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Pearl continues to surprise.

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It seems that my new car has an infinite bag of tricks which pop up at the oddest times.

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She’s loaded with lots of nifty features like headlights that swivel and dim automatically, voice activated commands, and an automatic cell phone charging station as seen below.

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No, I still haven’t figured out all her gadgets and geegaws… but I will tell you my favorite. It’s a game changer and once experienced? I’m afraid there’s no going back.

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Cooling seats.

For a menopausal hot flashing woman of a certain age? This is pure gold.

My husband loves the heated steering wheel but for me it’s all about those lovely little holes in the front seats that provide blessed icy ventilation. Summer doesn’t seem quite so awful now.

(And no, that’s not dust on my screen… it’s a starry night background. We be fancy up in here.)

The other thing that tickles me about this vehicle is the plethora of safety messages that pop up.

When my husband swivels his head to scan a yard sale when driving? Pearl says “Keep your eyes on the road!”

When he was scouting something free on the curb while waiting behind a truck at a stop sign? Pearl said “Vehicle in front has moved!”

Husband thinks it’s annoying, I think it’s a riot.

When she announces, “Don’t bring home any more crap!” I may have to kiss her.

She’s only messaged once while I’ve been driving. I was playing with the gas mileage numbers and had taken my foot off the gas going down a hill to increase consumption. Apparently she thought I was falling asleep and said this:

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Ya gotta love it.

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23 thoughts on “Pearl continues to surprise.”

  4. I wrote a post sometime in the past year — something like “Toyota is not my mother.” The reminders, some of them, are helpful but it didn’t take long before the automatic lane correction (AS IF I WOULD NEED SUCH A THING) really cheesed me off and I turned it off. But it’s fun that you and the Mr have different takes on Pearl’s reminders.

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  5. Can you get a celebrity voice add-on pkg? I’ve read about them, but never heard one in action.

    I love when my 2010 car’s navigation voicd tries to pronouce spanish names like Sepulveda and LaCienega. It’s so bad that I once circled back to make it say it again.

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  8. The husband has cooling seats in his truck but I ride in it so infrequently that I don’t know if I’ve ever had the chance to experience them. Though my ‘Ru is 5 years old now, it was the first car I had with a backup camera. For me, that was, and probably still is, my favorite feature. There’s only one thing I dislike (no, hate) about my ‘Ru. It automatically turns on the radio when I start the car. I’ve been to online forums to see if I can turn it off, but apparently not. Drives me crazy. Does your ‘Ru do this, too?

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