Hi y'all,
About a month ago, our 2006 Prius went on life support, the dreaded hybrid light came on. The next day at 7:20AM, we went to our local Toyota dealership to have her checked out. The service advisor informed us that the big battery needed to be replaced. The cost was $3700 plus the catalytic converter need to be replaced. Cost was $2500. Book value of the Prius was $2000.
So that afternoon at 2:40, we left in our 2012 Rav4 base model with 40,489 miles and Goodyear Assurance tires. We bought the RAV4 based upon our needs and gravel plates. We were tired of the gravel plate scraping the driveway as we entered our garage. Plus we need to be able to drive to our daughter high school to feed her pigs in bad weather.
We like the way the vehicle rides and drive. But we went from 42 MPG to 21.5 MPG. That is why we call our RAV4 Piggy
About a month ago, our 2006 Prius went on life support, the dreaded hybrid light came on. The next day at 7:20AM, we went to our local Toyota dealership to have her checked out. The service advisor informed us that the big battery needed to be replaced. The cost was $3700 plus the catalytic converter need to be replaced. Cost was $2500. Book value of the Prius was $2000.
So that afternoon at 2:40, we left in our 2012 Rav4 base model with 40,489 miles and Goodyear Assurance tires. We bought the RAV4 based upon our needs and gravel plates. We were tired of the gravel plate scraping the driveway as we entered our garage. Plus we need to be able to drive to our daughter high school to feed her pigs in bad weather.
We like the way the vehicle rides and drive. But we went from 42 MPG to 21.5 MPG. That is why we call our RAV4 Piggy