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Originally Posted by cRiPpLe_rOoStEr
Makes me wonder when it will become somewhat affordable to try makeshift fixes to a Prius in my country  |
This is what a lot of people won't want to talk about. A lot of these modern solutions only work for a small percent of the world, say in western countries. Goodluck getting people to buy premium EVs in Columbia or Brazil etc... Even the gen 3 prius was a hard sale in Brazil from what I hear because it was so expensive!
Also, would you be willing to find me a gen 3 spec sheet from Brazil? I know these cars are configured with different engines and without EGR over there which is very interesting. I would love to see what the rated numbers are for it in Brazil. The folks in the USA are die hard about the EGR being important, but i find it crazy they didn't even use it on the Brazil model.
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Originally Posted by Isaac Zachary
According to their website, these batteries may be renewed with cells from other batteries. And this is EXACTLY what I'm getting at. These batteries are ones that are made up from several still working cells from a battery with a dead cell or two. Which is WHY they want your old worn out battery.
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I agree. Thats why those batteries only last 2-3 years. They are just reselling used junk. I still firmly believe when they say the agree to give batteries to you with at least 80% capacity in my mind thats still basically dead. When my iPhone has a brand new oem battery it will last for two days non stop use. At 80% it will last for 1/3 of a day with the same use.
I don't exactly know why but I will agree with Apple and say thats when i like to replace it.
I guarantee my Prius battery is below 80% but i more or less pulse and glide and try to use it as little as possible so it doesn't effect me too much.
The chinese ones are iffy for me but I see people like them. I like mightymax battery when i want a cheap chinese lithium with pretty good quality. I just put a lifepo in my boombox i take to the river and use on the boat and its doing great.
Honestly, Yeah if your motor has mechanical damage I wouldn't hesitate to just sell it to a guy who is willing to fix it and move into a prius worth saving to you.
Me personally, on Halloween last year on one of my online Toyota dealers I like to use I saw a gen 3 pack for $1750 plus the fees since they were having a % off sale. If it were me this would be my route. A lot of the times people love to say they want to upgrade a part or fluid on a certain toyota, but my god the stock parts last soooo long I wouldn't chance it.
I did throw an Odyssey Extreme in my prius though after the stock 12v finally failed on me. 12 years on the stock battery, and my odyssey extremes seem to all go 10 years+.
When my HV battery fails I will more than likely just do a Toyota oem replacement and diy it. Can't beat panasonic branded Toyota batteries.