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Old 11-29-2022, 10:54 PM   #72 (permalink)
Isaac Zachary
High Altitude Hybrid
 
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Location: Gunnison, CO
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Avalon - '13 Toyota Avalon HV
90 day: 40.45 mpg (US)

Prius - '06 Toyota Prius
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Originally Posted by JSH View Post
You are making my point. Your Prius is only 16 years old and the need for two $2000 repairs have basically sent it to the scrap yard (or in this case the side yard waiting to go to the scrap yard)
Possibly three $2,000 repairs (as long as the $2,000 brake actuator doesn't go out too).

Or I could just keep driving it until it no longer moves at all without doing any repairs. I just don't like having to reset the ECU and add a quart of oil every time I go to drive it.

But on the other hand, what can $4,000 (or $6,000 or $8,000) buy instead? (Maybe that manual minivan I've always wanted.)

If all I need to do is unstick the rings with some Chemtool or something and wash out the catalytic converter, then I'm golden. Well, except for that battery that I've been playing whack-a-mole with.
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