Silly advice. Due to the high
Silly advice. Due to the high voltage batteries only a professional should service that system. These cars are not very reliable out of warranty and certianly not past one hundred thousand miles. Very complicated electronics that only a very well trained and equiped mechanic can repair. If you are of modest means from an economics point of view you would be much better off with a convential car like a older Corrola or Civic. Both have great reputations for long life and cheap to repair. Selling poor people on a old worn hybred is unwise. PC is fine for people of means with money to burn but selling the working poor on YOUR pipe dream is wrong. There is a reason why Hybred cars cost more to insure and service and why most mechanics that dont work for dealerships cannot or will not work on them. The Prius is the best of its kind out there while under warranty but out of warranty its a crap shoot.