2017 Cruise Control

Agree with Tideland - mine is in km/hr, you can't SET Cruise till you're doing 45km/hr (SPEEDO) or over - but the speedo is 2km optimistic, so it's really 43km/hr. If I've set it for 62km/hr (many minor suburban roads) and I come to a place where I want to use cruise, I can't resume till the speedo reads 40km/hr.

As Tideland said, it's a different story if there's a car in front. Starting cold, pull into slow traffic and you can SET Cruise even though driving only at 5km/hr - but it sets 45km/hr as the SET speed - but will play follow the leader with the car in front till that car gets above 45. You can wind the speed up to the speed-limit at any time while moving behind another car.

Not sure about the "speed limiter feature" - it's not on Australian build cars.

 

Huh? Whenever I turn on my cruise control it says "RADAR READY" whether or not there is somebody in front of me.

 

Hi everybody on the thread and welcome to Ferrarilover. I have a 2016 Business Edition but don't think it will differ significantly for 2017 as the Brits don't always alter models every year like Americans.

Like ProdigyPlace, once I'm moving forward fast enough I press the button on the DCC stalk and the radar ready lights up on the coaming screen. However, I think it WILL set a radar controlled cruise speed by pushing the stalk down even if there is nothing in front of me to lock on to. It will hold the speed I was driving at when set and will assist speed up or down to the nearest 5 mph. Thereafter, a tap up will increase set speed by 5 mph and can be reported similarly a tap down will decrease by same amount. When you close up on a vehicle in front the car will slow to that one's speed unless you (signal) pull out and it maintains your set speed to overtake.

A word of caution, if you hold the DCC stalk up while in moving traffic, the set speed can increase in successive increments of 5mph but the car won't accelerate until you the traffic ahead is no longer impeding your progress. Then you will find yourself accelerating to a speed faster than you intended.

Hope that helps. Good luck with choosing your new car.

 

I did that today.
With nobody in front, the screen shows the 3 blue Radar bars. If a car subsequently gets in range, it shows and speed is adjusted accordingly. This is in a US Prius.
Canada may be different, since they are International.

 

Before I bought the 2016, I saw that picture and saw that that Prius had dual zone auto climate control. But when the car came out, it had the rear seat air blocker . I wonder why they put the red and blue climate control stickers on this Prius.

It's a fuzzy picture, but I screenshoted the climate control part of the dash. Notice the left side has red and blue.

 

I know. I was trying to say the Prius doesn't come with dual-zone (left and right) separate auto climate control. It does have a feature where you can block the air from going in the pack seat to save gas. The picture shows dual-zone controls, which isn't available.

 

Perhaps it is available, but not in the US. Features vary by country.

 

Perhaps @RCO can verify. He has a Prius in the UK.

 

Affirmative

 

So, does dual-zone mean driver & passenger have separate temperature controls? My son's Civic has that but no US Gen 4 Prius does.

 

Yes, they have separate temperature controls. However, it doesn't really control the cabin temp unless they are synced because it doesn't work if the heater is on on one side and A/C is on on the other side. The difference is that you feel the air on your face.