My New Old Prius

[BlioKart]

Prius is one of the cars on my plan B list. I worked at a Toyota dealership drove a Prius as a service vehicle never had any issue with it and careful driving can net high mpg's

 

[JEBar]

having zero personal experience with any Toyota, its interesting to hear a comment from a person who has dealership level experience .... thanks for posting it

 

[Jeff Porter]

The "new old" Prius I bought has 150,000 miles on it. I paid $6000 for it at a BMW dealership in Memphis. My son and I went to buy a car from an individual that told me his car was super clean. Turned out to be rather the opposite. So, there we were in Memphis Tennessee, with a pocket full of cash and time on our hands. We started shopping the new car lots and found a Prius here and there and finally found this one. It looks absolutely new, perfect body, interior, 75% tires, test drove like a new one, too.
I did a lot of research before buying an older Prius. Consumer Reports tested one with 220,000 miles on the original battery and found the entire car to compare favorably with their tests of the same model when it was new. Here is link to the film clip. http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/...oyota-prius-hold-up/14786539001/932664836001/
Seems most of the batteries last the life of the car. The secret of the long battery life is that the battery is never completely charged OR discharged. We have had some discussions on here about batteries. The "cycling" of a battery, discharging, re-charging, is what really shortens the life.
So, I went way out on a limb and bought an old Prius. This Prius spent most of it's life around Dallas, Texas, and had all it's service work done at Toyota dealers, so the Carfax shows all the service work. The water pump and drive belt were replaced at 124,000 miles, and the water pump seems to be an important service item.
I've only had it a couple of days. I'll update this thread when I have made a few trips with it.

Thanks for the info John. Toyota's in general seem to be quite dependable, and the Prius is no exception.

 

[Johnapool]

Thanks for the info John. Toyota's in general seem to be quite dependable, and the Prius is no exception.

My experiences with Toyota rigs has been stellar. I have my 4th Toyota van. My first one was a 1989 Vanwagon 4WD, then 3 Previas, one of which I still have with about 105,000 miles on it. I sold the first Previa (my ex got the Vanwagon!) with 250,000 miles because I found a younger one. The old one was still running good. Other than CV joints, and regular wear items like brakes and batteries, I have yet to have even a minor repair on one. I am going to have to replace a window track on the Previa we have now. It is low on miles, but 25 years old.