Featured You can get antique plates for a first-gen Prius now — feeling old, yet?

My 2003 Prius was terrific and well worth the years I owned it can later gave to my girlfriend. About 270,000 miles before the unrepairable, brake booster failure. It was why I am still here at PriusChat.

Bob Wilson

 

i felt old before reading this

 

I’ve been able to get them since 2021 , never need to renew, drivable 11 months.

if i could find one that works and isn’t rusted out it might be worth it just to avoid the egregious hybrid fines in Wisconsin, could maybe justify a sodium plug in pack.

 

Wow! I remember reading about the Prius Gen 2 in a magazine when it came out and was the first car I wanted to buy one brand new. I ended up getting a used 1993 Mazda 323. I also liked the Gen 1, it was the first Prius I had been in because my neighbor couldn't figure out why the engine kept "dying."

 

i was the same. couldn't get my hands on a gen 1, and there was a 14 month wait for the gen 2

 

Took this photo over 25 years ago... my first Prius.

 

I test drove a 2001 similar to the photo but the color put me off along with no cruise control. Eventually I found a black, used, 50,000 mi, 2003 that went 270,000 miles.

Bob Wilson

 

You mean it's not the warm camaraderie?

@feeling old:
My hinges may not work the way that they used to but I figured out a while back that if you never grow UP, then you will never get old.

 

Someone other than Toyota (Greentec) sells NEW traction batteries? They claim new cells. I thought Toyota has exclusive rights to them.

 

Given today's lithium cells, I suspect Chevron has already forgotten about NiMH battery cells. Side fact, NiMH cells have potentially unlimited life because they don't consume the active ingredients like lithium cells. They also have relatively low, cell fire hazard.

Bob Wilson