Hello everyone,
Great to be here and looking forward to mixing it up with you good folk.
I am the proud owner of a 2003 120 series which has been a dependable workhorse for 7 odd years now.
It is however time to switch to the new model and I have 2 kids in tow now as well.
The 2009 Kakadu caught my eye for the suite of safety/driver assist features that are only present on this top of the range spec purely to have the safest Prado I can afford for the kids and Mrs.
Nowhere can I seem to find the max operating speed that the Pre Collision Safety System works at. I know Ford and Volvos version operate at a max of 30 and 40 km/h respectively and that info was not hard to find at all.
I have contacted Toyota Australia twice via email with no reply. The latest brochures dont mention much about this either.
Is anybody able to shed light on this and if possible has anyone experienced this safety feature in action and can offer advice. Personal opinions on the merits of these safety features aside, I am deciding whether the Kakadu is worth the financial stretch or if the Pre Collision Safety System is simply a bell and whistle. Is it the same as is present in the Prius, which has been found not to work and subject to litigation in the US?
Thanks so much,
xb
Great to be here and looking forward to mixing it up with you good folk.
I am the proud owner of a 2003 120 series which has been a dependable workhorse for 7 odd years now.
It is however time to switch to the new model and I have 2 kids in tow now as well.
The 2009 Kakadu caught my eye for the suite of safety/driver assist features that are only present on this top of the range spec purely to have the safest Prado I can afford for the kids and Mrs.
Nowhere can I seem to find the max operating speed that the Pre Collision Safety System works at. I know Ford and Volvos version operate at a max of 30 and 40 km/h respectively and that info was not hard to find at all.
I have contacted Toyota Australia twice via email with no reply. The latest brochures dont mention much about this either.
Is anybody able to shed light on this and if possible has anyone experienced this safety feature in action and can offer advice. Personal opinions on the merits of these safety features aside, I am deciding whether the Kakadu is worth the financial stretch or if the Pre Collision Safety System is simply a bell and whistle. Is it the same as is present in the Prius, which has been found not to work and subject to litigation in the US?
Thanks so much,
xb
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