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15. Just curious, what year Prius? I'm still driving a 2011

Reply to hunter (Reply #13)

Sun Jun 28, 2026, 06:14 PM

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I bought new. It never got close to 66mpg. But compared with other cars of similar vintage, it's great. (Typical suburban driving is >40mpg without even trying; on long highway trips I think I saw it hit 55 once.)

It's starting to have more and more repair needs, as cars do when they hit the ripe age of 15yo, especially when owned by a non-mechanic. I have to face the potential retirement of this wonderful car within next 5 years, I'm sure.

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