Not for Golfers

Has he seen how roomy the back is with the back seats folded down? Just have him remove the headrests, fold the seats forward, and presto, he can haul his clubs, his friends clubs, some strangers clubs.... And yeah, you have to remove that piece that pulls out to cover the contents of the storage area.

Put one of the rear seats down, and it will fit.

Not if you can slide the bags under it.

True. He most likely can slide a golf bag under that cover thing. I'm used to carrying my band equipment around so I remove it. I was amazed to find that I could carry an amp head, a cabinet with four 10 inch speakers (it's a big cabinet), a guitar, 2 PA speakers with 15 inch speakers and a horn in each. Then I can load up small stuff in the passenger seat up front. This car has amazing carrying capacity for a small looking car.

Hi:

I moved most of our books, records and small furnishings from one house to another in about 5 trips using the Prius (50 miles a trip= one gallon). I was AMAZED at how much it would carry if you really packed it correctly.

John Baker

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Must be a large set of golf bag/clubs.

I was challenged at work to see how many bags of golf clubs could fit into my 2001 Prius. I don't golf, and I could only find 3 golfers that had their gear with them that day, so I easily got 3 sets of golf bags/clubs (well, the owners loaded them in) into the trunk of my 2001. The guys at work were most impressed.

Now, the 2004-current Prius is larger (a midsize, not a compact like my

Perhaps he doesn't trust the tonneau cover (the window shade thingy, for the non-cognoscenti) and wants to put them in the hard-lidded storage area. They'll never fit there.

I fit a wrapped up Christmas tree in mine, with only one seat down, so I know clubs should be a lay up.

I, like your father, discovered that the Prius would not hold a golf bag crosswise! Coincidentally, I found that I play much better if I leave my longer clubs at home! (I'm 67, and a driver is no longer in my bag, unless I get an infrequent jolt of testosterone). Next to go is the 3 wood, and voila, the golf bag fits just fine. Kudo's to your father if he is still able to play with the longer clubs at 89. It gives me a reason to hope. DD ps: the obvious solution for the younger/better golfers is to fold down the rear seatbacks....duh?