Considering a CPO with 49k miles. Thoughts?

Hello,
These are my first steps on the »PriusChat«. I own a Prius II 2008. Last week I drove an older Prius II that was a Berlin Taxi before. Now, it is used by an electro-garage in Eindhoven, Holland, Europe, that 'invented' a 15 kWh battery-kit mounted in this car. I want to put a 15 kWh-kit in my Prius asap. ►Now the answer to your question: this Prius had 370,000 km = 250,000 miles (I think) on the counter! It drove like it was new. Now, of course the electric engine has priority over the internal-combustion one. If the car is build in Japan, it is very reliable too.

Kind regards, ||| Walter from belgium

 

Good!

 

Gen 2s (04-09) seem pretty durable. See Lifespan/Operating costs - Prius Wiki.

At Advanced Vehicle Testing Activity - Hybrid Electric Vehicles, they do have some Gen 3s in their fleet. Take a look at their maintenance histories and that of other Toyota hybrids.

 

Sorry... CPO?

 

Certified Pre Owned

 

That's lower mileage than mine & nothing is wrong. OCI is 10000 miles. No need to change at 3000. You've got the balance of the powertrain & hybrid warranties. It shouldn't have needed brake pads but may need tires soon.

 

congrats and welcome!

 

In my answer to ThinkingPrius, who made the only possible decision..., I mentioned my intention to by the 15 kWh battery upgrade that allow 100 km/60 miles with 0,00 use of fuel, on condition that one does not drives too fast (60 miles/h is still OK. I cannot find on this PriusChat any discussion on upgrades. I know there is the Enginer-kit with a max of 6 kWh. ► I would appreciate if anyone could indicate me a discussion/forum where these issues are mentioned!?
Thanks beforehand, |||| WaWa = Walter

 

new brake pads before 50k. I will bet that is a lie.

 

Dealers often replace pads as part of used car smog/safety if they are below 50%. In fact, every CPO program requires this, Toyota included.

 

That is what I said. What the hell is a CPO.

If you work with people that understand the three letter acronyms for your business then use them. If you posting in a general forum, I would not recommended using them.

 

You've already pulled the trigger.
Now...just relax and enjoy the car for the rest of your ownership.

I'm in the middle of the two opposing sides of the Great Transmission Fluid Debate.
The way I see it, it's something I'd look into at the 100-150K mark.
I think for most drivers, 60k is a little gratuitous, but I DONT want to get into a long data rich, but fact poor debate from the folks in the Oil and Lubricants Lobby of North America about it.
If you're in doubt, you can always yank a sample and have it tested however (comma!) by doing this, you're doing 60-percent of the work that would be required to go ahead and replace the fluid.
The only caveat I'll make, and I originally wasn't going to bring this up, is that 50k is veeeeery early for brake pad replacement, unless you're a moron or you drive like one. I've never replaced brakes before 100k, and most of my cars are trucks. Yeah....I know.
LA traffic is a sonofagun.
People drive at 80mph and use their accelerators AND their brake pedals like on/off switches.
This might nudge me into replacing the transmission fluid in a car whose first 50k miles weren't driven by me.
YMMV.
It's pretty easy to do it yourself from what I've read, but I haven't done this procedure for this car.
I'm thinking that a dealer should be able to do it for about two hundred bucks---all in, BUT...Toyota and I have a veeeeeeeeeeery uneasy relationship when it comes to the folks that swing wrenches in their service department, which is why I'm (currently) a Prius driver, but not a Prius owner.

I've owned a number of cars that I've put lunar mileage on, and my maintenance policy is working for me.

 

OT, but that is unusual for a S-Series. Complete transmission failures were not common for us on the saturnfan forums. Valve body replacement due to no reverse were common, but rarely do they fail completely, even when abused.