Is this an ok buy? 07 w/ 225k

Hi all, I'm about to pull the trigger on a 2007 Prius with 225,000 miles in it for $1300. I'm buying it from the original owner who was a realtor. He has every single service record with oil changed every 3000 miles. The batteries were replaced by Toyota at 185k about 2 years ago. The master cylinder was replaced at about 150k. AC works great and blows cold. Last service shows it burning oil but slowly. It's for my daughter who currently goes to college, says in the dorms and drives maybe 100 miles a week. She currently drives a lifted f150 with a V8 that gets about 10mpg.

The only issue I've found is the left headlight has stopped working but I think I can replace the ballast??

Let me know what you guys think. Any advice would be appreciated.

SM-G955U ?

 

Thank you for all your responses!!!

Yes, she has quick access to service near her college, while she stays in the dorms she is going to school in the same town we live in. So she always has family and an extra car if she needs it.

I did the math and she'll be driving 14 miles per day, 5 days a week, from her dorm to her work so the vehicle will see daily usage.

I can confirm that it was the high voltage battery pack that was replaced by Toyota, not the 12v.

I should mention that I've known the seller for longer than he's owned the vehicle and we both work at the same place. He takes extremely good care of his vehicles and he is getting himself a Tesla Model X and was going to trade the Prius. I approached him about it and he said I could buy it for what they were offering him for trade, $1300.

Lastly one reason for me considering this purchase is that in the past few months she has rear ended 2 people (albeit at low speed) causing 2 claims on our insurance. Even she agrees that while she loves her truck, an 18 year old driving a F-150 with 35" tires and a lift kit isn't the greatest idea. Moving her to a Prius will bring down the insurance almost $80/mo.

I don't consider a well maintained and taken care high mileage vehicle child abuse unless it was something like a BMW or a vehicle I had no idea about. $1300 is a very small amount of money and I will have 'recouped' my investment after only 3000 miles ($0.45 is the per mile savings of the Prius vs. the F-150). I will be very surprised if the Prius can't make it another 3000 miles. Looking at these forums, the condition of the vehicle and all the service records and preventative maintenance done to this vehicle, I expect to get at least another 20-30k trouble free miles out of this vehicle. If something like the AC goes out on this vehicle and I'm looking at a cost higher than the value of the vehicle then I can just sell it, part it out or donate it and not have any financial impact.

 

Clean is an understatement. Weathertech mats in it most of it's life, the carpets look like new. Seats are in pristine condition. Nothing wrong with Navi screen or dash. He's throwing in a set of Spikes Spiders with it which is awesome since we get snow.

 

I'll let him know. Keep in mind this will be in ten years and the tesla will have 250k miles most likely

 

Sam, I knew absolutely nothing about Prius' when I made this post - and still don't really. I've simply done a ridiculous amount of research in the past 24 hours since the proposal was made. I wanted to make sure someone didn't jump out and go "DON'T DO IT"

Between everyone here and what info I can find I was able to figure it's not a bad decision and it looks like my biggest issue will be keeping an eye on the oil. She knows how to do that an other basic automotive troubleshooting so I don't think it will be a problem. I'm going to set up a reminder in her phone to check her oil at least once a week.

She is actually excited about this because she feels like she'll be able to control the vehicle a lot more and not feel like she is surrounded by a massive truck.