Connect Live Traffic Conditions to Map?

dsgprius · 07-03-2007, 05:28 PM

Anyone who's used Google or Yahoo Maps with their real-time traffic conditions, or the better GPS units, knows that the factory-installed Prius system is way behind the times. Is there any modification -- I'd assuming Bluetooth -- that adds this capability to the Prius?

Vagabond · 07-03-2007, 07:26 PM

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Anyone who's used Google or Yahoo Maps with their real-time traffic conditions, or the better GPS units, knows that the factory-installed Prius system is way behind the times. Is there any modification -- I'd assuming Bluetooth -- that adds this capability to the Prius?
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Nope, not possible.

Inches · 07-08-2007, 03:43 PM

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Anyone who's used Google or Yahoo Maps with their real-time traffic conditions, or the better GPS units, knows that the factory-installed Prius system is way behind the times. Is there any modification -- I'd assuming Bluetooth -- that adds this capability to the Prius? [/b]

You can subscribe to a traffic service with the TomTom units or its available "free" with the iPhone.

Vagabond · 07-09-2007, 12:53 PM

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You can subscribe to a traffic service with the TomTom units or its available "free" with the iPhone.
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Not just the iPhone, any phone that can run Google Maps.

qbee42 · 07-09-2007, 01:02 PM

You might want to try a grease pencil.

Tom

NoMoShocks · 07-09-2007, 01:25 PM

You could buy a Garmin NuVi 660 and place it over the MFD.

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dsgprius Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 2 My Car: Model: Package: Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Friends: 0	Anyone who's used Google or Yahoo Maps with their real-time traffic conditions, or the better GPS units, knows that the factory-installed Prius system is way behind the times. Is there any modification -- I'd assuming Bluetooth -- that adds this capability to the Prius?

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qbee42 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern Michigan Posts: 10,477 My Car: 2006 Prius Model: Package: #7 Thanks: 95 Thanked 391 Times in 290 Posts Friends: 10	You might want to try a grease pencil. Tom

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NoMoShocks Electrical Engineer Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Camas, WA Posts: 1,219 My Car: 2010 Prius Model: IV Package: Solar Roof Thanks: 2 Thanked 49 Times in 31 Posts Friends: 1	You could buy a Garmin NuVi 660 and place it over the MFD.