Just need to vent...

Ooops -
yea - thank you for the reminder. Last time I had to fiddle fart with a flame sensor was in an attic and all of its glorious fiberglass insulation. This house fortunately has a machine room with water heater, softener tank, discharge pump, the heater blower.
Turns out my spare thermostat heater sensor was old/bad & should have just thrown it out.
The idiocy of sticking these things in an area requiring use of my inspection mirror never ceases to amaze me (vent of the day) .



Found the condensation drain pretty plugged up as well - so, got that taken care of too. Anywho, all cleaned up ready to test.
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I-90 crosses a mountain pass that receives an average of over 400 inches of snow per year. Only the most western portion of I-90 counts as "in these lowlands," where snow usually makes several appearances most (not all) years, but sticks around only briefly. The vast majority of winter is snow-free.

 

Instead of paying the ridiculous price of $92.44 to Toyota for two OEM shocks for my rear lift door in my 2021 Prius, ordered aftermarkets on Amazon...$21 for them both.
These rear shocks are the only thing commonly needing replacing in our two Prius. (2017/2021) They only seem to last a few years...this is the 2nd set on my 2021.
Interesting that the ones I ordered don't fit the 2017 despite both hatches having wipers on the window....must be a weight issue.

 

I'm too weary about buying stuff from Amazon or eBay anymore to even give it a try, especially with suspension or brake parts. I've seen cheap, online, suspension parts violently come apart due to poor quality in less than a year from purchase and install. Saving a couple bucks isn't worth my life.

 

You can get the shocks from one of the auto parts hauses.
Of my 3 hatchbacks (Envoy, Acadia, Terrain) I've only had to replace the ones for the Envoy - whose hatch is fairly HEAVY if you try to lift it without the shocks.
I got them from O-O-O'Reiley - but they all sell the same crap.

GMC stopped cranking out Envoys a long time ago, UNFORTUNATELY.

 

Yep; got an Envoy XL in my driveway. Use it for hunting n fishing. 250K+ miles and requires a lot of little fixes. Power-train is awesome, but only getting 17 mpg; that's why the Prime is my daily.

@ColoradoBoo; still on my OEM 'strong-arm' struts on my prime. Access them at least 3x a week, never an issue - except cleaning that trunk opening channel. Lots of leaves and junk gets in there. I've heard the trunk lid is carbon fiber; don't know about the regular Prius.

 

Oh these aren't suspension struts, these are the shocks (struts) that help open and close the rear tailgate in the cars.