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Twilight Zone Car

Discussion in 'Newbie Forum' started by jayken, Feb 4, 2008.

  1. jayken

    jayken New Member

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    Hi All,
    Thank you all for the great information. You have helped me solve many annoying quirks with my 2007 p6 Prius.
    I sell and repair industrial robots in California and Nevada. I drive aprox. 1,300 miles per week. For what it's worth, I set the cruise on 78MPH on the freeways and average 44.7MPG when I add up the receipts at the end of the month.
    We call it the "Twilight Zone Car" because looking at it from the outside it looks very small but when you get in there is a lot more room than expected. My 6'8" friend rode in the back and was surprised how comfortable he was.
    BUT.......Those of us who purchased the Nav System paid aprox. $2,000.00 for an out of date GPS system that is not as useful as a $700.00 Garmin. I removed the DVD and noticed that the date was 2005 and the GPS map info was supplied by Navtec (the same company that supplies the map info to Garmin and other GPS mfg's). If you go to the Navtec site they have updates for the other systems but point you to the car dealer for the Prius and Lexus updates.

    I think this is just wrong.....

    What can we do to put some pressure on Toyota to make it right?

    Glad I found this site,
    Ken
     
    #1 jayken, Feb 4, 2008
  2. miscrms

    miscrms Plug Envious Member

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    At least you didn't pay $2000 for the Nav system in a Ford Escape :D

    As I understand the screen is even smaller, you have to use a joystick to interact with it, and you get to change CDs as you drive around the country!

    Don't you feel better now :rolleyes:

    Rob
     
    #2 miscrms, Feb 5, 2008
  3. Godiva

    Godiva AmeriKan Citizen

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    I call it the möbius car.
     
    #3 Godiva, Feb 5, 2008
  4. richard schumacher

    richard schumacher shortbus driver

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    Buy as few built-in gadgets as possible. They are profit centers for the manufacturers so no other form of pressure means anything to them. They always cost more initially and cost more to fix.
     
    #4 richard schumacher, Feb 6, 2008
  5. Bear68

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    Toyota now has available an updated DVD version 7.1. Only problem is you get to pay for it. Check your local dealer for deatails. I would also recommend being the polite squeaky wheel. Toyota has traditionally stood behind Prius to keep owners happy with the very new technology. Politely asking over and over has a very good likelyhood of successfully getting the dealer to provide a new DVD without charge. Be polite but insistant.
     
    #5 Bear68, Feb 6, 2008
  6. jayken

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    That what I am currently doing....I'll let you know if it works.
     
    #6 jayken, Feb 8, 2008
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