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Originally Posted by thinshavings
I would like to see how many Hummers are still on the road with 300,000 miles.
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Athough, I am not a fan of the Vehicle,
The H2 and H3 are far superoir in technical terms compared to the Prius. It is not even a fair comparison.
All Hummers are in fact stiil on the road and running with very high reliablity.
They are just not fashionable as of late with Fuel prices. But they are cheaper to keep and have strong resale. More so than a similar mileage Prius. Again both vehicles of these are apples and oranges apart.
Hint: the Atkinson type Prius engine
alone has issues not even addressed by TIS. Start and stop cycling alone is a great problem for this Prius engine. It takes alot of abuse. 100k+/- EOL cycle is realistic and is becoming fact...forget about the electrics. It costs too much to maintain after it's off warranty. Repairs exceed the value at 100K. Fuel efficiency gets worse with mileage. NiCad Packs costing $5200 average.
If Toyota was smart they would offer battery replacement at $500 ea. Yeah,in another world and dimension.
