budget brake fix questions

I was putting $500,000 mi on 73 te Corollas. The generation 2 kind of built like a tank it's interior if you get a desirable one will be leather smooth and/or perforated whichever and if it's been any kind of taking care of it'll be in real good shape and that stuff wears like iron especially the smooth leather version it's very very heavy duty the chassis in the body are just more sturdy the metal sticker I don't know whatever it is I have gen threes and twos here and the three is just leaning over the side of the car if you lean on the fender it'll cave in the Gen 2 not so much of course it's shaped different than what have you and they will go the distance there are some 300,000 MI or so and more gen 3s out there many of them have had lots of work done to them to get there I've got a $369,000 mi here in gen 3 form head gaskets blown and it was a pandemic Dasher vehicle

 

Conventional economy cars from Toyota and Honda are more likely to make 300k without a major expense. Plus most of the parts are available aftermarket or rebuilt at the local Napa or Autozone. Hybrids are way more complex and aftermarket brake boosters, inverters or rebuilt transaxles don’t exist around the corner or in most cases, anywhere. Aftermarket lithium and NiMH batteries fail quickly and may be unsafe.

Toyota Prius gen3s offered very good reliability and low cost of ownership to the original buyers. Toyota provided extended support for the brake booster problem and changed oil burning rings and pistons for free, primarily to those original owners before mile and year limits hit. Gen3 inverters are still covered but they will expire as the gen3s age out. Toyota has never accepted responsibility for clogged egrs or blown head gaskets and engines.

Gen3 interiors, body, paint and suspensions are still very good and often fool used buyers into paying twice as much for high mile cars as they were worth four years ago. Flippers temporarily seal head gaskets for one or two months and roll back odos. And then sell as is.

Gen2s are showing their age with some now twenty years old. They burn oil the old fashion way - without blowing head gaskets. Most have replacement batteries or two or three but the rest of the powertrain rolls on, usually without major engine work.

Gen4s solved gen3 issues and was even used in almost every car in the Toyota lineup. They are smoother, reliable and more powerful. Darn good cars.