My 2010 Thoughts (based on the photos)

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    Hryb electic

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    Clearly I'll need to give it an up close and in person look, but I took a closer look at some of the 2010 photos in the Gallery. A couple of things popped out:

    1) Where does the key go? I like having a slot in my '07 for the key to live in when my car is in the garage I can't find a slot in this photo

    2) Heated seats? Cool. But what's with the poor ergonomics of placing the button down so low? You can see it here.

    3) Where is the CD slot? If (as this picture suggests) the whole LCD panel drops down to insert the slot...boo.

    4) No EV Switch? Come on Toyota! Figure out how to ship this in the US! The knockout panels are there. (left side)

    5) I really like the sunroof!

    Apologies if some of this was already covered in another thread.
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    HTMLSpinnr Gen III Forums Moderator

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    The key is now "waved" in front of the power button should the battery die. Otherwise, all versions have some form of SKS, where the option is whether it's driver only or passenger and trunk as well.

    I agree, this reeks of afterthought, but you'll need it somewhere centralized to allow both "users" to control the heat function.

    Yes, LCD drops down on NAV versions to load the 4 disc change. YouTube link of this in action coming shortly.

    You're looking in the wrong place. Those knock outs are for headlight washer, disabling solar powered vent, and light rheostat IIRC. EV button is on the center console next to the PWR and ECO mode buttons.

    Too bad it's an either or item due to weight - either sunroof or advanced technology package.

    It has, but I'll bite this once. ;)
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    Rick's covered everything.
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    Thanks Rick!
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    Jared New Member

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    I will miss the elliptical steering wheel. Round is so boring...
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    qbee42 My other car is a boat

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    Just change the format on your screen to "stretch". At least that works for my TV. :rolleyes:

    Tom
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    Boo Boola Boola Member

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    That's the way the TVs were in our Detroit hotel rooms. And there was no way to change it to the aspect ratio of the original source material. So all the people looked fatter, the CBS circle looked oval, and the cars looked liked rulers.
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    hill High Fiber Member

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    I couldn't even tell!

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    Then again, I had a hard time just figuring out how to get regular TV turned on :confused:
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    OT:

    Their content wasn't stretched, but TV was definitely SD and stretched. Mine also had nasty burn-in from the pay-per-view trailers that loop after a while.
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    Boo Boola Boola Member

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    Yes, OT:

    I think the welcome screen and similar hotel only screens were not stretched. But just about everything else was.

    To watch TV, you had to press the numbered channel buttons and wait between presses (the response time was like 3 seconds).
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    Rae Vynn Wickedly Fun Prius Driver

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    I have video on my flickr set of the CD slot access. Just click the link...
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    HTMLSpinnr Gen III Forums Moderator

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    I imagine next to the reveal, this was probably one of the top video'd features! I grabbed it too ;-)

    [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oriMClK3OpU]YouTube - 2010 Toyota Prius CD Load slot behind NAV screen[/ame]
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