Just bought a brand new Prius and the almost 2 inch stack of manuals had a cheap green plastic cover! My last Toyota had a decent zippered case but this piece of garbage is a disgrace! Had to go out and buy an IPAD cover that zipped to put the manuals in.
Welcome! You have what we call a Generation 4 Prius. Perhaps the manual case is a regional thing. I got a zippered case when I bought mine last October. The manuals are online here. 2017 Toyota Prius Owners Manual and Warranty - Toyota Owners
I didn't get a folder, the manuals were just in the glove box. I used the plastic case that came with my 2010.
Our 2010 Manual came in a similar vinyl folder, a nice dark colour though. I'm fine with it, easily pleased I guess. It did have some little business card pockets. To be fair I think they took more care with ours: it's nicely textured, and no goofy recycle logo.
When we got our 2010 Prius II in August of 2009 it came in a dealer specific plastic holder with a plastic snap. The 2017 RX450h we just got last month had a much nicer carrier and has a magnetic close. But it sits in the glove box, so I don't pay it much mind.
when we pippers got our cars, we got whatever the dealers were using. meanwhile, the volt newbies were getting fancy leather cases with cool swag inside. i did get a recycle bag in the mail with a sticker and a plug in logo though.
it's clipped to the pegboard in from of my car, with the plug in logo on the wall. they're going to be like new when i sell the car, that stuff is important.
The devil is in the details. You almost had the deal done earlier in the year when @Mendel Leisk was on the PIP wheel kick. It must be worth more than the rims after all.
a little, but not much. the swag might add 50 bucks. jever see wayne carini when he finds an old car with the tools, manuals, invoice and etc.? worth thousands!
I'm a Velocity channel watcher and have seen Chasing Classic Cars a time or 2. He definitely gets on the trail of some rare cars. That probably helps. The one episode I liked was the one where he found a 60s Porsche that had like 7000 original miles and the owner saved the original tires. Still got those available for the sale in the future?
i would have, if i only had 7,000 miles. my 12 year old miata had the originals at 27,000 miles, it still wasn't worth diddlysquat.
I ever tell you about my mother in laws Miata? Bought brand new the first year they came out (1990?) and sold in 2009 with 375 k miles on the clock. Not sure what your Miata fetched when you sold, but hers out here in the Bay Area sold for $1500 and there was a queuing line on Craigslist for it. It had the detached hard top, so that might have helped. The guy that bought it said he would get it over the 500 k mile hump and send a pic. I need to ask if they ever received the pic .
incredible! i bought a '91 after drooling for awhile. stripped down version with crank windows. put a couple thousand miles a year of sunday driving on her before i decided to pull the plug. bolt it for $6,500. in 2003 to a lady from cape cod who was on oxygen, and had flipped her own miata and came out none the worse for wear. it was an interesting story.
Sounds like an interesting story. Thanks for sharing a piece of it. To get further off the rails in this thread, when I participated in the Prius Challenge in Sonoma in March, there was a team of Miata racers there. They had a souped up dark blue Miata trailered and track ready! It was worth checking out. They ended up winning the Prius challenge too. Put us Prius Chatters to shame. At least I tried to bring this back to a Prius related topic.
The books for mine were delivered in a heap, without a portfolio of any kind—I think @Prodigyplace is correct, that it’s up to the dealer or regional distributor to provide a cover, if they want customers to have one. It was more surprising to me that the Information Guide card, at least for model year 2016, is just a bit too big to fit properly in the glove compartment without curling—you’d think Toyota would have checked the dimensions for something like that. Order your Service Tool Full Set now, then: Toyota part number 09002-1C103 (¥68,800). They also sell a smaller Service Tool Half Set, 09003-1C103 (¥40,400), and a Body Repair Tool Set, 09006-00027 (¥138,000). You also need Genuine Toyota Service fender covers (00422-26000-FE, $22.68 each).
Just be thankful you didn't spend more by purchasing a Tesla and then wonder why it has plastic vanity mirrors without lighting
Must be dealer specific. I have white plastic for my Prius. I have quite literally a plastic bag for my Mitsubishi. And I have probably a faux leather case for my Hyundai.
