Question about Canadian prius.

Sorry to hear about your disappointment. I am looking at the Canadian brochure again and no where inside does it mention about LKA. We have PCS (Pre-collision System) which is the intelligent cruise control to keep your car from a distance away from the car in front of you. I think the LKA in the US is different and more than the PCS. May be someone else from the US can tell us more here.
As regards to your USB question, the audio system of the Canadian models doesn't have the USB plug on the system itself. It only has an audio cable input which is inside the center arm console. You must also buy your own cable.

 

You have the radar assisted cruise and parking assist, but LKA is not available in Canada. There is an excellent list on the Toyota Canada website under "options" for the Prius. It lists the options for each model. LKA isn't in any of them and neither is USB. You can get an aftermarket USB that plugs into the accessory jack. It also contains some memory, uses an infrared remote, and will accept a memory card.

 

LKA is nifty, but not a drop-dead must-have feature; you're not missing too much. It sometimes yells at me when in the lane, it doesn't yell at me when I drift out of the lane, and it loses sight of the lane markers pretty frequently, like every time I go under a bridge (which casts a shadow on the road). It does make driving long distances a little bit less fatiguing, since it does some of the steering effort, though.

Besides, if Canada's anything like Wisconsin, then any time the lane markers aren't covered by snow, they're rendered inaccurate by orange construction barrels.

 

On a side note, has the "remote engine start" been removed from the options list in NS? I can't find it when I go to build my 2010, but when I built one last fall (2009) it was on the 2010's....might be gone?

 

I have the same package as yours. I found that there are so many blank covers for the missing buttons (one of them is for the LKA). I'm ok with that cause I'don't really want the car to turn the wheel for me. As a matter of fact, I've never used the parking assist feature. I really don't feel comfortable using them. Makes me feel that this is the beginning of robots taking over this world!

I'm not happy that I don't have the fog lights after paying the most money for a Prius. Those blank covers in grey are really ugly. I'm considering taking them out and putting something else useful/cute in them. I don't really care for fog lights. Who has any idea what should I put in those two holes to make it look better/cuter? Ah, may be animal warning supersonic horn thingies, that looks like mini-misile launchers? Or may be external speakers that plays traditional engines sounds to warn pedestrians nearby cause they don't hear my Prius in EV stealth?

 

Do a search on google for "MP3 FM Modulator" and you'll find several different models. They get their power from the accessory jack, have a SD card slot and a USB socket along with a remote. Mine was a gift, never used. I drive when I'm driving, rather than listen to music when I'm in the car.

 

thanks Dominic, that's good to know, as I'd like the remote start for the winter, even though we don't get much snow, its good to have on those few weeks in February when its chilly.

 

yeah sure, but you'll have to wait till next April bud, that's when my 2011 Blizzard Pearl is expected to arrive, and I'm counting the days.....257.....

 

The Lane Keep Assist in Canada...with our weather??? Paint quality on the roads?

LKA works well with the embedded reflectors you find in the roads in California, that our snow plows would pluck out.

I just got Premium, having a 6CD mp3 player instead of the 4 cd with the Tech Pkg due to the screen for the GPS.

Some 250 songs fit on a 700meg CD - I dare you to outdrive even one.

Yes, I hate burning CD's, ever since my 2006 Prius and this Prius, the only CD's I've ever burnt were just for the car.

 

I can't see myself using the LKA either, but it has nothing to do with weather, we have little to no snow in Nova Scotia and the roads are painted, I just like to steer a car myself when driving, lol.
I experienced those little road reflectors in Florida, annoying little bump pits on the road, my friend & I had a competition of how many we could miss when lane changing.

 

Now....if we could just get the Prius to have a "beep" for a "deer detector" when those Bamby's decide to jump onto the road we'd be all set, .

 

Now....if we could just get the Prius to have a "beep" for a "deer detector" when those Bamby's decide to jump onto the road we'd be all set, .
Man, you've got it made having the wife drive!!!!
Must give you a great chance to play with all the Prius gadgets while she's driving.