Would you rather buy a 2008 Prius with 100k miles or a 2014 Mitsubishi Mirage with 40k miles?

My Prius is only 7 years old with 162k miles on it. Nothing was replaced on it after two owner's. Theses cars are used as Taxis that blows past 300-600 miles on them that are well maintained!

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These taxi claims are rediculous. They go past 300k miles because there's parts available for them to replace. If you know how to fix a Prius, you can easily make it go 600k miles by replacing failed parts.

 

And how can you justified that? There's a difference of knowing how to maintain a car that can go beyond its life span verses just driving until the wheels fall off.

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A Prius is made from many electronic parts. Computers, ECUs, all that can't be controlled by maintenance alone. When an electronic part fails, it fails. We are not talking maintenance as in oil changes and filter changes here.

 

I recommend buying the new battery from Toyota and drive your Prius for another 10 years.

 

Nearly every modern car has computer modules in them. How many times do you hear about a cars main computer getting fried? Electronics generally last a long time if you know how to take car of them. I'm a musician with electronic synthesizer keyboards from the early 2000s that I still own and use as of today and they have embedded computers in them like a car that still works as new. Sure some modules will fail of normal wear and tear but mechanical parts would have more wear and tear than a non moving electric component.

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Ok, you have what you know and what you've seen. I'm just letting you know a Prius is not a car designed to go 300k miles without any problems. It was never designed that way.

Yes proper maintenance can get your car to last much longer than it should. But it will eventually break because of wear and tear from age. Many of the components that fail will be very costly to fix and many people would just move on and get another newer car.

 

A Prius is like any other car regardless of having a few extra computers, two electric motors and battery. There's nothing in the manual that states that these cars can't be driven past 300k. There are even non hybrid cars that have 400k to even a million miles on them. The amount of miles driven on a car means nothing, sure it may lower it's value when it comes selling it but the amount of mileage sure doesn't give you an idea how old a car is. My car is still fairly young to have 162k miles on it. And then there are cars that are the complete opposite cars from the 90s with very low mileage on them. You can drive any car as long as you want as long as you know how to keep up with the maintenance. And if the Prius was only designed as you stated to be only driven 300k, then explain why is this car commonly used as a Taxi in many big metropolitan cities? Any car will have problems regardless if it's Diesel, Electric, Gas or Hyrbid. Alot of Ulber Drivers use Prius's.

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Just stick around longer and you'll know a little more about the car and what other owners face

 

The car is 7 years old that hasn't faced any major failures which is long enough although not 10 years old yet. The second owner has been driving it very long distances alot to get it to 160k that fast while the first owner didn't. A car is a car no mater if Hybrid or none Hybrid. All Cars will have issue's as they age but can last a very long time by maintaining them properly. Going by the mileage of car tells you nothing about a cars condition. The older a car that's been on the market, the cheaper it's parts will be. The newer gen Prius parts are doubled of a 2nd gen. After about 5-7 years, those 2nd gen high voltage battery packs are going to be about half the price or far less than what it's going for now. Talking like 500-800 bucks.
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Replaced my '07 hybrid battery system about 3 weeks ago. 165k miles, roughly $3,200 job from the dealership. I bought the car as a CPO with about 27k miles 4-5 years ago and have done all routine maintenance through the dealership.

I haven't read pages 2 and 3 of this thread, but I would also consider a non-hybrid reliable vehicle like a corolla or yaris. Now that I am not driving 120 miles a day, as I was for 3 years, my next vehicle will most likely be a non-hybrid corolla, camry, or rav4.

 

Mileage doesn't tell you anything about the condition of a car period. There are very old cars from the 90s and early 2000s with very low mileage and still have problems due to age and not driven very much as opposed to very young cars with very high mileage. Don't get too caught on mileage. I'm actually a Network Engineer for a used car dealership and the owner had a 2005, Prius for sale with over 200,000 miles and it runs great. I bought my 09 from him with very high mileage and runs like new. They sell fast as that 05 Prius didn't stay long as some one bought in three weeks. The only work needed to be done on that 05 Prius was new speed sensors and new wheel bearing before it was sold. Same oringal Hybrid battery. What you read online is conspiracy theory crap. You get real world performance than what you read off the internet. Your hybrid battery can last the life time of the car. There is no time frame when it will die. They will degrade over time slowly or quickly depending on how well you take care of the car and if you live in a very hot region or cooler region. I live in a cooler region, which is a plus on the battery. Heat is usually the main reason why some short live.

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Tewie, the bottom line is that we DID buy an '08 Prius with 101k miles that was properly maintained and we were able to see the maintenance documentation. We also wouldn't hesitate to do it again if the car fit our needs at that time.

When you started this thread you were giving us a choice between two cars so that's what I went with.

 

I should of said, I vote Neither....
I'd pursue a totally different vehicle.

Where would you read that idiocy?
If buying a Brand New Prius, I believe. they are warranted for 8 years 100,000 miles in a non-CARB state.
10 years 150,000 miles if purchased and registered in a CARB state,

If the MAX was a measly 80K, Toyota would be replacing a LOT of Hybrid Batteries.

That is NOT the case.

!2 volt battery?....maybe...still wouldn't attach a mileage number.

 

Well even by that, I believe incorrect presentation, that's not a MAX....

Big difference between "maybe" MPG's decline and something be "designed" to last 80K Max.

 

Conspiracy Theories lol. Stop reading junk off the internet and look at real world performance. I peaked as high as 66-74.4 MPG on my 09 Prius with 162k miles on it. I don't worry about my Hybrid battery as it's no concern too me. I bought the car to enjoy it not worry about it. A car is a car.

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