Haynes Prius Repair Manual...

[klodhopper]

Looks like Amazon.com is taking pre-orders for a repair manual for Toyota Prius's, with tenative ship date of 15 Feb, 2008. Doesn't seem to be a bad price, and you get a pre-order guarantee.

Amazon.com: Toyota Prius, '01-'08 (Hayne's Automotive Repair Manual): Books: Alan Ahlstrand

Amazon.com: Toyota Prius, '01-'08 (Hayne's Automotive Repair Manual): Books: Alan Ahlstrand
Amazon.com: Toyota Prius, '01-'08 (Hayne's Automotive Repair Manual): Books: Alan Ahlstrand

[jayman]

So why not just go directly to Toyota and download the genuine factory shop manual?

http://techinfo.toyota.com

Click on "Subscribe" and follow the instructions. You can get a 24 hour subscription for $10 if I recall. Get it on a Friday evening and you should have the entire weekend to download all the manual.

[N3FOL]

Good idea. I will check into this when I get home.

[ozyran440]

Did anyone else order this thing? I really prefer paper copies to the electronic ones - I'll burn up WAY MORE paper printing up pages from a service manual than if I have the Haynes manual.

And there's NO WAY I'll pay for a service manual. Not until I can find a complete one for less than $50.

I just ordered mine yesterday, and I imagine it will be in next week sometime. This Haynes manual is the only thing that will keep me from disbanding with the Prius for good. I'm tired of having to take this car into the dealership for any repair just because I don't have any torque specs!

[edthefox5]

Jayman is of course correct but it sure is fun & handy to have all the data right there in that little book without printing 3 maple tree's. Well worth the $ 17. Will def. pick one up. Thank you.

[kenmce]

Originally Posted by jayman

So why not just go directly to Toyota and download the genuine factory shop manual?

The shop manual for for the classic is a ghastly unindexed mess. The last Haynes manual I saw was not nearly as detailed, but was clearly written and easy to work from.

[seasalsa]

Looks like it will not be available until April. I received this email from Amazon yesterday.

"Hello from Amazon.com.

We're writing about the order you placed on February 14 2008. Unfortunately, we are unable to ship the item(s) as soon as we expected and need to provide you with a new estimate of when the item(s) may be delivered:

Ken Freund (Editor) "Toyota Prius, '01-'08 (Hayne's Automotive
Repair Manual)" [Paperback]
Estimated arrival date: 04/21/2008 - 04/23/2008"

[klodhopper]

Originally Posted by seasalsa

Looks like it will not be available until April. I received this email from Amazon yesterday.

"Hello from Amazon.com.

We're writing about the order you placed on February 14 2008. Unfortunately, we are unable to ship the item(s) as soon as we expected and need to provide you with a new estimate of when the item(s) may be delivered:

Ken Freund (Editor) "Toyota Prius, '01-'08 (Hayne's Automotive
Repair Manual)" [Paperback]
Estimated arrival date: 04/21/2008 - 04/23/2008"

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Yeah, I got my notice yesterday too. I've had mine ordered since 8 Dec/07, still looking forward to at least having a paperback reference book to keep with the car.

[lumpy95]

Originally Posted by seasalsa

Looks like it will not be available until April. I received this email from Amazon yesterday.

"Hello from Amazon.com.

We're writing about the order you placed on February 14 2008. Unfortunately, we are unable to ship the item(s) as soon as we expected and need to provide you with a new estimate of when the item(s) may be delivered:

Ken Freund (Editor) "Toyota Prius, '01-'08 (Hayne's Automotive
Repair Manual)" [Paperback]
Estimated arrival date: 04/21/2008 - 04/23/2008"

Yup, I got the same thing from Amazon.

[jayman]

Originally Posted by ozyran440

Did anyone else order this thing? I really prefer paper copies to the electronic ones - I'll burn up WAY MORE paper printing up pages from a service manual than if I have the Haynes manual.

And there's NO WAY I'll pay for a service manual. Not until I can find a complete one for less than $50.

I just ordered mine yesterday, and I imagine it will be in next week sometime. This Haynes manual is the only thing that will keep me from disbanding with the Prius for good. I'm tired of having to take this car into the dealership for any repair just because I don't have any torque specs!

So why not just download the Prius manual directly from Toyota Techinfo? How often would you possibly have to print out the manual, especially the entire thing? Every modern dealership - Toyota, Honda, GM, etc - uses electronic records, IOW an Adobe Acrobat file.

If you're not willing to visit Techinfo, try AllData DIY and purchase a subscription. I've used them to help co-workers and AllData has the same exact manual as the factory

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