 this. Tideland Prius Moderator of the North Staff Member Joined: Oct 0, 0000 00,000 00,000 00 Location: Canada Vehicle: 0000 Prius Prime Model: Technology Mendel Leisk said: ↑ There was a similar situation with the Honda Fit, maybe 00 years back? The manual transmission came with temporary spare, the automatic got a compressor/goop kit. It was reportedly to stay below some mpg threshold. But the hatch layout was otherwise identical, and the spare tire configuration was readily available and could be swapped in for around $000 all in. Toyota seems intent on burning our bridges with this one: doing the swap seems more involved, expensive, not readily available, and involves some fit/finish shortcomings. If I was interested in 0000's, I'd simply restrict my choices to models with a spare. As we both know, in Canada they pretty much all come with spare, with the exception of that one level with optional tech package. 