New owner of 2001 Prius....where should I stop?

First time with hybrids. I came across a 2001 Prius that the owner was asking $6500 for. Crossed out his price and lowered it to $4500. I bought it for $2800 after having two different mechanics go thru the car for inspection. They found these items to repair.

Factory Struts
Air Conditioner Compressor
Front Left Wheel Bearing
Right Rear Hub Bearing
Front Left CV boot torn and Axle seal.
Drive Belt

I just replaced the rear drums and shoes. Front pads are 8mm yet. I ordered struts for the front due to noise coming from front left. Replacing the strut mounts too on the front.

The car has 223,000 miles on it but the engine and battery pack were replaced two months ago with a 72,000 mile car. I calculate that the price in fuel savings alone will be $2800 a year compared to my GMC Envoy. My initial purchase can be recooped in one year.

My question is how much of these repairs should I do? I looked into the bearings and axle seal. Bought the part for a fraction of the cost of dealer and autozone. I don't think the listed repairs will be bad to handle on my own, especially since I still have the Envoy to fall back on. How important would it be to replace the rear struts? The car rides smooth with factory struts, but I think the bearings went bad due to lack of replacing the struts? True? I am doing the front to eliminate the noise heard once in awhile on rough roads.

Would like peoples opinion as to how far and what to repair now or wait. Car worth it? It can save the miles on my truck and save me money in the long haul.....if these end up being the only repairs needed in 18 months. After 18 months, the repair and car purchase will be recouped. Should I wait on repairing this car all the way? I can still return my parts but now at a cross roads of thought!!!!

 

Thank you for the advice. I did buy the front struts and mounts for $150 I would find out if the ride changes. My truck made a HUGE difference when I replaced the rear shocks in it. The factory ones we soft and now it handles more enjoyable, especially when hitched to a trailer.
The rear bearing does have lots of drag to it when turning by hand. Not sure how much the fuel mpg is being affected by this.
The A/C is being fixed right now for $1000 at the dealer. That was a given to fix and I was happy with the car expense at that point. Wasn't sure on the other repairs and the priority I should be putting on it when I don't have drive time history with this car.
I read about the inverter fluid? Should this be changed? The dealer inspection said all fluids "Looked" good, but I don't have history of the changes. When a different engine was placed into this car, would all the fluids be replaced at that time? I can do radiator and trans fluids, but it sounds like a bigger job with the inverter fluid. Still researching this and how to do it if it sounds like I should.

One last thought hit me. If I replace the bearing in the front left, I have to realign the car don't I? This is why I bought everything to replace the entire front end to new...CV boot, seal, bearing, strut tops and struts. After spending all this money, I started to think that I could be putting money into a dead horse if a major issue appears (like the used batteries are crap after all). Fix now and get history with car or get history first and fix stuff later but take the chance I cause more repairs. Hummm.
For the money, I think I will repair everything up front and even the struts. Correct me if I am wrong, but then I would do an alignment once.
Thanks for the input. Back and forth on the expenses. I hate learning a different car, especially a hybrid and so much other charges could brake the bank verse the use I will get from the car.

 

Thank you for the confidence builder! I am getting the car back tonight with the AC fixed and while I was at it, I had them flush the inverter coolant. $65 for the flush so why not and now I have history of that repair done. I will do the rest myself.