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Prius's routinely get to 300-400,000 miles. The used market is full of 10+ year old Priuses with 200k+. You may have to replace a transaxle and hybrid battery,
by throwaway5752 7y ago
Prius's routinely get to 300-400,000 miles. The used market is full of 10+ year old Priuses with 200k+. You may have to replace a transaxle and hybrid battery, but they are $1k each. Part of it is Toyota, part of it is the Atkinson cycle engine.
- beerandt 7y ago>hybrid battery This isn't a trivial cost
- throwaway5752 7y agoNo, it's not, but all cars require maintenance and you should know what they are an amortize them over the time you expect to have a car. For the added car life usage you should get on either Prius component, it is a bargain.
- rasz 7y agoits ~$1K, or less if its just one faulty module https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3RCdrh666w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3RCdrh666w
- perl4ever 7y agoI don't know how much it actually costs, but taking the numbers here at face value, $1000 over 200,000 miles is half a penny a mile - that is clearly trivial compared to running costs of any car. One way to look at it, is if you assume $3/gallon gas and 50 mpg, then the cost of the battery is equivalent to reducing the gas mileage to 46 mpg, all else being equal.
- beerandt 7y agoSure it makes sense amortized, but it's the equivalent of buying a gas engine that needs a rebuild. It's a significant up front cost to consider against a purchase price.