Best mileage to buy used Prius at?

It’s hard to say. My mom’s Prius has 160K on it and she’s had no major issues, but hers is well maintained. She said even if I bought a Prius with 60K or so, there was a good chance it would run for another 100K. I think that depends on how well the car is maintained, so check the Carfax, ask about service history, etc.

When I was looking at buying a used one, I was looking at 2013-2015s and a lot of it depended on service history for me. I wanted one that had been well maintained (regular servicing) and as I looked and test drove a few, decided I really wanted a car with only one previous owner. I ended up getting a 2015 with just under 46K. Not the lowest mileage vehicle I looked at, but it came down to a balance between mileage and price. The lower mileage used vehicles tend to have inflated prices imo.

 

welcome!

i think it is simply the lower miles the better. pricing is usually consistent with mileage, so whatever you can afford is probably best.

keep in mind that 'prius seem to run forever' is an overall average, but the one you buy may not be.

some gen 3's (2010-2015) start burning oil around 100k, and some blow head gaskets. there are several threads here on cleaning the egr and intake manifold.

i would concentrate on condition, options, maintenance, number of owners and accident history.

all the best!

 

The best ones have low miles and are driven a bit each day. I'm envious that you have the 150k miles warranty.

Figure out how many miles that you'll drive each year and make sure that you can make it to '22-'23 before passing 150k miles. Good luck.