Not according to the owners' manual. I think it is in case you get a spare or need to remove a flat tire to have it repaired. The tools are insurance. Unfortunately not the insurance that a real factory supplied spare would afford.
in the pip manual, you have to jack the car up to use the goop. it won't work with the weight of the car on the flat. maybe they changed the 2016.
That's the opening of the hatch, right? Not the width of the floor? I'm guessing the floor's width is also reduced compared to the Gen 3 due to the suspension? Doing reverse math, the gain is 56L in cargo capacity which means 3617 cu in. Dividing that by (2.5" height x 35" depth) gets me 39" of floor width. It's because of the new rear suspension. A torsion beam is compact which allows for greater trunk space. The double wishbone requires more space and will intrude into the cargo area.
This is more than I thought, a plug kit would be good. I wonder how well the air compressor works, what does it do, plug into 12 volt?
A good quality bicycle pump will work too. I've brought a completely flat tire back up after a plug repair with one, a couple of times now. You get it done: flat tires are very motivating, lol.
keep in mind, the compressor only works with the goo, which ruins the tpms. if you want to plug n play, you should buy your own 12v compressor, or do as mendel says above.
yes. unfortunately, there's no way to test it until you need it. google toyota's goop video, it's a nightmare.
a jump start would have decent compressor on them maybe. I have two but never tried compressor of either. I've helped others with jump starting and also started Prius once when the wife left lights on and killed the battery. (17 lb)
yes, that's a handy tool to have. one concern is that some compressors can take forever to fill a car tyre from zero.
Ok, I did. I set the driver seat as far forward as it would go, then measured from the back of the driver seat to the part of the back seat which would be behind your knees, and the distance with the drivers seat all the way forward was 16 inches. With the driver's seat all the way back, 5.5 inches. I then put it where I am comfortable driving, and it was 11.5 inches. I was also able to get my feet under the driver's seat somewhat, increasing comfort. The max and min measurements were the same in the passenger seat. My wife just got home with the 2010, I will take the same measurements shortly. Pictures to follow.
Ok, so in my unprofessional opinion, the 2010 seems to have a little more rear leg room, at least the distance from the driver's seat to the back seat bottom (behind the knees). I measured the 2010 at 18 max, 18.5 min, and 12 at the point where I would drive it. At the distance I would drive it, I found the leg room comfortable. Ofcourse I'm only 5'8. Pictured is the 2016, set to where I drive.
Correct, the 2016 has 1 half inch less legroom (measured from the front of the back seat behind where the knees bend to the driver seat) at a position where I like to drive. Now, I may not have the driver seats set exactly the same, and I may not be the best measurer. I can say, in both cases, it's comfortable for a short guy like me.
Thanks for doing this. Looks like Toyota's slowly decreasing rear legroom back to "normal" numbers. The Gen 2 had limo-like legroom (rivalling the Prius v). The Gen 3 lost quite a bit but it was somewhat mitigated by increasing the kneeroom (curving out the rear of the front seatback to keep kneeroom reasonable even when the front seat is all the way back).
