Navigation DVD Ver. 9.1

[R2Pre2]

Originally Posted by CAR4TWO

Interestingly, two thieves stole a GM SUV. The owner called On Star to report his car had been stolen. They identified the owner and said, "We'll take it from here." On Star called police and told them they had a stolen car to report and knew precisely where it was located. The police reported the stolen vehicle in sight and On Star disabled the vehicle. The vehicle coasted off the road and the police nabbed the thieves. Is that a cool story or what?

Sounds very familiar, except in my case, when R2Pre2 was stolen this past Saturday, Toyota's SOS said the car was moving. Minutes later, when the cop showed up, R2Pre2 was parked at the curb and the thieves had just gotten away. Don't think SOS has the disable feature yet. I wish they had caught them!

[R2Pre2]

Forgive my post above which took the thread off topic.

Picked up my car on 11/4. It was shipped on 9/15. The nav disc is version 8.01.

After looking at the .pdf file of changes, I noticed several changes to California freeways and additional road changes. While not super significant, I do feel a new car should have the latest version available. I've nicely asked the dealer to swap it out for for the new version and will report back what they say. Hopefully the dealer will agree with me and swap it out as a goodwill gesture.

[Kameel]

Originally Posted by R2Pre2

Forgive my post above which took the thread off topic.

Picked up my car on 11/4. It was shipped on 9/15. The nav disc is version 8.01.

After looking at the .pdf file of changes, I noticed several changes to California freeways and additional road changes. While not super significant, I do feel a new car should have the latest version available. I've nicely asked the dealer to swap it out for for the new version and will report back what they say. Hopefully the dealer will agree with me and swap it out as a goodwill gesture.

They should totally replace it with the latest one !

[RodJo]

Originally Posted by R2Pre2

Forgive my post above which took the thread off topic.

Picked up my car on 11/4. It was shipped on 9/15. The nav disc is version 8.01.

After looking at the .pdf file of changes, I noticed several changes to California freeways and additional road changes. While not super significant, I do feel a new car should have the latest version available. I've nicely asked the dealer to swap it out for for the new version and will report back what they say. Hopefully the dealer will agree with me and swap it out as a goodwill gesture.

I forget what the exact changeover date was but if your Prius shipped from Japan on 9/15 then I think it got to port after the changeover date. I think there's a post (from Prius Team?) giving the date.

So I bet a 9.1 disc was put in at the port and the dealer swapped it with an 8.01 disc from another Prius because that car's buyer wanted the newest disc. To avoid eating the cost of a new disc, the dealer probably kept playing "hot potato" until someone (you) drove away with the old disc.

After double checking the changeover date, I would go back to the dealer and let them know that your Prius should have received the 9.1 disc at the port. They will probably just swap with another Prius and try again.

[R2Pre2]

Originally Posted by RodJo

I forget what the exact changeover date was but if your Prius shipped from Japan on 9/15 then I think it got to port after the changeover date. I think there's a post (from Prius Team?) giving the date.

Can anyone point me to this post?

I did a quick search coupled with Prius Team's posts but could not find it. Would love to have ammo to back up my request to the dealership.

Thanks!

[creativeguy]

Originally Posted by CAR4TWO

The very last place a thief wants to show up is at your place of residence, unless of course, they want to return your car, which I doubt. I chase forgers. After contacting them, I can assure you that I am the last person on the planet a forger wants to talk to. Trust me, a car thief does not want to ever meet the owner of that car again. Can you imagine someone stealing your Prius and then showing up in your driveway so they can be caught?

Interestingly, two thieves stole a GM SUV. The owner called On Star to report his car had been stolen. They identified the owner and said, "We'll take it from here." On Star called police and told them they had a stolen car to report and knew precisely where it was located. The police reported the stolen vehicle in sight and On Star disabled the vehicle. The vehicle coasted off the road and the police nabbed the thieves. Is that a cool story or what?

To each his own... I think that a thief stealing your car could be VERY interested in knowing where you live. If he stole the car in a different city from where the GPS says you live, then he knows you aren't going to be home anytime soon. He can easily phone a friend and tell him to check the house since he knows you aren't home. If the thief actually stole your keys as well (car jacking, mugging), then he can just walk right into your house with no effort at all.

[RodJo]

Originally Posted by R2Pre2

Can anyone point me to this post?

I did a quick search coupled with Prius Team's posts but could not find it. Would love to have ammo to back up my request to the dealership.

Thanks!

I had tried searching too. I can't figure out how to get the search engine to accept "9.1" in the search string..... If I find it, I'll post the link...

IF memory serves me correctly, the date was mid-September. I remember being happy knowing that mine would be in well past that date. And there are numerous posts shortly after that where buyers did in fact take delivery with the 9.1 disc.

[R2Pre2]

Originally Posted by RodJo

I had tried searching too. I can't figure out how to get the search engine to accept "9.1" in the search string..... If I find it, I'll post the link...

IF memory serves me correctly, the date was mid-September. I remember being happy knowing that mine would be in well past that date. And there are numerous posts shortly after that where buyers did in fact take delivery with the 9.1 disc.

Just heard back from the my salesman and was told "it's out of his hands" and that I'll need to talk with the service manager about this. Uh oh, sounds like it's going to be a push. So any help pointing me in the right direction is great.

Think I'll start a new thread...