3 Reasons To Forget Scotty Kilmer And Get A Toyota Prius

I own two Prius cars, a 2010 and a 2018 plug in. And both have been wonderful. The 2010 has 120,000 miles and has never needed a repair. The 2018 so far is equally reliable. My milage has been consistently better then Toyota promised for both cars. And I know lots of people who have similar experiences. I am not an expert on cars, but my experiences with the Prius has been very

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No, Scotty says the Prius is a really darn good car.
He just is concerned & advised you "DON'T BUY A USED HIGH MILEAGE ONE."
Harder to judge problems & mistreatment of the battery engine than older cars. That's it.
Still good advice. Je says, just buy a new one.
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I own 2009 Prius with 143,000 miles, Engine knocking very loud from right front passenger side. Also at times I hear banging from rear axle.

I also own 2 Prii, a 2008 with 217k miles and a 2017 with 50k miles. Both have had amazing reliability. I bought the 2017 thinking the 2008 was getting old and was going to die soon... but it keeps on running great.

I recently bought a used (2017 model) Toyota Prius. It had done 117 000 KMs on the Odometer. I am very happy with the car. Most of all the fuel efficiency and reliability. I initially was not impressed with the futuristic look; albeit I have learned to love the car. It is a lovely car with a fabulous road holding.

I have 2 priuses.2006 with 303000 miles,2011 with 280000 miles! This car is extremely RELIABLE & Great ENGINEERING! Has Lowest maintenance cost of any cars I have owned. Both cars still run&drive great.Fuel economy is UNBELIEVABLE!

I have 2 Prius’, a 2009 that I bought new which now has close to 250,000 miles on it. Aside from tires and a water pump replacement, it’s been flawless. I just bought a 2019 AWD and it’s awesome!

My daughter gets this one next year when she turns 16 and I'll replace it with another one.

As someone mentioned above, Scotty says not to buy a used high milage one with a rebuilt battery. He says that about many modern cars that aren't particularly reliable when old.

Scotty lost my confidence when he said:

1. “the Prius use Atkinson cycle engine[s], which [are] small four-cylinder gas engines that don't have cams in them.” The 2013 Prius he is comparing used a 1.8L, 134 hp engine with dual overhead cams. One that used an Atkinson timing cycle.
2. “It's an old design that kind of failed because they work fine but they don't put out enough horsepower.” Wrong. The engine is mechanically the same design as one that uses an Otto cycle.
3. “But this engine [in the 2012 Camry Hybrid], it's just a conventional Toyota four-cylinder engine. It's not an Atkinson Cycle, it's a normal engine.” Mechanically, it is indeed the same 2.5L engine that makes 178 hp in the regular Camry. But it runs on an Atkinson cycle, so it gets better mileage but only 156 hp. With dual overhead cams.

Personally, I wouldn't trust him ot work an my car when he can't recognize when an engine has cams.

When you need a new head gasket, you will have to scarp the car. No mechanic fixes them. Sorry, this is something my friend went through. Apparently and surprisingly, you cannot repair the head gasket on the prius.

Such a normal problem without a solution. None of the people posting here have run into that problem, or they would be saying how they were bummed that their great prius, with everything else working, had to be scrapped because it was designed to be impossible to do such a routine job.

Don't buy a new Prius. Lease it!
And don't buy a used Prius. Mucho donero for new batteries, which is inevitable!
Scotty is right!

The 2nd Generation Prius is the best of the Bunch!
Why? My 2009 prius has gone 147k miles without any major problems, I just replaced my hybrid battery the cost for a new cell hybrid battery was 1570$ including tax with an unlimited mileage guarantee from greentec auto who specializes in hybrid batteries. The 2nd generation prius is a tank with an electric ac unit. Many technicians are buying a broken down 2nd generation Prius for 1000-2000k and repairing them and then selling them for 4-6k. Do not sell your 2nd Prius! Fix it, not that hard. Worth every $ you will save in gas and never needs to be recharged, We all know gas will hit 5$ a gallon just a matter of time, I still have the same brake pads I bought it with, 92% pad is good. Transmission, engine it great shape just change your oil when it is due. Take care of your prius it will take care of you!
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"There are plenty of Toyota Priuses out there that have hundreds of thousands of miles logged and are still going strong."

FTFY: a little more concise and one spelling error fixed.

Pretty awful writing. Way too much text and you often don't finish an idea you start. For instance, you mentioned Scotty saying that an alternator replacement is way too difficult and expensive. But you don't actually say that it really is simpler and cheaper and how it is simpler and cheaper. You just conclude that "Scotty came from a different time". Jesus.

I'm a 2015 Prius owner and my car has 260,000 mi on it. It has been reliable as a hammer. It even survived being hit from behind on the freeway at 60 mph while the dude who hit me was going about 80. I easily steered to the side of the road, everything was still working except rear lights and I was able to drive it to the body shop And it was fixed for about $4,000 with much of the stuff in the rear replaced. It drove fine after the repair. I had three Lyft passengers in the back at the time. The little Lexus sports car that hit me (driven by a dopey 19-year-old kid leading his pack of friends on a romp on the freeway) was flattened in the front, the hood was 1/4 crunched back, both front suspensions busted with the wheels splayed out flat.

I've used it almost exclusively for Uber and Lyft driving. Zero repairs on the thing except replacement of consumables like tires and brakes (the brakes on this car last approximately 3 to 4 times as long - about 130,000 miles - as any internal combustion car I've had, which were mostly small cars). The original 12V battery lasted 250,000 miles and 6 years. The original spark plugs are in it, but that was a mistake of mine because I forgot about them and it continued to run fine and the Toyota dealer never told me to replace them when I went to them for oil changes (they were cheapest for that). It's suspension and steering have been bulletproof, surviving many huge potholes and deep Minneapolis manhole covers. Great winter car, with or without winter tires, although winter tires are magic. I still have the original struts on the car. They'll need replacement in the next 20 or 30,000 mi because they're getting a little creaky in the knees. They still don't bounce.

I own a 2004 Prius and a 2018 Prius Prime.