How many more years will someone need to drive the Prius to makeup for the $1600 after replacing the hybrid battery, because with the first second generation on 2004 out there with 15 years already this one here 2006 13 years old, will someone really driving the Prius another 10 years? I know you can take out the battery later down the road but what about if you don’t want another hybrid.
Fotomoto I totally agree but sometimes that doesn’t happen and you be forced to take a loss to make a sale, meaning take whatever you can and run, I have dealer experience worked almost 15 years before quick on that.
Ahh, all of a sudden your post (#21 quoted above) makes more sense. But this is not the right way to think about it. If you had to replace the car with one in the same condition (let alone buy a new one), how much would it cost you? I doubt you could buy another make or model that was 13 yo and still looks and feels like you just drove it brand new off the dealer's lot for less than the guy has in this one. The guy will have $3600 in it, what a bargain. My 2006 is still going strong and is in reasonable shape, mechanically sound. I wouldn't think twice about dropping a new HV battery in it when the time comes. I will still drive it until it won't go no more. "That's all ah gotta say 'bout that!"
Hey guys. Should i sell the car for 1000 cash if i can get it? Needs a new catalytic converter and hybrid battery. 2006 with 260000 miles.
I agree with about finding another one in this shape body wise but with needing a new catalytic conv and battery pack is it worth pouring another 2000 bucks into it. Also one guy told me that at 300,000 miles the dash display will go out. Is this true?
guy in another thread bought a 2010 with 200k for 4k, and the engine blew. he's trying to figure out the same thing
At some point, if you want to be done with Hybrids...you need to be done with Hybrids. Looking at your comment stream here, sounds like you're pretty frustrated with ownership. Sounds like you do NOT want to invest into a new catalytic converter or a hybrid battery. Needing both...a $1000 seems equitable. You get some money, but more importantly you get away from worrying about owning this vehicle. Often with an older used vehicle it's not what it's worth...it's what is it worth to you? I read nothing in between the lines that would suggest to me you want to continue to invest and keep the vehicle. You can't get back all the money you've already put into it. So it's all up to you. If you want out....there's a $1000 and an exit.
For me it’s simple if I can afford to buy another car I will sell it and forget it otherwise that car will keep bad memories alive as long as he keep the car.
Thanks guys for all the good advice. If I hadn't night another car would probably keep it. Cars.com offered me 1300 so it will probably head out of my garage. Too bad Toyota doest make the prius in a straight gasoline car. Would buy it in a heartbeat.
I will give some advice to Toyota motor company, Toyota give us eco mode, ev mode, power mode that’s great, now give us gasoline mode only, that will be a nice happy ending of any hybrid car.
I'm not going to make friends with this, but I'm not hating, just pointing out the obvious here. You bought a car 6 years ago, and put 100k miles on it. I don't know what you paid for it, but you posted the maintenance items you replaced. The car has almost 300,000 miles on it, and you're never buying another one because you had problems with it? Sheesh man, that sounds harsh. It sounds like, despite the cheap crap battery, the car itself has been dependable as hell. Heck, it reads like most of your issues were from buying crap batteries. Even the problems it's having right now, if you discount the batteries, are minimal for a car scaring the crap out of 300k. And if you had went with a reliable supplier for batteries, that issue likely wouldn't have ever appeared again. I think you are being a little rough on the car and should change your perspective a bit on it is all.
I paid 6000 for it with 160000 on it and have put another almost 3000 in it. So i guess 9000 for 100000 miles isnt too bad?
i think they need to work out a lot of quirks in the hybrids yet. Not only do you have to maintain the engine and what they use for the tansmission but also the battery pack. And really to be honest you can buy 4 cylinder gas cars that get almost 40 miles to the gallon so when you do the math in the end you arent saving much buying a hybrid. Thats just my opinion though. Others i am sure will disagree.
Six grand? Sheesh. I paid 1200 for mine, granted, it was a few years after yours, and had two dented bumpers, a dented door, and needed a rim. I've spent 400 bucks on maintenance not counting oil changes and I fixed everything that I fixed on my own. I'm only up to 160k though.
They've been making them since 1966.....and they're on their 12th generation. We call them "Corollas." As stated above, you bought a car for $6000 with 160,000 miles on it and drove it for ANOTHER 100,000 miles with minimal repair expenses. I don't know if I really count the injectors because it sounds like somebody is just throwing parts at the car and hoping it makes the "change owner" light go out, and at 300,000 miles one expects that the both batteries....like many other things in this car might just be "worn out." Are you sure you can afford to drive a 'cheap' car? LOL....that's like wondering if a 104 year old person might die of 'old age.' Answer: "Probably!"
If he meant stopping at 299,999 miles, then no, not on your 2006. That only affected the 2004-2005 Gen 2. They fixed it in the facelift (2006-2009).
