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Originally Posted by Piotrsko
But you keep comparing apples and watermelons (which is my point).
A 2 bar prius is like a $500 beater that needs a head gasket. It works, kinda, but you are limited in all kinds ways like range, reliability, cost to repair. Pretty sure you wouldn't take either on a trip across the US in a snowstorm, but I wouldn't bet money on that anymore. Also pretty sure you won't make the 197 recharge miles in a 2 bar but that isn't the point either. BTW: how many kids do you know that have the ability and tools to do a head gasket?
If that's all you can get, you make it work as good as you can, if that best is still inadequate...... I guess you're screwed. Seems to be a lot of screwed people nowadays.
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When I got my Prius it made it about a mile and then went into neutral, coasted to the curb, and I could not get it to start after that because the HV battery died. A car that won't move isn't going to get you anywhere. It only started working after I changed out the dead module.
All my siblings and I all knew how to change a head gasket before we were of the age to drive. My sister rebuilt her 1973 Malibu's engine when she was 16 years old. My wife's and my first car together was a 1993 Mazda that needed a head gasket and radiator when we bought it. After replacing those and the battery, we drove that car clear down to Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico and back without a problem. We took the $600 VW Golf on a 1,200 mile round trip 14 times.