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Prius Prime and spare tire

Discussion in 'Prime Main Forum (2017-2022)' started by gvp1995, May 22, 2016.

  1. jerrymildred

    jerrymildred Senior Member

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    The Plus and Premium use a lightweight flexible cargo cover. Where you have sockets front & back for the retractable cover, we have "pins" for lack of a better word, to hook on the cover which does a little twist-fold like a collapsable windshield sun screen. We can remove those "pins" to install a retractable cover if we buy one, or, if you get the lightweight cover, you can also get pins to put in there to support it.
     
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    The sunshade cover is flimsy and cheap. It sounds like you have the good trunk covet, which I thought were not being installed any more. ???? Do all Primes have the better trunk cover?
    I have the Prius, Prime, Plus.
     
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    As mentioned by others, Plus and Premium trims have a lightweight flexible black nylon cargo cover. The Advanced trim came with hard retractable tonneau cover.
     
  4. mistermojorizin

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    My advanced has a retractable flexible nylon tonneau cover. It is definitely just a piece of nylon that is retractable so not "hard." Looks like this: Retractable cargo cover- any pictures? anyone not using theirs?
     
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    Yeah, that's what I meant, a retractable flexible, but "harder" than the one that comes with Plus or Premium. The one that comes with Plus or Premium is very thin. I mean really thin like a black "pantyhose". :D
     
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    I often carry a spare fuel pump as I have had more fuel pump failures than flats in the last 20 years.
    Usually it takes only a bit longer to change than a flat tire, depending on the vehicle.
    Where should we take the 'spares' conversation?
     
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    I have a full sized spare, never used, if anyone wants to buy it. I'm in Virginia. Will throw in a plugged (fixed w/a plug) OEM tire for free. I sold my Prime to Carvana last summer and kept the spare in case I got a new Prime, but I ended up getting a Kia Niro PHEV.