What did you trade in when you bought your Camry Hybrid?

Sounds like you better start car shopping now. You only have about 42 weeks to go on your Prius.

 

For my 2008 Prius I traded in my Mitsubishi Mighty Max which I had for 20 Yrs with no major
pars replacement. I expect my Prius to the same or better. Of course I'll be gone by then!!! )

 

OOPS Sorry but have this passion for the Prius

 

I had the Highlander 19 months, so it's either 42 weeks or 70 weeks to go.

I had problems with the Highlander and the electronic power steering link, and didn't get anywhere close to the 27 mpg average. The dealer replaced that and a computer module, but when the '10 was released I decided to downsize the ride and upsize the mpgs. With the hatchback I get almost all of the utility I had with the Highlander, without the cost.

 

I bought mine outright, got a really good deal so didn't need to trade anything on it, got it for a little over sticker, but that included tax, title, license, dealer fees, etc. Did that in 4-08, and was considering two weeks ago of going to a Fusion Hybrid, especially after driving one and finding it so much nicer and better handling than the Camry, but decided it would cost more in the long run than if I just added what the Camry is lacking, leather and a decent ride. Sorry Ford, Great car, too pricey. Going to get a leather kit and install new leather on the seats and doors, replace the wheels with 17" ones, and a set of Michelin Primacy tires. That should improve the handling a bit, if not, I got a line on some lowering springs that will stiffen it up a bit.


Oh and electric blue flames.

 

I traded a 2002 Honda Accord Coupe EX-L with 3.0 V6. Only had 60k miles on the Honda, but wanted to try a hybrid so finally made a deal with a local dealer. Probably could have done better if I didn't trade, but just didn't have time to sell my Honda by myself. Overall, feel like I got a good deal and really like the HyCam. Mileage is much better than the 33/34 that was on the sticker. Of course I'm sure the mileage will go down when the colder winter sets in and not looking forward to that time. BTW -- I saw other posts where a block heater on a timer turned on several hours before you drive will help with gas mileage in the winter -- seems logical ... has another put on the block heater?

 

We also bought our 2007 TCH outright, deciding to keep our '91 Mazda B2600i 4x2 Cab Plus SE-5 pickup and our '92 Camry LE 4. Both of these were purchased brand new and still run reliably.

Due to Toyota's attractive incentive financing, I traded the '07 TCH on a new 2010 TCH just a week ago. I upgraded to the heated leather seats and NAV but chose the same color (magnetic grey). We had 42k miles on the '07 TCH. It was totally trouble-free but the OEM Bridgestone Turanzas were in need of replacing.

I wrote a detailed comparison between the '07 and the '10 TCH on the ToyotaNation site.

 

sold our 05 camry to our son, purchased new 08 hycam in fall of 07.