I fell in love with the Prius in 2002, and since then, every car I have bought was a Prius. And we’ve bought a few, especially since my kids have both managed to total one or two of their old-model ones. Mostly I replace with used old-model ones.
I’ve owned a 2002 that made it to 2016 and 160,000 miles before being totalled; only major repair out of warranty was a battery replacement that cost about $2000. Replaced with a 2013, still going at 120,000 miles.
Our 2004 made it 238,000 miles, eventually the “transmission” was going bad, and we decided to replace the car before it failed. Bought a 2005 with 186,000 on it, totalled that in 2 months, replaced with a 2007 with 120,000 on it, just had to put it in the shop for another accident.
Meanwhile, I bought a 2014 which now has 128,000 on it, with no expensive repairs.
THe one caveat to all of this is that I got tired of doing car work, so I actually get all my cars checked out studiously for all maintenance at a toyota place, and that is not cheap, which also means I’m replacing stuff on schedule, which I’m not counting here.
Note though I’ve only replaced brakes on one of my cars so far, because the regenerative system takes a lot of stress off the brakes.
How much is a dead prius battery pak worth?
FYI....Got a 2009 cobalt 298000 miles...1996 saturn sw2...310000 miles...prob spent 2 or 3 thousand per car for repairs....over a period of 18 yrs for saturn and 11 years for cobalt. Both cars would look ok if i was cleaning them regularly. So EVs...not my cup of tea.... If they could qui k charge em like in 15 mins...without melting...might be ok.
So apparently Prii are prone to accidents!!!!
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Looks like your savings by long driving and on normal repairs and maintenance are more than being offset by your insurance premiums. Also, what about getting a $2,000,000 umbrella policy? Might be a bit dicey.