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Entering Car With 12v battery disconnected

Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Care, Maintenance & Troubleshooting' started by Mauiman, Jul 3, 2019.

  1. Raytheeagle

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    Who’s the maker of the Black Box:whistle:?
     
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    D'oh! Thanks for the proof read. Too late to correct now, my brain cells are currently being over taken by contents comprised of dark red wine.
     
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    black box:cool:
     
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    I guess with 50 Gold medals and 29 Best Buy’s, how can you go wrong(y).
     
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    i alternate with both for a change. funny how one tastes better after drinking the other.

    we do drink josh at holidays, big spenders.:p
     
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    After you drink enough, it’ll all taste the same:cool:.

    When we go to one of the wine clubs for their release party, they have 15 or so separate vineyards that they have tastings for:).

    Thankfully the wife is the DD:love:.

    Once you get to the end, it’s definitely hard to remember what the first one tasted like, maybe by design (y).
     
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    it all started at the wedding at Cana ;)
     
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    I get that also at tasting event. Think it's probably the alcohol effecting the brain memory of "which did I think was the best so far?" and lose all count of the wine flavor and names. The only way for me to remember is bring a pen and rank a number by each name printed on their agenda w/wine label flavors so at the end I'll remember
     
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    Alternating is best. Suddenly a cheaper price wine has better flavor, self-mind games.
     
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    Oh they give a pen and guide to the wines;).

    But the small differences are a challenge once the palette has been exposed to so many:(.

    That doesn’t stop me from trying though(y).
     
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    only once have i tasted a wine so good, it didn't taste like wine at all. it was a few hundred dollars though.
     
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    I’ve had my fair share of good wines and they can be pricey :cool:.

    But life’s about perspective and that’s our one vice in life;).

    Fully supported by my CFO:).

    So how can I go wrong(y).
     
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    I'm trying to avoid having to crawl over the seats to hook up the battery after the car has set for a while. The latch mechanism in the hatch is like a large staple. The hook/lock mechanism is in the floor of the car. I wonder...if I put duct tape totally around the staple portion, disconnected the battery and closed the rear hatch, would the hook/lock mechanism fail to engage the staple and I could just close the hatch and open it when I return to reconnect the battery? (the hatch would be closed but not latched shut)
     
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    you can just hook the battery to the jump point, open the hatch, then install it
     
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    You can unlock the hatch by accessing it directly from the inside, so there will be some crawling involved. There's a small access panel under the lock, and you can pull the lever by hand. Much easier than reconnecting the battery with your feet in the air.
     
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    There's a much easier and more reliable way to leave the hatch closed but not latched. While it is open, just directly press the latch mechanism into the position it would be in if the hatch were latched. You should here two clicks. Then lower the hatch gently.
     
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    I don’t think that will work if the 12V battery is disconnected.
     
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    I've actually never tried this, but if you say it doesn't work, then it probably doesn't work with it disconnected
     
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    It will probably work..........
     
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