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Old 01-12-2019, 11:49 AM   #158 (permalink)
hayden55
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Join Date: Dec 2010
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Sport Utility Prius - '10 Toyota Prius II
90 day: 52.98 mpg (US)

300k Sequoia 4WD - '01 Toyota Sequoia Limited 4wd
90 day: 20.19 mpg (US)
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If you see 04-15 Toyota Pri's with bad batteries send them my way! It's not really a secret anymore but you can discharge and charge the batteries on a charger, measure Ah capacity remaining in the cells and keep the good ones and toss the old ones very easily. Rebuilding the pack of 28 cells typically cost a max of like 600$. Much less if you actually test your cells vs just tossing all of them. If you just do a swap of all cells I'd say a couple hours and you're done. Plus the cells are just in a rack vs spot welded like the damn Honda batteries.
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