(Video) I give you a rundown of all the cool things the Intelligent Park Assist can do.

THat is KOOL!!!!
THanks for the video.

 

Nice video. What software video editor do you use? Can you recommend it for AVCHD format? Thanks!

 

Thanks!! Lots of good info. I haven't tried back-in parking yet, and I didn't realize the system could function using only lines (that is, it doesn't need cars on either side). I look forward to giving it a try (in a lot with white lines!).

 

Thanks for this very nice, very useful information. You have now inspired me to begin using a function of the ATP that I figgured that I would rarely ever use. I suspect that if Toyota Dealers had this to show Prius buyers they'd discover more people desirous of the feature and the ATP option. My dealer never even mentioned it, I only knew about it from the research I did on my own.

Thanks Again !

 

Thanks for the video. Isn't the speed is too fast annoying? I get that every time.

 

Radarguy, I have only had limited success with the system and commend you for what you have acheived. I find it difficult to target a space during perpendicular parking because the car has to be so far away from the space. Note that I am engaging the system while I am still in the traffic lane, making the car turn & back up, not when I am already lined up with the space. I can pick off a perpendicular spot on either the right or left side of the car. I haven't been able to get pre-support to work at all.

 

It would help if the salespeople even knew how it worked.

I did go for a test drive of a 2010, specifically w/IPA and my sales droid barely knew how it worked. He partly misguided me w/incorrect info. I eventually ignored what he said and tried poking around myself and succeeded in getting it to auto-park a couple times.

I doubt he knew how to operate all the other modes and about how scanning worked.

Oh well... It is a very cool feature as was LKA, that I also intentionally tried. Too bad the price premium is so high. I wish I didn't have to go all the way to model V + pay $4500.

(I wasn't actually prepared going into the test drive as I hadn't intended on it. My Prius was at a dealer for an oil change and a sales droid lured me into test driving a 2010, even though I told him I had no intent to buy in the near future. It seemed he had nothing else better to do as it was a weekday morning, so I took him up on it.)

Thanks for the video!

 

Thanks for the video. What are your experiences with parallel parking? I have difficulties finding the right time to select the Pre-Assist, so when it beeps I almost all the time get a red square.

Do you stop before starting Pre-Assist?

 

Thanks for the nice video. I would like to see one though with more tough parking situations. I mean, parking in US parking lots is *quite* easy... Parallel parking in EU busy narrow roads or maybe in SF or NY, this is where IPA can truly be of help, I suppose. As well as in narrow parking spots - this is where it would be interesting to see what the IPA does.
The IPA was so expensive in EU that I did not even consider getting it - you have to pay 3050€ on top of the standard price of the Life version (trim 2 out of 3 available) at 26750€ (without delivery and registration costs, and other accessories or metallic paint). So, to get IPA (OK, together also with GPS, etc.) would cost at least 29800€ - you do the math in converting that in USD, and you land at least at 35k$+ (BTW VW and others offer similar systems, at similar prices - Toyota is no more expensive than others...).
Anybody out there that can show how the IPA works in tough parking situations to show its benefits?

 

Parallel parking? You start it before or while you're still next to the car behind the space you want to get into, and it tells you when to stop (typically 1/4th car length past the car in front of the space you want to get into).

It's a no-brainer, but make sure you're not too far or close to the cars or it won't work.

 

This is what I always demonstrate to my friends
They never have enough of that function

 

Yes I have seen it in videos but it very seldom worked for me. I will try if it is the sideways-distance. But I also have the feeling it might be a speed problem: So do you start Pre-Assist when stopped or what is your max. demonstrated speed?

Thanks!