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The story says 550,000km / 341,000mi
Wtty is 8 yrs OR 160,000km IIRC...simple aint it? :)
*Very* simple.
Clearly Toyota's claim that they'll last the "life of the vehicle" isn't one they're prepared to back up :)
-- Regards, Noddy.
When someone offers you a lifetime warranty, they speak of their life, not yours. Toyota's warranty is as written.
I would have thought "life of the vehicle" is a pretty easy concept to understand.
Even for a Prius owner.....
-- Regards, Noddy.
It is, and Toyota offers no such warranty.
Oddly enough, I seem to recall saying exactly this about 5 posts ago.
Fair dinkum, some of you Americans have the comprehension skills of a dog turd....
-- Regards, Noddy.
I don't think so.
no, they warrant it for a long period because they couldn't sell the cars if the battery pack had a one year warranty. go figure.
Twelve months ago (in a short documentary clip in the ABC TV midday news), a Toyota USA rep discussing Prius batteries stated "they cost *us* $8000 a time". They expected that to come down as sales increased - which they may not have done much in that period due to the GFC. And even, on a best case w-a-g they are now half that, it is still evident that your replacement cost figures:
(a) are heavily subsidised by Toyco; or
(b) you pulled them out of your arse.
An after market battery pack costs about $12oo>1500.00 landed
a quick google produced that sort of costing
Wow! So you have a plug-in conversion model? What is your mileage? I am curious about how much of a difference that makes. How much did that conversion cost you?
What was I thinking? No, I have the standard traction battery(s). Wish I did have the plug-in conversion model.
He is being sarcastic, they are not lithium ion.
Are you saying I failed to recognize my own sarcasm? Perhaps you missed a post in this thread.
Sarcasm (if it was) that only the originator can recognize is a wasted exersize
Actually, I assumed he was stating a fact about his own car--if he has Li-ion, then I thought he probably did the conversion. I guess it was just a misstatement after all.
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