What to look for when buying a used Prius

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Originally Posted by S Keith

Short list of big ticket ($1000-2000) items:
Battery

I would like to add a little asterisk to this. If you have some basic mechanical and electrical skills, you may be able to rebuild the battery for a few hundred dollars and a couple weeks of work. I paid about $120 for 3 battery modules from a newer, low mileage Gen3 and another $120ish for a couple chargers to recondition the other modules.
I would definitely plan on the possibility that the whole pack it just/near junk and that you might need to pay $1-2k for a factory refurbished pack.