[Shop-talk] camry hybrids

[Shannah Miller]

I hope your wife is okay.

I can't speak to whether or not you should buy
the Camry.

However, we have an 2005 Prius with about
98,000 miles on it, and we aren't anywhere near
buying new batteries.  Ours are working just
great.

We are taking it in for an "intermediate drive shaft"
recall tomorrow morning.

That points up what is, to me, the big thing to look
at with the car: what recalls have there been on it,
and which ones have been done?  Yes, they are
paid for by Toyota (or, at least, ours have been) but
it's a pain in the neck to have to drop the car off,
especially if you need two, as you do.

Otherwise, if it's been serviced regularly, I would
think that I'd be willing to take a chance on it.

If you have more technical questions, you might
try Luscious Garage's website.

http://www.lusciousgarage.com/

Carolyn, John, and the other techs are very good
about answering questions, and taking seriously
the concerns of car owners.

Shannah

On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 6:13 PM, Tim <tputland at charter.net> wrote:

> OH yea, we are looking at an 07 with 143K on it. We can't afford a lower
> mileage car but have no choice--we have to buy something. The wife totaled
> her car Saturday and we have to have two cars.
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 7:43 PM, Tim wrote:
>
>  Looking for people's feedback, input, experiences, etc on camry hybrids.
>> I know literally nothing about hybirds and always like the info, etc I read
>> here.
>>
>> My wife read 150K mileage battery life. Does anyone know if this is this
>> actually accurate? I've read battery replacement costs from $3K to $5K.
>> Anyone have any experience replacing a camry battery?
>>
>> Thanks
>> tim
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