Capt. Orygun
Win the Day
so with fuel reaching ever higher the appeal of a Prius is growing in my mind
My vehicle has 170K miles on it, the wifes has 130K, so it's not like we're selling off relatively new cars in favor of this, at some point in the next couple years we will need to buy a car.
My cousin swears that the cost of replacing the battery outweighs the fuel savings, that it's more status symbol then actually a way to lower your costs. There are a couple of independent sources which validify this.
Toyota, and various other independent sources attest that failure rate at 180K miles is less then 1%, even pointing to a taxi driver who's amassed 400K miles and is still driving on the original battery.
I thought maybe other board members have been thinking similar thoughts or researching similar things so I started this thread. Let's brainstorm
My vehicle has 170K miles on it, the wifes has 130K, so it's not like we're selling off relatively new cars in favor of this, at some point in the next couple years we will need to buy a car.
My cousin swears that the cost of replacing the battery outweighs the fuel savings, that it's more status symbol then actually a way to lower your costs. There are a couple of independent sources which validify this.
Toyota, and various other independent sources attest that failure rate at 180K miles is less then 1%, even pointing to a taxi driver who's amassed 400K miles and is still driving on the original battery.
I thought maybe other board members have been thinking similar thoughts or researching similar things so I started this thread. Let's brainstorm