1. Attachments are working again! Check out this thread for more details and to report any other bugs.

Your New Prius... How many miles where on it?

Discussion in 'Newbie Forum' started by Chris27, May 13, 2008.

  1. Chris27

    Chris27 New Member

    Joined:
    May 13, 2008
    3
    0
    0
    Location:
    The Woodlands, TX
    Vehicle:
    2008 Prius
    Hello everyone, this is my first thread and I am sorry if it has been asked before, but the search has a limit on characters per-word is was a bit hard to find my answer, so I chose to ask it here.

    My new 08 Prius comes in tomorrow, and I want to to know how many miles am I to expect to see already on it, and how many your brand new prius had on it when you bought it... can you help a new fellow prius owner out? Also what is the lowest miles you have heard from ANYONE getting on a new prius? The lowest I have seen with my own eyes to-date is 6... ? What is an adverage?

    Thanks again!!! :)
     
  2. Del Boy

    Del Boy New Member

    Joined:
    Mar 18, 2008
    17
    0
    0
    Location:
    Oakland, CA
    Vehicle:
    2008 Prius
    Mine had four on it. The dealer explained that each new car should have three or four miles on it, due to the test driving that Toyota does for each car off the assembly line, just make sure nothing falls off. I know that the miles weren't from other potential drivers, since I bought off the truck it before it was prepped for driving (the SmartKey hadn't even been programmed).
     
  3. freshmtt

    freshmtt Dachshund Addict

    Joined:
    Apr 23, 2008
    532
    4
    5
    Location:
    Chicago Suburbs
    Vehicle:
    2008 Prius
    Mine had 14 miles on it,,
     
  4. canesfan

    canesfan Culture shocked...

    Joined:
    Mar 27, 2008
    544
    7
    0
    Location:
    Jacksonville, NC
    Vehicle:
    2008 Prius
    Model:
    N/A
    I got mine last week and it had about 100 on it. Remarkably, it had been on the lot for TWO WEEKS and had gone on quite a few test drives! It was a small dealership in a small town. I totally lucked out.
     
  5. schifferj

    schifferj New Member

    Joined:
    May 8, 2008
    5
    0
    0
    Location:
    Spokane Washington
    Vehicle:
    2008 Prius
    Mine (actually its my wife's) had 44 miles on it so obviously given the posts above it was test driven a few times before I got it. When they brought it out and put it on the lot it was surrounded by potential buyers as it didn't have a "sold" sign in the window! The downside was the few miles on the car - the upside was that the car, having been "broken in" got 54.6 miles per gallon on the 300 mile drive over the Cascades from Seattle Washington to Spokane. Filling up at Costco for less than a double sawbuck was a fantastic experience too.
     
  6. MarkFive

    MarkFive Junior Member

    Joined:
    Mar 8, 2008
    11
    0
    0
    Location:
    Union Grove, WI
    Vehicle:
    2008 Prius
    mine had 3 miles on it. [​IMG]
     
  7. charansr

    charansr Member

    Joined:
    Mar 25, 2008
    107
    0
    0
    Location:
    Concord CA
    Vehicle:
    2010 Prius
    Model:
    IV
    Mine had 133 miles on it. I added about 10 miles on my test drive.. I guess the rest must have been from others test driving it.
     
  8. Jiipa

    Jiipa MGySgt USMC (Ret)

    Joined:
    Feb 23, 2008
    314
    2
    0
    Location:
    Oahu, Hawaii
    Vehicle:
    2008 Prius
    Mine had seven but I had put four of those on with my test drive, so it had three when I first hit the power button.
     
  9. yams69

    yams69 Junior Member

    Joined:
    Mar 29, 2008
    19
    0
    0
    Location:
    Bucks County, PA
    Vehicle:
    2008 Prius
    Model:
    N/A
    Mine had 10 when I took it for my test drive and 12 when I picked it up a week later.
     
  10. Chris27

    Chris27 New Member

    Joined:
    May 13, 2008
    3
    0
    0
    Location:
    The Woodlands, TX
    Vehicle:
    2008 Prius
    Lots of good feedback, let me ask you guys this and see what you think? I waited on mine for about a month. It is a package 5 and they added XM, floor mats, and tint to it. They told me that it had 13 miles on it when they pulled off the truck. What do you guys think? Could I have received it with less miles on it? What do you think the cause was for the excess 10 miles?
     
  11. okiebutnotfrommuskogee

    okiebutnotfrommuskogee Senior Member

    Joined:
    Mar 2, 2007
    1,813
    15
    0
    Location:
    Tulsa, OK
    Vehicle:
    2011 Prius
    Model:
    Two
  12. sdtundra

    sdtundra Senior Member

    Joined:
    Mar 11, 2008
    1,314
    193
    0
    Location:
    Sacramento, CA
    Vehicle:
    2011 Prius
    Model:
    Two
  13. greenlv

    greenlv New Member

    Joined:
    Apr 26, 2008
    29
    0
    0
    Location:
    Las Vegas, NV
    Vehicle:
    2008 Prius
    Mine had about 90.
     
  14. Neicy

    Neicy Member

    Joined:
    Apr 29, 2007
    834
    19
    0
    Location:
    Wakefield, MA.
    Vehicle:
    2021 Prius Prime
    Model:
    XLE
    Driving it to get XM and tint done.

    Mine had 5 on it.
     
  15. SilverPriusMn

    SilverPriusMn New Member

    Joined:
    Apr 29, 2008
    5
    0
    0
    Location:
    Minneapolis, MN
    Vehicle:
    2008 Prius
    My Prius had 107 miles when I drove it off the lot. It had been on the lot for 3-4 weeks (I was monitoring the dealer lots while Priuses still were available before the waiting lists started.) and had accumulated test drive miles. I had taken it for a 10 miles test drive before I signed on the dotted line, and the auto technician took it out for a 3 mile run to complete the final checklist before I drove it home.
     
  16. Barcelona Red

    Barcelona Red OM dream mobile sea glass

    Joined:
    Apr 6, 2008
    79
    14
    0
    Location:
    San Jose,California
    Vehicle:
    2015 Prius Plug-in
    Model:
    Plug-in Advanced
    112.
    They got it from another dealer in a trade(the other one was about 20 miles away).
     
  17. richard schumacher

    richard schumacher shortbus driver

    Joined:
    Mar 27, 2004
    7,663
    1,037
    0
    Location:
    United States
    Vehicle:
    2004 Prius
    Model:
    N/A
    3 miles. Driving around to add non-factory options could easily add 10 or 20 miles, but unless you buy one off the lot (where it might have been subject to test drives) I would not want to see much more than that.
     
  18. ny biker

    ny biker Member

    Joined:
    May 22, 2007
    463
    11
    0
    Location:
    Northern Virginia
    Vehicle:
    2022 Prius
    Model:
    XLE
    It's only 10 miles. Really not worth worrying about.

    Mine had about 35 miles on it when I picked it up, but that was after my very long test drive.
     
  19. Brodie

    Brodie New Member

    Joined:
    Mar 15, 2008
    162
    2
    0
    Location:
    Rhode Island
    Vehicle:
    2008 Prius
    Mine had 8 when I first test drove it, and 27 when I picked it up the next day, it apparently had gone on another test drive or two.
     
  20. Yoda-chan

    Yoda-chan New Member

    Joined:
    Apr 22, 2008
    84
    0
    0
    Location:
    Florida
    Vehicle:
    2008 Prius
    Mine had 58, including my test drives. I test drove a new silver one that had just arrived with only 2 miles on it, though.

    I wouldn't worry about 10 miles...it's insignificant in my mind...