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marsden_online) wrote2013-12-21 09:36 am
marsden_online) wrote2013-12-21 09:36 am
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Prius anniversary
Checking back it turns out yesterday was the 10th anniversary of my taking delivery of the Prius. Something I have never regretted.
It's starting to show it's age a bit in the bodywork, one door is due another trip to the panelbeaters and the front of the undercarriage is currently held up by a piece of thin rope. There have been a few expenses over the years, mostly my own damn fault. But it is still running as smoothly as ever and yesterday when I fuelled up it had done it's best tank ever - 4.5L/100km over a distance of 1026 km
[Update] I don't have a precise record of my petrol spend over that time - it's bundled in with the insurance and registration/servicing/etc. But making some approximations on those it looks like it has probably saved me $10000-$12000 in petrol over that time - which covers the ~$10000 premium it cost to get a Prius in the first place.
It's starting to show it's age a bit in the bodywork, one door is due another trip to the panelbeaters and the front of the undercarriage is currently held up by a piece of thin rope. There have been a few expenses over the years, mostly my own damn fault. But it is still running as smoothly as ever and yesterday when I fuelled up it had done it's best tank ever - 4.5L/100km over a distance of 1026 km
[Update] I don't have a precise record of my petrol spend over that time - it's bundled in with the insurance and registration/servicing/etc. But making some approximations on those it looks like it has probably saved me $10000-$12000 in petrol over that time - which covers the ~$10000 premium it cost to get a Prius in the first place.