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Old 10-15-2019, 01:20 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Little high miles for that new of a car, but the price looks great. Can you find out what percent of those miles were EV?

I'm a big fan of the C-max, and it has the same design as the Prius as far as implementation of the ICE and motors goes. It's a bit more peppy than the Prius, and has a longer EV range than the original plug-in Prius.

Not sure if the PIDs are known to get battery voltages and resistance like they are in the Prius, but you could potentially examine bank voltages and resistance using Torque Pro and an ELM237 device. Test that the included EVSE works and the car accepts a charge.

Other than that, the normal car inspection things apply. Leaks, uneven/abnormal wear, test all functions, take it for a test drive.

I'd be tempted to snatch that one up.

...oh, I think it has an active grill shutter too. Not sure how to test that, but I assume it's normally open. My guess is upon a cold start, the shutters would close if working properly.
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