have one suggestion regarding the mileage meter. The way it's set up, average miles per gallon is displayed against equal time periods (every five minutes, a new bar with the average mpg for the last 5 minutes). It would be much more informative and useful if, besides average mpg for equal time periods, it could display average mpg for fixed numbers of miles (this number being settable). In other words, the avg mpg bar would update after every 1 mile driven (or 2 miles, or 5 miles, etc.). The cumulative MPG displayed at the bottom of the screen would then be the average of the 6 displayed bars. The way it's set up now, the displayed MPG has no ralationship to the "area under the curve" because you have no idea how many miles were driven during each 5-minute period.
If there are other "geeks" out there who follow what I'm talking about, do you agree with this? I'm hoping that what I'm asking for is already possible and I've just not pushed enough buttons yet, but I think it's not.
If anyone from Toyota is reading this, please consider this for a future feature if it's not already in the works.
But I do have one suggestion regarding the mileage meter. The way it's set up, average miles per gallon is displayed against equal time periods (every five minutes, a new bar with the average mpg for the last 5 minutes). It would be much more informative and useful if, besides average mpg for equal time periods, it could display average mpg for fixed numbers of miles (this number being settable). In other words, the avg mpg bar would update after every 1 mile driven (or 2 miles, or 5 miles, etc.). The cumulative MPG displayed at the bottom of the screen would then be the average of the 6 displayed bars. The way it's set up now, the displayed MPG has no ralationship to the "area under the curve" because you have no idea how many miles were driven during each 5-minute period.
If there are other "geeks" out there who follow what I'm talking about, do you agree with this? I'm hoping that what I'm asking for is already possible and I've just not pushed enough buttons yet, but I think it's not.
If anyone from Toyota is reading this, please consider this for a future feature if it's not already in the works.