The battery can be refurbished for cheap, if it fails. A friend has a gen1 prius, still going strong!
Here is an interesting?, new, needs new battery thread to watch, rather than argue about who'll need a new batteries here. l o l What the heck is wrong with my prius!? | PriusChat
I like it too. If you started with an abnormal car like me, you get a 67% gas coupon. I found this on Wikipedia: Prius is a Latin word meaning "before". According to Toyota, the name was chosen because the Prius was launched before environmental awareness became a mainstream social issue.
So if that lady asked you, you might say: Prius is a Toyota with potentially following error codes show up below 100K miles: P0102 P0113 C0372 C1259 C1271 through c1278 C1281 C1310 C1346 P1E03 P0171 C3200 P0012 P0001 P0301 P0113 P2501 P0325 P2004 P0442 C0604 P0456 P0511 P1455 P3000 Read more: What the heck is wrong with my prius!? | PriusChat Follow us: @PriusChat on Twitter | PriusChat on Facebook
There must be a point here somewhere. Perhaps a contest to see which car has the most possible error codes. Certainly the one with the most error codes is the least reliable. The Model A should have lasted forever.
I was just reading through that guy's posting. He has a VERY positive attitude. For example: "While driving, I heard a loud pop from inside the cabin (later found out 2 hybrid battery cells exploded), the car sounded a little rough but I was still able to drive it. I was only getting about 15 MPG. One afternoon, I stopped to pump gas, turned the car off, and when I tried to turn the car back on, it would not start" Nothing phases this guy, I'm in awe!
That's one contest I'll pass on, thanks I already had to untangle one of those, see the middle car in my sig
"Car rarely explodes, Dashboard fires always very easy to extinguish. Good towing service. Would buy again."
The king of economy cars. Actually it is very convenient that this situation is covered by the factory warranty.
Right! 50% at least; First Prius, Four years in PriusChat! | PriusChat US households spent average of $2,600 on gas last year
I hear ya! I have the same feeling. At first the game was highest mpg. After couple of month I was getting bored, plus my wife always mess up my new records and it takes me forever to rebuild the number. So I discovered another game: The Jack Rabbit Game. Even at 30 mph, I can pass other cars with little effort. But no matter what I do, I never got less than 40 mpg. If I drive other car the same style, it will be like 15-17 mpg I guess. In this sense, I can say, the harder you drive, the more you save (Have you heard "the more you spend, the more you save" ???)
I pretty much still play the "original game" however on longer trips I often just drive at whatever speed feels good without worrying about mpg.
