The Magic of the Prius

all I've done is a few Wal-mart trips, but that is awesome to see what all you fit in there! beautiful fence too BTW! You need to come to my house!

 

nice prius.

 

The fullest my Prius has been was for Amateur Radio Field Day... When us ham radio operators stuff our cars with radios, tuners, cables, batteries, chairs, tables, tents, antennas, antenna masts, and cabinets full of parts, and deposit them in a city park or some remote site so we can make contacts around the country (or world if the propagation is good). Much fun! See
Field Day - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

Great Pics!!
Nice Fence too.

 

Hay nice job on the fence.Yea i know the feeling my last 2 cars were a supercharged s2000 and a Mx-5 sport .So i added a sunroof to the Prius
to let the sun in .

 

Wow, if I'd realized you could fit 8-foot lumber in there, I wouldn't have needed to borrow a friend's pickup last weekend.

The fullest I've had my Prius was four guys and camping gear for a 3-day trip to Oregon Country Fair back in 2005. It was the car's maiden voyage (She was only a week old at the time). She came home suitably dirty inside and out, but cleaned up real nice....

 

That is neat. Thanks for the pictures.

BTW, while we're on the topic of hauling stuff in the Prius, I would recommend that you get the black, vinyl bumper protector from the PriusShop here. It goes on and protects the top of the rear bumper. It's inexpensive and looks good. And if you will be doing much hauling, it will definitely look much better than your rear bumper would look without it.

 

Hey Bobbyb,

Hope you enjoyed the sunroof yesterday afternoon. As you know, it was nice and warm and sunny in our parts. Good day to drive to White Castle with the sunroof open.

 

It does take a bit of shift in thinking. I had to do a home depot run a few weeks back, and automatically went out back to start up the truck. After thinking about it a minute, I decided to take the Prius instead. Turned out the 600 lbs of garage shelving fit in the Prius with plenty of room to spare. And I still got over 50mpg on the trip home, vs. 14mpg in the truck.

I haven't tried it yet, but I have been told you can even fit 10' lumber in with the front seat down and still close the hatch!

Rob

 

You can also fit a coffee table, 3 end tables, and many other boxes around them. I already had the car 1/2 unloaded for this picture. Or if your passengers are sleepy or if you want to do not-so-rustic camping put a twin matress in the back. I have not tried a Queen matress back there yet. Altho I'd rather sleep with my toes in the rear, I have slept with my head in the back and it's great for watching the stars or rain fall!

 

I just showed the OP's photos to DH...

He hates you, man. He now no longer has an excuse to not build our fence... he said he had been waiting to get a pickup.

LOL!! Pretty Prius, btw... yes, bumper protector would be very, very good.

 

DH and I are thinking about trekking down to that this year. Have you gone more recently?

 

I love pictures like this. I think we should start a picture thread of loaded up Priuses.

 

Like this one, perhaps?

 

Nice black Prius, very nice.
The "fence", is it actually a gate or a fixed fence? It looks terrific.

I'm trying not to be a fence sitter on this.layball:

 

I don't want to be the 'spoil sport' here, but be aware that the Prius load rating is 810 lbs. BearSilber with those 2 bags of cement and the lumber what did it weigh?

Don't get me wrong. I have loaded up my Prius as well. As long as its not for extended drives or very frequently I don't think its a problem to load 'er up!

Just 'food for thought'

Marvin

 

I make a nice living chasing overloaded vehicles.

Doesn't look overloaded to me.