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My Honda died at 300,000 miles in February. I used the occasion to explore buying a pickup truck and discovered that gas prices had fallen and Toyota Tacomas we
by clivestaples 10y ago
My Honda died at 300,000 miles in February. I used the occasion to explore buying a pickup truck and discovered that gas prices had fallen and Toyota Tacomas were selling at a record pace above MSRP. The Dodge Ecodiesel was $40k. The Prius' were sitting the lot and the fleet manager said he'd make me a killer deal. I drove it and enjoyed myself. The car was ~$20k, >50 mpg. I fill up every two to three weeks in SoCal for about ~$20.
- protomyth 10y agoWhat's the warranty like on Prius fleet cars?
- clivestaples 10y agoI got the standard 3/36k with 60k drive train. I'm not sure I got a "fleet deal", I just worked with him through Costco. EDIT: I did get a significant discount that was available to pretty much anyone who walked in to buy one. He told me there was considerable pressure to move them because sales completely dried up. In retrospect, I probably could have gotten a much better warranty :/ Oh well...
- protomyth 10y agoThanks. I drive quite a bit (about 45K a year, welcome to North Dakota) and I'm thinking I need to replace my Kio Rio with something that will get 40+ mpg (Rio gets 41 or 32 with a head wind and 50 with a tail wind). I haven't heard anything bad about the Prius. I was going to break down and buy a truck since it would be really useful, but the Colorado really is poor.