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Since we’re reviving the thread, my Prius has cost me 40 cents per mile, or $352 per month, including purchase price, repairs, maintenance,...
Body damage can be ridiculously expensive to fix. You’re looking at a 4 figure repair bill for sure, but whether that’s enough to total the car or...
The fuel bladder definitely has a significant impact. Depending on the season, my car has a fuel capacity as little as 6 gallons (23 liters) in...
If you already know signs that a hybrid battery is bad (no power, rapid charging & discharging from full to empty, etc), then if the car is not...
My worst was close to that, from the Twin Cities to Hinckley in January in a -15ºF temperature. I got roughly 30 miles per gallon that day. Of...
According to a chart listed in the article https://www.thedetroitbureau.com/2021/06/cars-are-older-than-ever-in-the-u-s/, it took 6 years for the...
Finding a rechargeable battery that does not lose capacity over time would be a momentous discovery. Currently, all known battery types lose...
Cars provide convenience. It’s reassuring knowing that I can get roughly anywhere in the greater metropolitan area in under an hour from where I...
Over $10,000 for a 2nd Generation Prius seems excessive to me. I bought my 2009 Prius for around $8000… in December 2016, when it was 7-8 years...
Catalytic converter. Those are worth $1000+ in rare metals alone (which is why they get stolen)
From what I’ve seen on user videos, extreme cold weather like what happens in the upper midwest US & Canada can drop range by up to 50%, so for...
Bought my 2009 Prius in December 2016, and it’s driving fine. I was recently told by a service tech “there things last 300,000 miles. Looks like...
Spark plugs should be done at 200k. If you’re keeping with regular maintenance periods, the rest of the things you mentioned should have been done...
As mentioned earlier, it’s more about time than miles. When I looked into the publicly available info I could find a few years ago, It seemed like...
According to https://www.dashboard-light.com/vehicles/Toyota_Prius.html, the 2008-2009 Gen 2 redesign is more reliable than all but the last year...
With a $20k budget, I’d get a 4th gen Prius (2016-2022) or as a previous poster suggested, save up a little more and get a brand new hybrid Corolla.
From what you described, it sounds like your multifunction display is starting to fail. Mine did the same thing before the failures became more...
I found the article balanced, as it identified 2 sectors where hybrids were a better deal and 2 sectors where electrics were a better deal. Their...
I don’t think you’re likely to find a highly rated and reliable 5 year old car with 50k miles or less that’s 1/4 of initial price. When I bought...
If you put on the average of around 15,000 miles per year, then your Prius is nearly guaranteed to last 150000 miles, and likely to last 180000...
