Buying a used 2011 Prius?

If you can do that kind of stuff yourself, I say skip the Maxcare. Not that much happens to these cars anyway especially if you do the egr, occ, etc,

 

Without list price of car, maxcare & what it covered disclosed in the post then there's not enough info to reply with an legit answer.

Bought mine from carmax also. Just know that carmax car's are typically listed a few thousand dollar higher than kelly blue book values.

 

General wisdom for those who are mechanically inclined is not buy the maxcare (or other used car warranties), do most maintenance and repairs yourself, and save the maxcare warranty $$ and use it to fund future repairs (if any) that you cannot do yourself.

 

The extended warranty won't cover the hybrid battery. That's probably the expensive part needing to be replaced after the car hits its 10th birthday.

 

The brake booster's pretty expensive too, and there's been a fair number of failures. There's warranty extension program for that, definitely check with dealership and the net.