Ingineer
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So the temperature is on the left and the fan on the right on UK cars?
-Phil
-Phil
All the normal instruments in a (Gen2) Prius are directly in front of the driver on the HUD. Only the info for the Hybrid system is in the center stack. Fuel, Speed, Shift indicator, etc, all in front.TomT said:I've always thought that the Prius layout of having everything in the center dash and nothing in front of the driver was done to decrease costs as they would then have less that had to change from left to right hand drive cars... I've also always found it a little odd and unnatural having to look to the right for the instruments...
Ingineer said:All the normal instruments in a (Gen2) Prius are directly in front of the driver on the HUD. Only the info for the Hybrid system is in the center stack. Fuel, Speed, Shift indicator, etc, all in front.TomT said:I've always thought that the Prius layout of having everything in the center dash and nothing in front of the driver was done to decrease costs as they would then have less that had to change from left to right hand drive cars... I've also always found it a little odd and unnatural having to look to the right for the instruments...
Uhm, I hate to break it to you, but both the Prius and the Leaf have different clusters for LH/RH drive. (And different markets to boot!)TomT said:I realize that but I am not a big HUD fan, at least as they implemented it, and even so, I still think it lowers their costs as compared to having to have a left and right instrument cluster...
Ingineer said:Uhm, I hate to break it to you, but both the Prius and the Leaf have different clusters for LH/RH drive. (And different markets to boot!)TomT said:I realize that but I am not a big HUD fan, at least as they implemented it, and even so, I still think it lowers their costs as compared to having to have a left and right instrument cluster...
-Phil
Here, maybe a picture will work:TomT said:OK, that being the case, if there was no economic incentive, why did they feel the need to go with such an unconventional instrument panel layout with everything in the center stack and nothing physically in front of the driver?
Ingineer said:All the normal instrumentation you look at, Speed, Fuel, Shifter, Warning lights, etc. are NOT in the center display. It's basically just like the Leaf, they are in front of you. You can't see the left side (fuel) in this picture because of the angle.
Ingineer's comments about Gen 2 (owner of one) and Gen 3 Prius (driven numerous times) are correct (except about the HUD). PiP is the same as the Gen 3 in terms of instruments.TomT said:OK, maybe I'm hallucinating but I thought it was different on the Prius V and PIP I looked at and drove...
Ingineer said:All the normal instrumentation you look at, Speed, Fuel, Shifter, Warning lights, etc. are NOT in the center display. It's basically just like the Leaf, they are in front of you. You can't see the left side (fuel) in this picture because of the angle.
If they are compatible, and you want to do an advance replacement, you're going to have to pay expedited shipping both ways, as I can't have one of our units tied up too long in transit. My suggestion of purchasing an extra unit for the UK solves the problem, because you would own it, and I don't care how long it's in transit. You then ship that to me, I upgrade it, and send it back by whatever method you choose. Once you get it, you swap and send your old unit back for upgrade, then once that's back it goes in Leaf #2, and so on.aminorjourney said:So, It looks like I have another Leaf owner in the UK interested, who will be in Indiana next month for work. How confident are you that the UK and US versions are the same?
I could, for example, take the unit out of my Leaf and snap a couple of photos?
Nikki.
cwerdna said:Ingineer's comments about Gen 2 (owner of one) and Gen 3 Prius (driven numerous times) are correct (except about the HUD). PiP is the same as the Gen 3 in terms of instruments.TomT said:OK, maybe I'm hallucinating but I thought it was different on the Prius V and PIP I looked at and drove...
Ingineer said:All the normal instrumentation you look at, Speed, Fuel, Shifter, Warning lights, etc. are NOT in the center display. It's basically just like the Leaf, they are in front of you. You can't see the left side (fuel) in this picture because of the angle.
However, the Prius v wagon and Gen 1 Prius (NHW11) DO have them in the center. And yes, I don't like it there. There are some a few other vehicles from Toyota/Scion (and some being JDM only) and even a Saturn where they put the instruments in the center.
Gen 2 and 3 Prius speedometer and all aren't really a HUD though. The display is projected onto a mirror. You're actually looking at a mirror. There is an optional HUD (projects onto the windshield, see video at http://priuschat.com/threads/video-of-hud-in-action-mkii-inc-satnav.77405/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false available on the PiP and the Gen 3 Prius (depends on model year and region). (I'm sure Ingineer knows this as he's adept at taking apart the Gen 2 and fixing their combination meter boards (aka board that projects onto the mirror), when they develop a certain problem.)
EVerlasting said:EVSEUpgrade.com does not show this upgrade option anymore. Has this upgrade been discontinued?
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