How well does the Intelligent Parking Assist work?

Hi I was wondering if anyone with V with AT pkg have tried the Intelligent Parking Assist. Just trying to get a feedback on how well it actually works. And if anyone has a video on it that would be great. Thanks

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eng94_flJw]YouTube - 2010 Toyota Prius: Intelligent Parking Assist[/ame]

We tried it at a gathering in Houston and Parallel Parking worked easily he first time. We never did get the hang of a 90 degree back-in though.

Here is how it works and what you'll need to have it in your car: http://priuschat.com/forums/gen-ii-...elligent-parking-assist-ipa-2.html#post888384

Watching the videos, I noticed that you have to straighten the wheels for the 90-degree-back, after you have turned to the side. That's different from the parallel parking and a little counter-intuitive, and I'd imagine easy to forget. Where you doing that?

LOL, we tested it at a little PC gathering without knowing what we were doing, and without reading the manual! The parallel park worked quite easily, the back in not so much. The system kept telling us we didn't have the car correctly positioned. The system did prompt us on how to use it, but it was a tad confusing for the back in. We did eventually figure out we needed to turn out at the 2nd beep, and I think we were prompted to straighten the wheels.

Yeah, the video struck me as silly that it expected you to straighten the wheels manually. It doesn't seem like it's doing much for you at all. Rather silly.

The only thing I wish for in terms of non-parallel parking would be an automatic tilt-down of the side mirrors so I could see how close to the curb I am when I'm getting my end spot to avoid door dings.