Re the Toyota navigation system that's optional on the '05 Prius --
Is it installable post-delivery of the vehicle?
Can it guide the driver home without slavishly retracing the outbound route?
At this point I'm only asking about the Toyota-supplied system. Depending on the answers, I might come back with follow-up questions about an after-market unit.
Brent
To the best fo my knowledge, no. It is too heavily integrated into the Bluetooth phone and stereo system plus the microphone is built into the car's roof area near the front dome light. Steering wheel has control functions as well.
Yes. Just say "Go Home" after tapping the button on the steering wheel (another reason for the built-in unit).
Only concerns with the after-market (i.e. Garmin) is the need to hide the unit if parked and it always looks like an add-on. Also, it doesn't integrate as well with the car's sound system (i.e. muting and speaking to it), but it does work very well (I have 3 Garmin units that I use on motorcycles, fwiw). Garmin routing is better in that it has more routing capabilities and you can set more than 5 via points or routes. The Toyota system is "very limited" in that respect (it's made by Denso if I recall). Oddly, the Toyota offers you three routing tracks where the Garmin only offers what it calculates.
Maps are supposedly upgradeable yearly by the dealer for a fee. My Prius is a Package 6 (fully loaded) and I couldn't be happier with the car even though my actual mileage numbers overall is around 46 mpg. Takes a while to learn all it will do. The thing sort of trains you to drive according to the Consumption display.
B~
According to the faq's on Toyota's web page, navigation is only available as a factory installed option and not afterwards.
That is very helpful information. Thank you.
True. I have a Garmin eMap mounted in my '98 Avalon. With its small B&W screen it presents less temptation to a miscreant, but of course it has fewer features too. The remote antenna is in the back window, so the coverage of the sky is excellent.
The above is important, IMO.
After a month with our Prius (OK, it's my wife's officially) we're settling into an average 46-ish figure too. Unexpectedly we do the advertised 50 in the road but fall below that in town.
Yes! Absolutely.
Brent
Thanks for the FAQ reminder, Ray. I'll do more research before posting henceforth. On the plus side, though, B gave me more good stuf than I'd asked for.
Brent
Yes, you can install it. Purchase them here:
much cheaper than the dealer. Check out some of the prius boards like this one:
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