Has anyone slept in the back of the Prius V and is it roomy enough? I'm 6-2 and need to occasionally sleep I my vehicle on road trips. So close to buying one. Thanks Nexus 7 ? 4
Here's a thread that might give you some ideas on how to setup the back for sleeping. The Official Prius Camping and Road tripping Thread | PriusChat SCH-I535
The front passenger seat folds flat, combining with the rear seat to make more or less a bed. Instructions are in the manual.
I've already found good information on the regular Prius but was looking for more specific info on the V. Perhaps the fold down seats do not lie flat or the cargo area is narrower or I don't know - some peculiarity unique to the V. I expect the V is longer and wider overall. Thanks Nexus 7 ? 4
ah excellent. I don't currently own a Prius V so don't have a manual. But that is the information I'm looking for. Nexus 7 ? 4
The manual is available at Toyota.com. I was wrong BTW, both front seats fold flat. http://www.toyota.com/t3Portal/document/om/OM47820U/pdf/sec_01-04.pdf
Space is not the problem. I can get 10' lumber or conduit in with the seats folded. The rear seat does not fold completely flat. The front passenger seat folds back, not forward. You could simply go to a dealer and see how it works.
I'll have to try the "fold flat" on my 2010 iv... my HHR the passenger seat folded flat forward and the back of the seat had a hard plastic shell to protect the seat fabric from long items..
Here I am transporting 96 cheesecakes for the UMW You can see that 4 foot by 6 foot is easy, and that the load floor is not perfectly flat, but very flat.
Huh. I've been driving the damn thing since the week it came out, and I never realized that the driver seat folded. Thanks! So far as the sleeping question goes, I'm 6'5" and have slept in the back (diagonally) without even folding the front seats. I would recommend a foam pad, but otherwise it's comfy enough.
I just got a Prius v, and the only area that is really flat is the cargo area. When you fold the back seat forward ("flat") it's not really flat. It slopes uphill toward the front seat. Also there's a gap between the cargo area and the rear seat that is adjustable by sliding the seat fore or aft, but it doesn't completely go away. I'm going to try to find cushions of varying thickness to even out the length of the "bed". Also as pointed out, you will probably need a box or other support on the floor behind the front seat to lay your head or feet, whichever way you prefer. The other way some people do it is to recline both the front and back seat, but that makes a really wavy bed.
