Hey Scotty, I'm buying a 2019 Prius L Eco with 20k miles on it. It has a clean title and the driver took care of it. How does a hybrid differ from a regular ICE car and what should I look out for?
If you do a lot of city driving and drive for a living, then a hybrid makes sense. If you do city/highway, a regular gasoline car is sufficient.
The batteries in these things do not last forever, just remember that.
Just keep that battery cooling system clean and unobstructed! Heat kills batteries. Make sure there is nothing in front of air intake, … and make sure the air inlet screen/filter is clean! Make this check a routine, … a frequent one!
Rest, … what others said earlier.
F.S.
- Change the Engine Oil and Filter every 5k miles if you're using very High Quality Full Synthetic Oil & Filter
- Flushed out Coolant every 100k Miles/5 Years
- Change the Transmission Fluid (NEVER FLUSHED IT) every 25k miles by using Drain and Fill method
- Never mess around/Stay Away from High Voltage Hybrid System of those thing
- If the Hybrid Batteries are starting to gone bad, always put the Brand-new Batteries from the Toyota and NEVER AND NEVER put a Rebuilt/Remanufactured Batteries 'cuz it's often gone bad within a month or a year later
- Avoid both Car Wreck & Water Flood at all cost
You should download the owners manual on the toyota site and acquaint yourself to all whats available info wise about this vehicle in PDF form.
