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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We have a 2009 Gen 2 Prius. We take it for oil change/maintenance roughly every 6000 miles. Otherwise, we have had no maintenance costs for the Prius. Approaching 60K and we have no other expenses although we are likely to be needing new tires in about 10K miles. Otherwise, not much other cost. Love that we get 50 mpg and that I can go about 400 miles between fill-ups and my fill-ups are usually about 8-9 gallons. Saves a bundle on gas. Although it cost us about $3K more than a comparable non-hybrid, we've about made that up with the gas savings. I'd say we've used about 1200 gallons of gas for those 60K miles instead of about 2000 gallons. 800 gallons of gas at an average of $3.50/gal is about $2800. At this point, we expect to have the car another 5-7 years and all of the gas savings now is just money in our pocket. For us, the green effects are worth it. Not only does it save on gas, but the emissions are significantly less too, so it's environmentally good in more than one way. We also found that the hatchback gave us much more storage room than other comparable mid-size car trunks. And with the ability to fold down the rear seat, I've been able to do some good hauling around without needing the big SUV. [/quote] +1 to all of this! And now they have some bigger models, which I think might be nice for a family. LOVE our prius and this is our experience exactly. We don't go to the dealer for maintenance though, we go to a long-time trusted mechanic. [/quote]
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