Does the European car have neat things we don't have?

And that's a pretty incredibly high price for something so useless. Toyota navigation in Finland only covers the capital with surroundings and one other major city. When I asked the dealer about the timeframe for a complete map of Finland, I was told it's "more than two or three years".

 

I don't know about the coverage of Eastern Europe, but I'd say it covers pretty much all of the Western Europe. Northern Norway and Northern Sweden is not covered (important to me), and so is not 95% of Finland. Where I live, the largest city of Northern Finland, navigation would probably show just one highway, or maybe nothing.

Because of the status of Toyota Navigation coverage in Finland, the dealers have a special deal with Toyota so that they can order a Land Cruiser with Executive package (the better of the two) without its included navigation, and reduce the price while getting all the other niceties. Otherwise removing included features is 100% impossible, but Toyota is flexible in this one.

 

Man I totally want a MD player vs a tape player. Grrrrh!

 

It's probably because the Prius has a single headlight design. So unless Toyota tacked on DRL, like GM did with my 2000 GMC Sierra (Yuck!), it wouldn't work.

Most Canadian market Lexus cars and SUV's have HID, but they also have a 4 headlight design. The low beam, or dipped beam, is HID, and the high beam is regular halogen.

They use the high beams, at reduced intensity, as the DRL in Canada

 

Maybe because Toyota just didn't think of it??

:roll:

They could have used separate and dedicated DRL, like my 2000 GMC Sierra did. That said, it was a VERY poor design, and the DRL bulbs ($8 each) only lasted 3-4 months. It didn't matter if I carefully cleaned the bulb with isopropyl alcohol before installing or not, 3-4 months max.

After a couple of years I just gave up and drove around with a "dark" front end.

The best design is using the headlights (Especially the high beam reflector on a 4 headlight system) running at reduced intensity. With the slightly lower voltage, the bulb seems to last forever.

My 1992 Honda Prelude SR had a 4 headlight system, and the DRL worked at reduced intensity off the high beams. Had the car 8 years and never changed a bulb.

The Corolla is a 4 headlight system, and Toyota uses the high beams at reduced intensity for DRL. Not sure why they couldn't have designed a similar scheme for the Prius.

 

if one went to europe or japan could you buy these parts there and have them shipped back home and install them or is it just not possible?

 

I am not sure about the TV tuner but I would guess that means you can watch TV on the screen from a broadcast channel. The Intelligent parking is a autopark I saw a demo video and it is slow, slow, slow. It is not included in the US because the people behind you would park their cars, get out and bash you for taking so long to parallel park (if they did not just lean out and shoot you). It is a great toy but not ready for prime time as yet.

 

I would guess for some items yes, but for others it would need extra bits, such as ECU or something.