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our next prius

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Main Forum' started by John Fieldsend, Aug 21, 2014.

  1. John Fieldsend

    John Fieldsend New Member

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    Hi folks, I'm on here to ask some general advice, today we got the news that our dependable 06 t-spirit would be written off by the insurance company following some berk pulling out into the path of my wife on sunday. the car was very low millage only just over 50,000 and we had had it from new.

    Unfortunately the insurance will not cover a new car so we are having to look at the used priusmarket, I have seen three from local toyota dealers with full toyota service history, they are a 08 with 65,896 miles, 07 with 60,987 and a 09 with 71,067 miles.

    I just wandered if any one could offer advise on which one they would recommend, all are t spirit models so have same spec. We were going to have a look and a test drive so the other question is anyone have any tips of things to check on the cars before we agree to buy.

    And finally, really sorry about all the questions, we had toyota fit parking sensors for free to close the deal when we bought the car, this time this will be over £200 from toyota so has anyone had experience with aftermarket sensors and are they easy to fit

    thanks for your time reading this post
     
  2. bisco

    bisco cookie crumbler

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    i would go with the '09, since the mileage is so close. is that gen III over there?
     
  3. CrazyLee

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    If they don't give you much for the old car, then keep it if possible. This makes for a really nice parts car!