Hi guys, I'm new to the forum. I drive about 20-30k/year and I need to change something. It looks like a Prius w/ 50mpg will pay for itself, if I can get it cheap enough. I found a cheap one ($12-13K) from a toyota dealer w/ 87K miles. I looked up the records w/ the toyota owner's site & it had front differential oil changed at 30K, but I didn't see any other diff. fluid change after. It seems to be a lease return single owner & all oil changes around 10K miles. It seems pretty safe to me, but what do you guys think? Anything I should watch out for? Thanks for your time!
One more concern, I also saw this on the service history, should I be concerned? Only happened once & at 45K miles: 7/11 45K miles - DRIVEABILITY DRIVEABILITY ~|~CUSTOMER STATES CHECK HYBRID SYSTEM ON AT DASH.. VEHICLE LOS T ALL POWER WHILE DRVING ON FREEWAY. ~|~PERFORMED HEALTH CHECK FOUND P0AOF AND P3190 ENGINE FUEL LEVEL LOW. ONE BAR SHOWING BEFORE EMPTY. ~|~ADDED FUEL, CLEARED CODES AND TEST DROVE VEHICLE
Sounds like it ran out of fuel at some point while on the expressway. The danger from this is in the MG2 spinning faster than it is designed to. Generally though, if it was just the short time taken to get from highway speeds down to stop, and it was only the once, it is probably fine. (This, incidentally, is also why you don't want to tow it with the front wheels spinning)
Well I kind of did the deal. They didn't have the car ready for sale (smog & safety inspection weren't completed). I signed the contract & when the car is ready & I test drive it, I can refuse the contract or not take possession of the car. I saw it & even though it was dirty, it looked immaculate! The only thing wrong is the mileage is high and the drive seat foam on the exit is a little limp. I got the car for $12.9 & retail KBB is $15-16 (I'm not sure if it's a PII or PIII). I'm so happy, I'll be in the 200mile club in a few years!
Awesome deal, I would have jumped on it too. I just bought a 2010 with 86K on it, and as-is for $14K out the door. It needed new wipers all around, air and cabin filter, and a minor valve gasket leak (haven't taken it in yet for that). Word of advice I got from the guys on here....change the ATF as soon as you can. I just changed mine today, and the old stuff came out black, like oil. Get some nice new red stuff in there and have smooth sailing for the next 10 years!!!
We bought ours at 42k have 61k on it now, no issues. I don't know what prices are to be honest, if that is good or not, but I will say people are scared of them the higher in mileage they go so prices drop off fast. At 45k and now at 87k I would say if any issues were to have happened because of the loss of power you would have seen something by now. $15k-$16k for that car is WAY too high I don't know what KBB is smoking.
