Russian Warship, Go Berkeley Yourself
Russian Warship, Go Berkeley Yourself PowerDork
9/24/24 2:38 p.m.

Junior Warship has grown tired of sharing a vehicle with her mother now that she is working full time and going to college.  
She really likes driving Mrs Warship's 2010 Prius, but I believe she would be amenable to a 2nd gen, and without knowing the the history of the vehicle, I would prefer 2nd gen myself.  (MW inherited her 2010 from her father with less than 100K gentle miles on it, and it has been completely trouble free for nearly 100K more)

 

 

 

 



Anyone holding?   She is also open to other small quirky/cute choices, but stone axe reliability is a must.   Price is flexible, dependent on mileage and condition, but cheaper is better.  Location is very flexible; but I let my passport expire, so ContiUS, pleez. wink

John Welsh
John Welsh Mod Squad
9/24/24 5:36 p.m.

I'm probably a minimum of 3 weeks out with these recent Prius acquisitions

https://grassrootsmotorsports.com/forum/grm/this-weeks-salvage-auction-targets/273534/page1/

Mr Indy is likely on a similar timeframe...

https://grassrootsmotorsports.com/forum/build-projects-and-project-cars/fix-n-flip-an-accidental-prius-buy/273462/page1/

 

Above 175k the Gen2 (04-09) is far superior reliability than the Gen3 (10-16)

The Gen3 s 1.8L is known for burning oil and blowing HGs over 175k.  The high probability of these problems makes used 1.8L expensive.  The Gen2s 1.5L does not have the same problems.  

 

Please post up or send directly links to the ones you find and we will both tell you what we see from that listing.  

 

Quirky and reliable...search for the overlooked Toyota Echo.  They too are 1.5L and run reliably yet seem to be overlooked.  Original Scion xB and Scion xA are the same chassis with same reliability.  

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