I finally had the opportunity to try the hill start control function of HSD. I was coming out of an underground parking garage that had a very steep entrance up to the street. There was a line up a cars leaving so that meant having to stop right in the middle of this fairly steep incline. I knew the car had this feature so I gave it a test. I let my foot off the brake and paused for a second or two and the TCH didn't budge until I applied the accel. pedal.

This incline was steep enough that any car without some sort of "hill hold" system would require the driver to be very quick and alert to avoid falling back into the car behind. A succesful test.

Two climate control systems, one inside and the other at the tailpipe.

2007 Camry Hybrid (in service June 2006)
FE: 6.77L/100km (34.8 mpg) over 37750km (23450mi)
75% city - Ave trip 20 min - 2 Winters