Posted by nunamus on May 4, 2007, 12:58 pm
We bought this loaded car in Oct '03 with no price premium,
installed leather, tinting, XM-radio, and upgraded speakers, and
not long thereafter bought quieter tires. We also added about
66# of strategic silencing materials, which really made a
difference. I've never been happier with a car purchase.
We're right at 40,000 miles. Our fuel consumption since purchase
has been about 44mpg. Unscheduled maintenance has been zero, but
we paid $950 for the Toyota extended warranty anyway.
I plan to keep the car until 2011, because the CA HOV stickers
are good until then - and frankly, that one feature by itself
adds immense satisfaction to owning the car. Yesterday I drove
250 miles in S California freeway traffic, and saved at least an
hour thanks to the HOV lanes and ramps.
It took more than 18 months for the car to depreciate to a price
below that which we paid for it...
Wow!
Posted by Bream Rockmetteller on May 5, 2007, 2:05 am
> We bought this loaded car in Oct '03 with no price premium, installed
> leather, tinting, XM-radio, and upgraded speakers, and not long
> thereafter bought quieter tires. We also added about 66# of strategic
> silencing materials, which really made a difference. I've never been
> happier with a car purchase.
>
> We're right at 40,000 miles. Our fuel consumption since purchase has
> been about 44mpg. Unscheduled maintenance has been zero, but we paid
> $950 for the Toyota extended warranty anyway.
>
> I plan to keep the car until 2011, because the CA HOV stickers are good
> until then - and frankly, that one feature by itself adds immense
> satisfaction to owning the car. Yesterday I drove 250 miles in S
> California freeway traffic, and saved at least an hour thanks to the
> HOV lanes and ramps.
>
> It took more than 18 months for the car to depreciate to a price below
> that which we paid for it...
>
> Wow!
Congratulaions!
Ya gotta love it...
Posted by Michael Pardee on May 5, 2007, 8:34 am
<snip>
> It took more than 18 months for the car to depreciate to a price below
> that which we paid for it...
How can that be? I recall when we bought our 2002 new that depreciation was
expected to be more than average! And that it would take 200K miles to pay
off the hybrid cost at $1.50 per gallon. ;-)
FWIW, after 5 years it is still my favorite car of all time. The Lotus was
more fun to drive, but the maintenance was a real damper on the fun.
Mike
Posted by nunamus on May 7, 2007, 1:22 pm
Michael Pardee wrote:
> <snip>
>> It took more than 18 months for the car to depreciate to a price below
>> that which we paid for it...
>>
>
> How can that be? I recall when we bought our 2002 new that depreciation was
> expected to be more than average! And that it would take 200K miles to pay
> off the hybrid cost at $1.50 per gallon. ;-)
>
> FWIW, after 5 years it is still my favorite car of all time. The Lotus was
> more fun to drive, but the maintenance was a real damper on the fun.
>
> Mike
>
>
>
Hah! I understand perfectly - one predecessor to my Prius was a
Porsche (incredibly fast, lots of fun, 15mpg downhill). For the
first year, that Prius had more prestige...
I am reluctant to give up those HOV-lane privileges, which run
until 2011, for the sake of the 2010 model. Does anyone know if
CA is considering a further issue?
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> leather, tinting, XM-radio, and upgraded speakers, and not long
> thereafter bought quieter tires. We also added about 66# of strategic
> silencing materials, which really made a difference. I've never been
> happier with a car purchase.
>
> We're right at 40,000 miles. Our fuel consumption since purchase has
> been about 44mpg. Unscheduled maintenance has been zero, but we paid
> $950 for the Toyota extended warranty anyway.
>
> I plan to keep the car until 2011, because the CA HOV stickers are good
> until then - and frankly, that one feature by itself adds immense
> satisfaction to owning the car. Yesterday I drove 250 miles in S
> California freeway traffic, and saved at least an hour thanks to the
> HOV lanes and ramps.
>
> It took more than 18 months for the car to depreciate to a price below
> that which we paid for it...
>
> Wow!