Comments by "flagmichael" (@flagmichael) on "Does Toyota Still Make Good Cars? THIS 341K Mile Prius Inspection is SHOCKING!" video.

  1. My son has the 2002 Prius that I bought used at 102K miles. It needed it's first repair beyond tires, wiper blades, a couple of windshields (Arizona is the land of flying rocks) and 12 V batteries, at 198K miles when the inverter cooling pump died. At 208K miles it needed a hybrid battery rebuild, and soon after that the forward fuel/air sensor. That's it! The interior is in fabulous shape at 20 years; the legends on all the dash controls are perfectly legible. I'm sure if Toyota can make cars like that other manufacturers can, too... they just choose not to.
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  2.  @MyLifeThai371  The 0-60 time of the 3rd generation Prius is almost identical to that of the US version of Delorean DMC-12: about 10 seconds. The Prius is faster than many people think and the Delorean with federal emissions was slower than people think.
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  3. My son's 2002 Prius got its first brake work beyond inspection at 205K miles. The front brakes were about half worn and the rear brakes were not measurably worn. He replaced the front on general principles.
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  4. Y'all come to Arizona, one of six states with mandatory zero-deductible windshield glass coverage in all auto insurance. In a state with so many rocks it is an important safety issue.
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  5.  @Blakecryderman7244  We had a 1985 Volvo 765T. It was a terrible car, needing repair work at least once a month. The Volvo version of PCV pumped oil mist into the rubber intake ducts, dissolving them after about 150K miles. The set was about $600. The same thing gooped up the throttle body and IAC valve, requiring cleaning every few months to prevent stalling. Those were just the standard recurring headaches. The outrage was in model years between 1984 and 1987, when Volvo decided to use French wiring with biodegradable insulation. The problem was that the wiring did not wait to biodegrade; every bit of 22 gauge wire insulation that was exposed to the elements shucked off long before its time. More? Ours had the standard fuel pickup failure: the inch or so of hose between the pre-pump in the tank tore (it had a bellows), causing intermittent stalling and/or refusal to start when the fuel dropped below 1/4 tank. The fuel hose from the main fuel pump to the engine developed a pinhole, draining the last 1/4 of a tank in less than 20 miles and destroying the pump. More standard problems: TDC sensor became intermittent, as did the fuel pump relay. The engine developed piston slap around the 200K mile mark. The 3/8 inch breather hose from the crankcase to the turbo inlet plugged up on the freeway, producing a large cloud of smoke and blowing 3 quarts of oil into the intake before we could get off the freeway. The wax pellet in the inlet air temperature control box failed, feeding hot air into the engine. Those are just the common failures seen in that Volvo. I don't think much of that list.
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