Best repair manual?

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  1. busu

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    What would be the best reasonably priced repair manual? I do own a Bentley for my BMW and they are head and shoulders over anything else out there. However, I don't have any experience with PDF and computer based ones. Any good advice? Thanks
     
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    If you are choosing between Bentley and any other paper manual produced by a third party, Bentley would prevail.

    However if you wish to perform more complex repairs, nothing can compare with the official Toyota repair manual documentation which runs 4,000+ pages. See techinfo.toyota.com which is a subscription website.
     
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    I've got the Chilton one that coves US and Canadian models. It seems pretty good so far.
     
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    See this thread for more discussion on this topic.

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    How about some FREE documentation?

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    The bentley book covers 2004-2008. Anyone know if it applies to 2009 as well? Doubt that there has been much change between the 2008 to 2009 right?
     
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    I wonder how long it'll take for hybrid-synergy.eu/Documents_2010
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    The Italian Prius guru (The Tramp) that put up these directories hasn't done it YET. But there is an "RAR" archive of a 2010 owners manual at Manuale d'uso USA .

    JeffD
     
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    The 2006 manual referenced should still be accurate for the 2009 but not for a 2010 which is significantly different than the earlier models.

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    I bought it and it is awesome for $44. I needed the pictures as well as the shop manual PDFs posted above in the Italian forum. All good!
     
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    Today I submitted the following at bentleypublishers:

    Feedback, General
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    Message: I see your 04-08 Prius book, and I would be confident using it on a 09 as well, but the 2010 is a new generation with many changes.

    When might one expect a re-write to cover 2010 changes?

    Your book is highly regarded at priuschat.com, but I would greatly prefer one that addressed the '10.

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