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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are you pretty sure because you did the recall yourself or because you trust that someone else did it?

With regards to a new vehicle, you likely could have been driving a new Prius every 3 years for about the same cost of what you sunk into the current one in the past 15/16 years.

Contrary to urban legend, Toyotas don't last for ever. [/quote]

I think I looked at the paperwork about a year ago and saw that i'd had that recall taken care of at the dealer - but I am at my desk at work right now so can't know for 100% sure.

I'm not sure I understand your second comment. For the first 15 years, I'd guess I averaged $500 every 2-3 years. Oil changes plus a bigger repair every few years. Last year I put quite a bit more into it (brakes, cracked tire rod or something, etc) thinking I was buying myself a few more years before needing to get a new car.  Then, due to Murphy's law, a week later the hybrid battery failed so I paid another $900 to have it reconditioned. Hindsight is 20/20 and if I'd known the hybrid battery was about to die, obviously I wouldn't have spent the money on the other stuff. But it was worth it to me at the time to wait on getting a new car to see what other EVs came onto the market. I wasn't anticipating that 8 months later I would be facing another $$$$ issue (perhaps I should have aniticipated that on a 16 year old car) but regardless, at this point I don't want to put any more money into it.[/quote]

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