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Thanks for the quick response. I had thought that to be the case, he will just have to replace his Prius with a newer one as he really wants to keep this feature.

My son fancies a CT but are there any of the CT that have Heads up display?

On my GS I set the controls to auto for the direction and the air intake also to auto and temperature to suit i.e. 21.5 and only use the demist front manually when required and have found this setup works well. Don't know how newer models work though.

I'm still trying to get him to use common sense and get a stand alone unit. I use my tomtom rather than the factory fit as it's routing is much better and maps are up to date. Since tom tom decided that it's life has ended it no longer supports Live Services so i do run the factory unit alongside to get traffic alerts but not directions.

Brodit are great holders if a little expensive

Retired in 2010 from 43yrs in the gas service industry all within the ever changing British Gas/ Centrica i.e. single employer. Now have the best job I've had. Paul

Inchcape Nottingham have their own bodyshop. It's shared with the Toyota part on the same site

I have used a pals connected 12v battery to put mine into READY mode when I didn't think and sat listening to the radio in the local health centre once, using jump leads and simply waiting a couple of minutes when connected with no engines running before trying with no problems at all. Also used a spare battery recently when following a short holiday then an emergency admission to hospital left the battery too low to get it into READY mode again with no problems

Lee that looks more like damage than wear.

I have an older iPod connected to a lead like yours you have in the glovebox. it is left permanently on and is controlled from the steering wheel switches. Much better than the CD player.

Iv'e had mixed experience. 60k service and recall completed satisfactorily and communications good. Later query regarding headlight bulb change and on three separate days they failed with the promised phone call back and I had to contact them. Went to Nottingham instead.

try going into general settings (not nav settings) and turn the voice volume to off. I have done this as i don't mind having navigation on but also use my TomTom for routing.

Hi all A mate wants to have factory satnav retro fitted in his 2015 Rav4. Question is does anyone know if this is just a software install ( as all the operating buttons are present) or is it a physical install. I have suggested a stand alone unit but he's insistent he wants factory at about a grand. I believe that its a HDD unit for entertainment.

My Gs450h does something similar when the engine is about to cut off and go over to hybrid battery mode. It's as if it cant quite make it's mind up whether to stop or not.

Mine wandered when I first bought it but go the tracking done and although it was only slight wandering it transformed it

Don't want to insult but could it be that something such as coffee or coke been spilled on it and not been completely removed?

I have a brodit on my 450h and have had one on my previous 2 cars. I think they are excellent. You can buy the vehicle specific bracket and mount a cheaper holder to it although I have always had the phone specific holder. I have just changed phone and currently have a temporary holder.

I renewed my warranty in November. Glad I did as Tuesday it went for service and rear discs and pads. During service the water pump was found to have a slight leak then they discovered that both rear calipers were seized. one was freed off but one had to be replaced. The water pump would have been £595 and the caliper was in the region of £200. So overall a good result although I did ask them to check the calipers last year. Even so I am not bothered if it is not used as I treat it like insurance we all have it but hope you don't use it because if used it means you have trouble you didn't want. PS This years premium covered already.

Have you tried running an old fashioned head cleaner tape through it?

I think on my 2009 GS I can program it to unlock a choice of doors when placed into park i.e. front only which is useful to prevent children jumping out immediately when stopping or just drivers or all four.

looking on the gov mot history site and it didn't have an mot for 3 yrs also the mileage increased in 1yr by 3fold then back to virtually nothing again.

I had a similar problem on my 1998 Camry Sport which took years to find but turned out to be the anti roll bar links as mentioned by Britprius.

well mine has been superb and yes I did have a shock absorber changed under warranty and that is why I have recently renewed said warranty. Simply for peace of mind but equally would not have a problem if it was unavailable to me I would simply bank the cash in reserve just in case.

Thanks for the replies so far, I will talk to them after Easter when I arrange my service. There are several firms that do them in the Nottinghamshire area and I hope to get some comparison quotes but it would be more convenient if the main dealer did it. I believe they may do a swap system with them which would make the job quicker. The other option is to get them powder coated for longevity but that may take more than one day and may require me to remove the "chrome" spokes.

450h still a great car though