The life of Prea the Prius Gen 2. Ride until the wheels fall off! 200k+ and counting.

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Main Forum' started by Car diagnostic donations, May 9, 2025 at 12:35 PM.

  1. Car diagnostic donations

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    So a couple of years back I bought my Prea. A 2008 red hatchback standard Toyota Prius. She had 170k and one owner. The 1st owner maintained well and used for a daily driver and also deliveries. I'm now the 2nd owner of the Gen 2. I plan on keeping this little car until the END :cry:. Where then will be parted out to the community, for all then surviving gen 2 "Road Warriors" or Possibly Rebuilt... Along the way, I plan on sharing my experiences, care, troubleshooting, also other trials, and tribulations I've experienced/learned. Looking forward to sharing her life with you all (y). Long live PREA!
     
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  2. Tombukt2

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    Well you just like broken in good 200,000 miles you should be looking to go at least 500 unless there are things with the car that aren't going to do that or it's a mad max mobile or whatever. I have four of them one work vehicle that looks like a work truck and three that are in well relatively good shape pretty much very boring and uneventful vehicles all of mine have new struts rear shocks most of them have replacement coils inverter pump is important and possibly the three-way coolant control valve if you find yourself needing heat other than that that's it on all four of these vehicles they're part of the Corolla family and some of the most reliable vehicles ever made on the planet Earth point blank the Corolla is still one of the number one selling cars on the planet every year still I do believe so drive happy