He did not say how much the cost of all the parts he had to purchase. In my neck of the woods, at least at the time I traded in my 2017 PP to a 2020 PP, it was cheaper to buy a new car than to buy a set of 4 new tires which I needed soon on my 2017 PP then. I have a feeling that he spent more on the parts than 4 new tires cost.
He does provide source of parts in write up. Suppose one could look up. Posted via the PriusChat mobile app.
it's interesting how toyota thought people would want a 4 seater. i wish we had the inside scoop on how they arrived at that conclusion
What I read somewhere was that it was not that people wanted the 4 seater, but for the initial introduction of PP, the max load weight with assumption of 5 people would make the efficiency to drop or something like that. I don't know what has been changed between 2019 and 2020 models, but for some reason, it was possible to put 5 people in the post 2020 PP and the efficiency number to be not affected??? It was discussed somewhere early in the introduction of the PP. I will see if I can find it.
i remember reading that, but i thought that was part of a 'we think people want a four seater, but if that isn't the case, we can add a fifth' discussion. maybe they hoped to save money? idk. unless they were able to sneak the 5 seater past the epa without retesting. hey, same car, nothing to see here.
I wish I had I thought about doing this one day with parts from a salvaged Prime, but after owning this Prime for quite some time, I never really have people in the backseat. Similar to owning a S2000, I use this as an advantage to avoid driving multiple people around. haha
it's funny to read old threads. i especially liked john1701's '4 seats allowed them to put in a larger charger'
