Hello all,

New member here, having recently purchased a 2014 ES350.

I've been spending some time getting to know the car, and I can't for the life of me figure out how to lift the trunk flooring past the bolted cargo net to get to the spare tire. Is it me, or is there a technique to this?

I've actually unbolted the thing in the meantime for the long drive I'll make this Easter weekend in the event I need to swap out the spare.
Unfortunately the car didn't come with an Owner's Manual - going to get the electronic version now ...

 

you don't have to unbolt it. There are hooks inside the "tube" the net stows in. Just stuff the net into the zipper tube and unhook the whole thing.
Steve

 

I see now that there are snaps at each of the anchors.
Simply unsnap to remove the bag.
Nothing to it ... and the trunk flooring lifts no problem.