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Rated for towing :) I love those throw away lines journos use... A manual one perhaps but not an automatic. Not in my hybrid it doesn't. For some strange reason, i find toyota hybrids very enjoyable to drive.And there is a distinct lack of stress when stuck in traffic.

if you have the cargo net integrated into the tonneau it retracts down into it when not in use - you will see a little bar raised at an angle at each end. (I'll maybe try a photo in the morning). re. horizontal cargo net.: the official Toyota one is middle £30s iirc but a cheap ebay one like you linked should be fine. I would have thought that you could find one quite a bit cheaper than £24. I think that this is similar to the one that I got http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/130835449568 although I use it vertically (doubled over) to prevent stuff falling out the back when I open the tailgate. As I said my car is a facelift & they deleted the fixings for the vertical net in the facelift so I had to come up with fixings as well as find a net. If your car is not a facelift your car should have the fixings. re. dividers: you might find this thread useful http://www.toyotaownersclub.com/forums/topic/145338-load-area-on-estate-side-compartment-dividers/ Re. trim level: did you not know what you were buying? :P How have you insured it? Your V5 (or insurance certificate I would have thought) should have it on it i.e. T2, TR, T4, T Spirit. If you have signed up for MyToyota that should also tell you.

I wouldn't care to speculate on what's next to go, at that year and mileage you could expect radiator and clutch but i don't know what type of replacements you've already had. On the subject of the rear door opening you can buy a modified check strap to allow the door to open to ninety degrees. It was limited due to EU regulations about the visibility of rear lighting and reflectors. The only thing to bear in mind is that, if you fit one of these and someone runs into the back of you at night because they could not see the required amount of lighting / reflection then you will be held liable. I don't know why Toyota persisted with this outmoded unsafe design when most of their competitors had changed to the upright opening door. Checkstrap available here http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TOYOTA-RAV-4-REAR-DOOR-CHECK-STRAP-COVERSION-KIT-RAV-4-/310653738558

A manual one perhaps but not an automatic. Not in my hybrid it doesn't. For some strange reason, i find toyota hybrids very enjoyable to drive.And there is a distinct lack of stress when stuck in traffic.Couldn't agree with you more.Seems like half of the usual cobblers jernos come up with. Oh, more than half, surely! I was amused in the early days to read reports that Toyota engineers were bemused by feedback from owners using words like "enjoyable", "exciting", "involving" "fascinating" etc. They retorted with comments like "why??? It's not a sports car!". Personally, I'm certainly not at all unhappy with the performance - early adopters 12-15 years ago were saying it felt like it was in first gear whatever the speed, while at the same time always feeling like it's in top gear when driving at a steady speed. My first Mk 1 Prius was written off in a crash after just 6 months. Sitting in the wreckage, waiting for a crane to lift the car off the island it landed upon, I recall two main themes going through my mind: if I'd had a 40 mph crash like this in any of the first five cars I owned in the 1970s, I'd have died for sure - the Mk 1 Prius didn't even think it was bad enough to fire the airbags, despite hitting a car in the middle of a set of traffic lights (he went through red!) then going airborne and crash landing on a traffic island, flattening a traffic light pole, ripping out three sections of metal railing (complete with big lumps of concrete still attached to their legs), and severely bending a couple more! In fact, when I got out and started taking pictures (having made sure the couple in the other car were ok) I wasn't even shaking. Then I thought about the prospect of going back to an 'ordinary' car. Even if it hadn't been so good on petrol and relatively low emissions, I'd fallen for the magic carpet low speed effect and seamless, gearless acceleration up to any speed. I then got back in the wreckage and rang my dealer to order another Prius!

Thanks Konrad, that must be the answer as no problems with the car but it was quite un nerving at the time. Regards, Derek

Nah it wont play anything on a cd-rw, i found my manual and it said the unit may not play cd-rw So dont fink anything would work :-( Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk

I had the same question,dealer explained it to me.

Interesting... It's the first update of the Prius that isn't quicker to 62mph and higher top speed than the outgoing version - and that's no bad thing in my book. The 12½ sec acceleration of the original Mk 1 (European) version and 99 mph top speed (106 on the clock [not that I ever saw that]) was more than enough for me - I hardly ever floored it in that one, and certainly don't on my Mk3 Prius. Personally, I'd have been happier with less performance and even better mpg and emissions. Also, their comment this Prius is ok for towing (first I'd heard of that) will be good news for some - I suspect the old one could have done, but Toyota engineers were being overly cautious with anything that might overheat the HV battery or inverters. Why do journalist persist in saying it's only good for urban driving?? I love mine as much on a long fast(ish) run as I do around town - and being a bit careful I generally get 70-80 mpg (computed - so knock about 4 off for true figure) on a 250 mile round trip and the same on longer local village/town driving. It's only a number of short journey/cold starts that keeps my overall figure where it is, but it's been climbing steadily since my number of very short journeys diminished.

The time I've seen it done is where a dealer acquired mirrors for the Japanese domestic version. I understand the wiring was totally different to the UK loom, and wiring them up to heat and fold was a nightmare. Then again, the car is question had major upgrades and I believe was sold for around £32,000 about 8 or 9 years ago. It had very fancy wheels, a Lexus paint job, and a fancy stitched leather interior among many, many other mods. Each to their own!

Two things... I'm pretty sure the 2003 head unit won't play anything other than normal 'Red Book' standard discs (standard music CD's). So no compressed music files such as MP3/WMA/WAV etc. The manual will tell you, also I would expect any player that can to have the logo's MP3 etc somewhere on the front. Does it play CD-RW's though if burned as an audio disc... that I am not sure of tbh, but I wouldn't be surprised if it didn't. This is because the reflectivity of CD-RW is only around 30 to 40% of a standard disc 'silver disc', meaning that the optical pickup in the player can not read the information.

Does your owners handbook confirm the head unit will play CD-RW's? I know later head units would as my 2006 Corolla accepted CD-RW's.

The dome you are talking about is the light sensor for auto lights. If you don't have them, then yes, it is normal. The one on the right is for the air conditioner.