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Cargo cover!

Discussion in 'Prius c Technical Discussion' started by Angel Natal, Apr 11, 2012.

  1. Ashley7

    Ashley7 Active Member

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    I am so glad for the cover. It's important for me to have a private area to store stuff. And I was glad when I realized how easy it is to remove. That helped when I loaded up the back with firewood.
     
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    Ashley, any chance you could post a pic of your cargo cover in place and in use? I have a hard time picturing what it would be used for since the C2 already comes with that lid for the cargo area. I assume you are talking about some sort of mess that allows you to load more/higher than the solid lid would allow.
     
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    No no, I was just talking about the standard cover. Sorry for the miscommunication. Most of the time I have plenty of room with the cover still attached. The only time I've needed to remove it so far was that firewood situation.
     
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    I've removed mine a couple of times so far... only to find after loading the items that I need not have removed the cover. :whistle:
     
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    I agree - the Marketing department just stuck with having to figure out how to sell the different trim levels ;)
     
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    I didn't have any kind of cover in my old hatchback so I got in the habit of keeping a smallish covered tub in the back. I'm still doing that - I keep my shopping bags, windex & paper towels, tarp and a bunch of assorted items (emergency, convenience) in it. I also keep a blanket in case I want to cover something. I find the "hatch" area - with the seat up - to be very small in the C compared to my old car (of course, we don't want to talk about the "back seat" in the old car - I know why there's a difference lol!). I'm getting really close to taking out the cargo cover (and those rear seat headrests at the same time) because when I run weekend errands, I can't get pet supplies AND groceries, etc. into the hatch space and I find myself wishing I could just drop the 40% seat but I've got the darn cover there - sort of awkward (at least for me).

    I haven't looked at the spare wheel compartment yet (I know....a bit slow in the exploration department), but I think I've read elsewhere that if the foam blocks are taken out, the cargo cover and seat rests will fit there? That would be handy (then I'd just have to store the styrofoam somewhere so that I have it whenever I trade/sell the car down the road).
     
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    I don't need the cover. That's what large emergency raincoats are for (always have one in the car). I figure if I'm outlet shopping, no one's going through the trouble and risk getting caught to steal my $39 Nikes (on sale at 60% off).

    This is a true story: Family of my brother in law took a trip to Mexico and stayed there a few days. They had bought trinkets / touristy crap and had placed them in the trunk of their car. They went to get more crap, and when they returned to their car, they discovered that their car had been broken into. None of the touristy crap was taken (absolutely none of them). They took all of their clothes (Gap, Levis, Calvin Klein, etc), even the underwear. To them, used US bought name brand clothes were worth more than their new tourist crap.

    Other than that, if I leave something of value the car and it gets stolen, then that's my fault for not practicing common sense.
     
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    I'm always paranoid about covering things up with coats because it seems like thieves would have caught onto that scheme by now...lol. That said, I still do it sometimes (what are you gonna do?), and if it works for you, more power to you! You knew what you needed and saved money buying the One.
     
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    Yep, my coat currently hides a little box that contains: A bottle of water, an emergency blanket, two rear headrests, a flashlight, a pen, spare fuses and a tire kit. I'm still debating whether or not a set of jumper cables will be of any use.

    If someone needs it more than I, then they'll have to break into the car to get it. Either they'll get caught or end up feeling stupid for getting nothing of value.
     
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    I took the cargo cover thing off after about two weeks, just tossed it in the house somewhere because I can't imagine it ever serving a functional purpose for me. The headrests are on the floor of the backseat (need to find a better place to keep those!), and one rear seat is always down to facilitate weekend grocery and pet shopping. So far, other than the initial test drive, we've never had three people in the car, so the backseat thing isn't an issue for us.
     
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    I removed the rear headrests last weekend...I feel so much more comfortable with the rear visibility!

    Can anyone explain how to remove the seatbelt for the rear middle spot? I will NEVER use that and seeing that strap across the rear view kinda bugs me (I'm very close to cutting the strap which I'm sure is not the way to approach it!).

    Rocmills, I'll probably do like you've done with the cover so I can drop half the seat for cargo space.
     
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    Just use a key to push in the little slot on the buckle part.

    SGH-T989 ? 2
     
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    Even easier... just use the main buckle tab itself. Instructions and diagrams are here:

    http://www.toyota.com/t3Portal/document/om/OM52B58U/pdf/sec_1-4.pdf

    Pages 11 and 12 of the PDF, or pages 86 and 87 of the manual.

    I think I stowed mine on the day I got the car and it hasn't been used since. :sneaky:
     
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    Perfect! Thanks Rob and JLee. For some reason, I was focused on the place in the roof where it got threaded through.
     
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    off topic but does the c2 come with a fully adjustable drivers seat? in my c1 i can only recline and move it back and fourth. but im wondering if in the higher models you can also adjust the angle? damn the c1 got nothing!
     
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    The c2+ can also adjust the height of the seat.

    So in total: recline, forward/backward, and height.
     
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    I just went to the car. I used the car key to press the tab. Having the middle seat belt out of the way rocks.
     
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    I almost got the Model 1 but the dealer had more 2 and up in stock. The one has no cruse control, who buys a hybrid with no cruise control?