I'm wondering if there is an electronic copy of the 2006 owners manual available anywhere in Priuschat or elsewhere on the web. I have searched the strings in Priuschat and not found anything, although I'm guessing this question must have been asked and answered many times. Sorry if this is redundant to a previous string, I just can't find it anywhere. Thanks, Joel
Lot's of them on ebay. Search for prius manuals. But query the seller since some, advertised as covering 04, 05, 06 only cover 04 models Peter
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(PAK @ Jul 29 2006, 08:22 AM) [snapback]294276[/snapback]</div> I'm actually looking for an electronic copy, probably in PDF. Not purchase of a hardcopy, I'll get that in a week when I get the car. Thanks, Joel
The manuals I looked at are on CDROM. The particular seller has these available with USPS shipping or internet download with no shipping charge Peter
AFAIK, the only legitimate electronic version you can get is from TIS. Each section can be dowloaded as a PDF, and then you can assemble a single PDF using Acrobat (or your favorite software).
I believe that by not having an on-line version of the Owners Manual Toyota is doing itself a disservice. I would have liked to get hold of a manual prior to ordering a Prius but could not. All I wanted to know what was in the car and how easy were the features to use. The dealer told me a list of features but that left me confused because I thought my car, being top of the range, would have the same features as the US model - not so. Then when I did order I thought it would be a good idea to read the manual before taking delivery so that I could operate the vehicle without confusion. I had told the salesman that I wanted 1 month's notice of of the delivery date so that I could sell the car I owned. Well I did not receive any notice and as a consequence the Prius sat in the dealership for 3 weeks while I tried to offload my gas guzzler. I did, however, take a trip to inspect my new beauty and came away with the manual. Just as well I did, because being an old fogy I would have had considerable problems if I had not understood some of the car's systems in advance. Being a new technology vehicle at first it did make me nervous and it was with some intrepidity that I drove home from the dealership - a situation that would have been much more traumatic without the pre-read. Oh dear, I must be getting old.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Orf @ Jul 29 2006, 06:37 PM) [snapback]294408[/snapback]</div> Actually, I think your approach is extremely sensible. Toyota is doing itself a disservice. For all those people who genuinely want to know about the car they are about to purchase/purchasing, it makes enormous sense to have an online (read: searchable) manual. How many people actually take the time to read manuals, Usenet, forums, etc. to become acquainted with whatever technology they intend to purchase, be it iPods or cars? For many, it's far easier to call someone on their cell phone. Don't worry. You're not getting old - no more than I am or rest of us. You're merely displaying laudable self-reliance. Bonus points for that. Why count on someone else to educate you when you can do that (thank you very much!) for yourself?
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Orf @ Jul 29 2006, 05:37 PM) [snapback]294408[/snapback]</div> I agree. On high tech products, I often look at the manual to get a feeling for what the product truly can do before deciding which to buy. I want to read up on the car before picking mine up and then driving 500 miles to get it home. It would be nice to have an idea of how to get some of the cool toys working instead of trying to play with them while driving it home. After all, it's a new toy and I just want to play Joel
Uh, guys? Hello? You CAN get the manual in advance, from Toyota, online. Go to the TIS website: http://techinfo.toyota.com/. For $10, you get a whole day to download any Toyota/Lexus publications you want. Electronic and legal. And to be quite honest, judging by the number of questions on this website that are easily answered by reading the Owner's Manual, I doubt that many of the people who have access to a manual are even using it.
How about the Web version? Create an account at http://mytoyota.toyotaownersonline.com/. You can see maintainence guide/plan and you can even enter service records like you would write down in hard copy. Dennis
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(brandon @ Jul 29 2006, 08:56 PM) [snapback]294480[/snapback]</div> If you want full day for 10 bucks you can also down load the entire service manual. Go legal not a big deal and it gives you a smug feeling.
You might not even need to create an account. Try this link: http://smg.toyotapartsandservice.com/owner...?v=Prius&y=2006 Dennis
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(usbseawolf2000 @ Jul 29 2006, 11:12 PM) [snapback]294489[/snapback]</div> Cool - it could be like a backup for your regular maintenance records.
Yeah, but Toyota's interface to the manual sections is absolutely horrid. It's actually run by Snap-on Tools, and their people *know* it sucks but they won't consider changing it last I knew. http://techno-fandom.org/~hobbit/cars/toyota-tis-sucks.txt I've got a full index of the '04 up at http://techno-fandom.org/~hobbit/cars/TIS/ that makes bulk-downloading a lot easier, but you still need the subscription to actually get the PDFs. [the sites wants a time-based cookie whose encryption particulars I didn't manage to figure out.] And that's only for the '04, not the '06. . _H*
