Toyota Prius: Hybrid car cost calculator

> <net> 

Seriously, what Ford is worth $6,300 in 7 years? None I've ever owned.

Hell, I only got $500 out of a 7 year old Saturn at trade-in. With the glut
of trade-ins and used cars, resale values are way down.

Also, I haven't seen gas down to $2.20/gal. in California in a long time.
It's currently about $0.40 higher than it was last year at this time.
Locally it is $2.63 for reg. and $3.09 in Santa Barbara, CA. If you dare
stop in Bridgeport, CA its more likely to be $3.99/gallon.

B~

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If the calculator is right, I'm more than $5000 ahead with the Prius over
the comparable (but downscale) Corolla! Ours is a 2002 model, which was
$20.5K when we bought it.

Of course, that is assuming gas will stay around $2.20 for the next ten
years. It will, won't it? When we bought the Prius the comparisons were
being made with gas at $1.50.

Mike

In article <net>,
"Michael Pardee" <com> wrote:
 

I tried to use the calculator to compare the Prius with the Acura that I
had previously, but the calculator does not take into account the
twenty-cent difference between regular and high-test gasoline.

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"Michael Pardee" <com> wrote in message
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How much did it cost you for a brake job? The tranny? Or anything else that
craps out on other cars?

"mark_digital©" <com> wrote in message
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I used the stock figures in the calculator, but as a hard-core DIYer I pay
the cost of parts. For our two 2002 Prius cars, with 170K miles between
them, that is just tires and one windshield apiece. Plus oil, filters,
coolant... of course. At 105K miles my Prius has more than half the front
pads left. One of these days I ought to actually measure them. Disclaimer: I
bought mine at 103K miles a couple months ago; I'm going by the service
records.

Mike

You compared the Prius to a Ford Escape. Try the comparison to a Toyota
Corolla, which only costs about $14,000 and it gets 38 mpg on the highway.
In this comparison it takes many years and miles to justify the Prius.

BTW: I have a new 2006 Prius and I love it.

Dick

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In article <hqinh.22177$lga>,
"Dick Byrd" <com> wrote:
 

There's no comparison between the two. If you want to compare a Prius
to another Toyota, compare it to the Camry; they're about the same size
and have about the same amenities.

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"Dick Byrd" <com> wrote in message
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The ratio of city to highway driving is also a big factor. Realistically,
our 2002s get mid-40s year round with short trips in town being the norm. In
that service very few cars - including the Corolla - get even upper 20s.

Of course, a hybrid power train is about the only option that even stands up
to that kind of evaluation. What is the payback period for a navigation
system, a premium sound system, HID headlights, a turbocharger, or anything
else that car commercials tout? We get this elegant power delivery and
better economy too.

Mike