My current Prius is a gen 4 tho i’ll be receiving a gen 5 soon (according to my dealer anyway…lol) In any case, I am using one of those big rotomolded 65 liter coolers for the first time. It occurred to me that this will be a very heavy and hard-sided object in the trunk, near the glass of the hatch, etc. Is it necessary/a good idea to tie it down? Or overkill? If you think it should be tied down…is there even a way to do that in the gen 4 model? I found some hooks in mine close to the opening but im not sure theyre in the right spot to tie down my cooler (yeti tundra 65)
if you tie down everything you buy and bring home in the hatch, then i suppose so. might depend on how you drive as well
If you can squeeze it in with out unlatching the back seats, it should be fine. Just be careful slamming the rear hatch; you may break the glass. If you have to lower the back seats, I'd tie it down enough - so it doesn't become a projectile and break my back or neck in a abrupt stop or rear end collision. Hope this helps....
Turns on how much of a psychotic crazed wacko Speed Demon Corner hugging driver you are. On the other end of the spectrum, I left a pair of C-clamp vise grips on the passenger Step Up sitting on the Mercedes motorhome and when we drove 100 miles down to Lake Placid Montana, lo & behold my wife opens her door and says, "you've got to be kidding". They were still sitting there. LOL .
You're driving a gen4 Prius, are you sure you can accelerate fast enough to tumble a heavy cooler in the trunk?
Let’s presume you don’t secure it as you evidently suspect you should. If anything did happen how hard are you going to kick yourself wishing you had followed your own instincts?
Everything’s snugged down good. I never tie down coolers though. Maybe should, but it’d inconvenient for access, and they’re relatively light, “less” inertia in a crash.
