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proximity alert

Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Main Forum' started by grharman, Oct 20, 2013.

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  1. grharman

    grharman Junior Member

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    I unplugged mine, sweet silence. That was a weird noise, does not sound anything like a vehicle, Toyota could have done better. I prefer silence
     
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  2. WE0H

    WE0H Senior Member

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    I had my wife drive our '13 rental Prius by me several times in a outside parking lot and I never heard it. I verified she was driving in EV mode too. We did that test as we have had almost nobody even give a look at our rental in 2000+ miles of driving it. There was one and only one time that someone looked at the car and it was when we were in stop & go traffic. A dog was hangin out the window of some chick's vehicle and I let my foot off the brake several times to turn the sound on & off and finally the dog was looking at the car like what the hell is that. Otherwise no human heard us in our 2000+ mile trip. The previous week we drove another rental Prius but only about 1500 miles and again not one single stare as we went thru lots, downtown's, crosswalks or wherever. The sound maker in my opinion is just some hokey US government bullshit.

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    El Dobro A Member

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    It's the government with a solution when there's no problem. :D
     
    #23 El Dobro, Oct 27, 2013
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  4. WE0H

    WE0H Senior Member

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    No doubt [​IMG]

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  5. ftl

    ftl Explicator

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    So if no-one can hear the proximity alert, why are so many here frantic about disconnecting it?
     
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  6. WE0H

    WE0H Senior Member

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    I think it is called the Prius owner paranoia [​IMG]

    I haven't taken mine off since I can't get my arm or hands down there to even find the connector. Maybe some day when I am real ambitious and want to pop that front under body panel off;)

    Mike
     
    #26 WE0H, Oct 27, 2013
  7. Mr.Electric

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    A 2013 Prius comes to my work everyday to deliver parts. I always hear the noise when he pulls into the garage. If you can't hear it, it is probably broken or turned off somehow. The system has a decent volume that can be easily heard when the car is creeping forward.


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    Can you hear it outside of the garage? I did my testing in a open parking lot standing ~25' from my wife driving two different 2013 Prius rentals. I can always hear my car when I pull it into or out of the garage. I am the only driver of my car so I can't listen for it as it drives by in a lot :)

    Mike
     
    #28 WE0H, Nov 1, 2013
  9. Mr.Electric

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    I have only noticed thenoiseinside the garage not so much at intersections when I am walking.
     
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    WE0H Senior Member

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    It'd be cool to come up with a hack to change the sound to sumthin else [​IMG]

    Mike
     
    #30 WE0H, Nov 1, 2013
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