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Would you jump the state border to get the CARBS car?

Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Main Forum' started by cossie1600, Sep 23, 2009.

  1. cossie1600

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    Just curious. If you live in states like Nevada, PA , where you are near a CARB state. Would you go across the border and buy it them the Toyotas there instead? The reason I am asking is because of the warranty. The CARBS car carry a much nicer warranty than the "normal" cars, the batteries warranty is up from 5/75 (i could be wrong) to 8/150K. Does the warranty start at the state of purchase or state of residenecy? Just a random thought
     
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    You can do that...but then you've gotta license the car in that state and stay in that state, once you leave the warranty changes back to the state of residency.
     
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    I was told my WV battery had a 8/150K warranty
     
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    Here in Pa. we had the California emissions since 2008 BUT with the Prius we didn't get the extended battery warranty. :mad:
     
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    I was reading the manual, PA has the shortest warranty out of them all.

    I don't think warranty refers to your license, it's always your in service date. I just am not sure if the warranty is calculated based on where you first register the vehicle or where you bought it.

    For example when you buy a left over 2008 right now, warranty starts today, not 2008. Not sure about the extended CARBS warranty.
     
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    So if that is true - you can buy in CA, move to NV, and it goes to NV - then if you move back it goes to CA? WHat if you buy a car in NV, then move to CA?

    I'm guessing you really don't know - do you????
     
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    only if it has never been titled

    As far as warranty its going to go by where the car is first originally titled and registered not where it was bought. Just as if you buy a car from out of state you pay the taxes for your local state and county not where you buy it. In addition to the standard 3 year / 36,000 mile bumper-to-bumper warranty
    5 year / 60,000 powertrain warranty
    8 year / 100,000 mile warranty on hybrid-related components

    if you live in one of the CARB states the hybrid warranty is extended to 10 year / 150,000 miles
     
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    That makes sense, I guess sucks for people who live in non carb states then. Aren't non carbs and carbs car the same anyway?
     
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    Yep, the only difference is in the printing of the manual. Yes it sucks because the rest of the country get's to pay for your extended warranty program. You don't really think the manufacturer just "eats" the cost do you?
     
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    Your verbal warranty from VW is equal to the value of the paper it's written on.
     
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    Are the non-HV-battery 'hybrid-related' parts failing left and right under 100k, so Toyota is eating much of anything? HV battery failure seems negligable unless I missed a lot of complaints here.

    I'm at about 92k now so if there's a failure coming soon I'd like to know...
     
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    I think you could do it, but you'd have to keep registering the car in CA and have CA plates...driving to California for smog tests wouldn't be fun, haha...
     
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    Not me...I'm trying to cut down on CARBs.
     
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    Sure there is a failure rate, you don't think 100% of the vehicles get to the end of the CARB warranty period with no failures do you? And no Toyota or any of the other manufacturers are eating nothing, the cost is shared by all buyers, just only a few get the extend warranty. My Miata's timing belt lasts 100,000 miles in California and 50,000 in my state for example. Think 100% of Miata's never break a timing belt before 100,000? Then why does Mazda spec replacement at 50,000 elsewhere?
    If there were no cost associated with increasing the warranty interval, then why isn't it the same in all 50 states?
    It's not just hybrid cars and hybrid parts.
     
    #14 a64pilot, Sep 24, 2009
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