New owner of '05 with only 200 miles

He scam people in forum he wont post pic make excuse story not believable!!!!

 

He doesn't have a camera King.

 

Ask a freind to very simple to take a pic

 

Well more than likely the battery is fine, probably not 100%... I would suggest more driving before taking it on a long trip but from what I can tell the battery seems to be taking a charge better which is encouraging.

The OP doesn't have a smartphone...

 

OP----put a couple of good battery modules and a socket set and a meter in the trunk when you make the trip to FL if worse comes to worse you're covered

 

He a troll has exuse not to verify his claim . New member that how troll work my opinon.

Just plenty of bs about all these cars super low miles no pics sounds fishy to me

 

Who cares whether it is true or not. The OP came here for advice, everything else the OP has said seem reasonable. Says he doesn't have a smart phone or digital camera, yeah there are people who don't have those things believe it or not. I know a few folks around here that still have a Nokia from 2002, how the phone works to this day is beyond me. Until there's a more valid reason to accuse the OP of being deceitful I think we should assume that the OP has been honest. If you don't believe the OP then don't post in this thread, it's that simple... If he said his Prius did the quarter mile in 10 seconds then yeah I would be a bit concerned about the OP's integrity.

 

Belive what you want its joke enjoy the ruse !!!!

 

Its a reasonable story. Stranger things have happened.

It sounds like the battery meter or whatever its called is the faulty component. Theres obviously nothing wrong with a battery if the car is getting 49+ mpg.

As far as the drive goes, why not? I did the opposite. Bought my car in south florida from a dealer that bought it at auction, having no idea what could be wrong with it. Turns out, P1121 code and needed a new blower motor. Not too bad. I drove it from FL to canada and back in one week. Solid road car, and the regenerative braking is an awesome automatic deceleration feature when you encounter speed traps but don't want to pound on the brakes.

 

Florida has been cooling off quite a bit already. I have the doors and windows open, no a/c and it actually feels cool for the first time since april or may. It may hit 90 for a couple hours during the day, but not for long periods of time.

Taking a prius on a road trip is the true test of its viability as a commuter vehicle. I wasn't sold on it until I took it on a 17 hour drive. After that, I knew I would likely never drive anything else again. That is, until they make something even better.

 

If you are talking about a HV battery charger, this would be a bad idea.

You'd be better off discharging the HV battery completely and letting sit, rather than leaving it on a charger all winter. Then charge it back up when you get back. This is the accepted method of long term storage of NiMH batteries.

Hopefully you will take it to FL, so it will be a moot point.

 

Under normal conditions the car will keep the battery from having too low of a charge, that being said I think the only worry would the battery failing.... If the battery meter is now staying towards the top it is probably ok when considering all the other posts you made. I say, if you keep it, drive it as much as you can, if you are leaning towards selling it I would not drive it any further... Not too many 2005 Prii under 1,000 miles.

 

On the matter of a potentially malfunctioning MFD you may want to check with a Toyota dealer concerning a recall on the MFD. There may have been a batch of early failures on the MFD.

I live in GA and I do have property in N FL , it gets HOT. Hot enough to burn of clear coats on darker colored cars, crack the dash, shrink and crispen the plastics in a Corvette I was looking to buy.

If you are passing by the Atlanta area and heed help PM me.

ccdisce.

 

Are you saying the battery is now staying towards the top with green bars and only occasionally goes down to blue?

 

I wonder this too?
Mine sure does not act like that .
When driving the bars will vary pretty widely as the car runs with battery assist until it needs the charge it seems and is constantly draining and charging all the time not staying in the Green.

 

I typically get green when going down hills but most of the time it stays between blue and when low it's two purple bars. I have been making use of the engine Brake when the go down hills.

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