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Discussion in 'Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News' started by Tideland Prius, Jun 23, 2017.

  1. Tideland Prius

    Tideland Prius Moderator of the North
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    bwilson4web BMW i3 and Model 3

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    Loved it! Sure there were some slight errors but nothing to set my hair on fire. Great find!

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    Can't believe the 1997 prius has the original battery
     
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    Nice, he loves Gen2.
    ...the main thing I noticed he implied Gen1 HV battery failure rate <1% and it's probably quite a bit higher than that up thru 2007 Model year anyways. Consumer Reports had some good Prii HV battery failure data back around 2012 and it was much higher than 1% and of course, lots of water has spilled over the dam (lots more batts died) since 2012.
     
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    Good find, but for a true apples-to-apples comparison, he should have either tested the Gen 4 Liftback or added another drive of the 2012 PiP. Testing both the Liftback & PHV might have made sense too.
     
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  6. Tideland Prius

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    I think it's a 2000 or 2001. 1997-1999 (or early 2000) models had a slightly different design than the one shown.
     
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    The early gen1s were also Japan only, so unlikely to be seen outside of there.
     
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    I remember reading, a long time ago, that Toyota bought back a 1G Prius that had 1 million Km on it. It had been used as a taxi and had the original battery in it. They wanted to dismantle it and take a look at it. Never heard anything more about that, though.
     
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  9. Tideland Prius

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    The 2001 was just over 300,000km (front brake pads changed at 143,000 or 147,000km and the rear around the 300,000km mark just before he sent it back to Japan. The 2003 had 142,000km before it was replaced (became his private car) with a Gen 2 that ran for 1.5 million km (that's probably what you remembered).

    How the Toyota Prius became Canada&#8217;s first hybrid taxi | Driving


    Our 2005 Prius was driven in a similar environment and was retired at 245,000km with original brake pads.
     
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    Thank you, Tideland Prius! I was hoping to keep my 05 for at least another 175,000 mi (~281,635 km).
     
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    Tideland Prius Moderator of the North
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    wow! I hope you'll join the 299,999 club (I think it's in the FE section of the Gen 2)
     
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    I'm looking to get 275K more miles on my 4G. I totalled the 2G in May, 2016. I still miss my 2G, it was a great car and had less than 80K miles on the clock.
     
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