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netmatrix
post Feb 25 2025, 09:39 PM

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TS should ask who owned Toyota Prius 1st gen and if they used it for 8 years or still using it today? Or if they did changed the battery and rectifier and it still works till today? Then magically the questions are answered.

You can just ask if a Honda or Toyota Hybrid is going to last xx years because it never happened.
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post Feb 25 2025, 10:25 PM

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QUOTE(diffyhelman2 @ Feb 25 2025, 09:57 PM)
2011 car not even 15 years. The real test is whether owner will keep the car for 20 + years and use it daily instead of becoming backup car. There are still waja and wira examples going around because it’s relatively cheap to keep it on the road. Hybrid after 20 years?
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Majority of car owners usually ditch their cars right after they are fully paid. So it is rare that a single owner car with more than 15 years is going to tell you they owned that car for 15 years. And it could probably be the 2nd or 3rd owner and so forth.

You can randomly stop any Wira & Waja owner and ask them if they are the first owners. I can bet they are not. At current situation these cars are buy, use and abandon. Few thousand buck for one to drive for 2-3 years is a bargain for people not wanting to pay instalments just to move around. Single owner cars are very rare.

My neighbour is an owner of a Prius C from new since 2013. The car is only 12 years old. Very minimal service because it is rarely driven. It is still there ready to go when he needs it. Another of my neighbour that had a Prius sold it after 5 years. I know a friend who bought a a used 2011 Honda Insight before pandemic. The car is still in use today. And its not well taken care of whats more washed. rclxub.gif

 

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