I'm an extremely intense person and I drive a Prius. Why? Because I intensely like an extremely reliable car that saves me money. I'm literally funding my toddlers college savings plan with the cash I'm saving on a weekly, monthly and annual basis. Unlike a lot of people who waste money on other expensive and ineffective cars that depreciate like a rock. Rational people with priorities drive cars like Prius. Teenage boys want trucks that cost 50k and never tow or haul because of "image" and "feelings"

I just bought a 2012 from the original owner and honestly, a well maintained prius is unironically a car guys perfect daily. Because it's so dependable and reliable, with very little maintenance outside of basic oil changes, etc, it means a car guy can enjoy wrenching on his fun cars, while having a daily that won't frustrate him with frequent repairs like a lot of other cars in its price range. No belts, no alternator, no starter, and super cheap on gas. Case in point, the guy I bought my prius from, has a c8 vette in his garage, and a 69 f150 he's restoring.

Highest mileage gen 1 prius I've ever seen was 460,000 miles. Still ran great.

Bought mine at 09 prius touring with leathers and nav and jbl premium audio for $3.6k with 179k miles with new hybrid battery. I love it!

430k miles original engine first owner never had a problem this thing is super reliable

I just got a 2009 with 154k miles. Now I paid a premium but the reason was because it came from the dealership and I had all the records and 1 owner + it had water pump, hybrid battery, and 12 volt battery all replaced relatively recent. It’s in excellent condition. I knew someone took care of it.

My 2008 passed 200k not too long ago. It still works flawlessly, besides a cylinder misfire a few months back. The MPG is great and it's very comfy

I learned to drive on a 2009 Prius. It had 118,000 miles on it when it got wrecked. Great cars

You never picked the car as if it was a $300,000 luxury car. For its year and what it is I think it’s outstanding.

Dude if you think 101k is high on a Prius. Mine has got 289k miles and it runs and drive perfectly!

The one side note about the interior: overall, it holds up very well, as shown in the video. However, the cloth seats, outer and inner armrests wear horribly. They show dirt and get loose. If you plan to buy used, get the leather.

He’s spot on about librarians liking Priuses and the rubik’s cube kid being very content and secure with themselves. Lol.

This is what I have been waiting for. I’m looking at getting a hybrid but can’t afford a new one and I want to see what a high mileage hybrid is like

I have a 2008 Toyota Prius and it has 400,000 miles on the odometer and I’m have no issues with it

If you have never owned one of the 2nd gen prius's. ..you wont understand why they are great until you do. I used to hate them until i got one to just roadtrip a few years back. Now ive had 3 of these throughout the years and now i own the 2022 Prius XLE Nightshade and i totally love it. Haven't been able to get myself away from them ever since lol

2012 with 240k . I just did an oil analysis and the engine was actually doing better than the average results from the same engine. the results were literally perfect and I can expect it to last years to come! You just have to change the oil regularly and clean the egr valve every 30k.

My biggest flex is that I've never hated this car. I'm a car Enthusiast like everybody else here, and I've always thought the Prius was a cute little car that got amazing gas mileage! Hell even when I was a kid I never understood why this car got so much hate. It's not meant for fast driving. It's not meant to be powerful. It's literally just a city car with 98 horsepower that's meant to get you from point A to point B. Nothing more, nothing less. I really never understood why a lot of car enthusiasts hated on this car like it was their worst enemy or something. They really treated this car like it killed their mother or some shit, and it's absolutely hilarious seeing everybody have a nervous breakdown at the very sight of a Prius. 💀

This is an awesome and hilarious review. I thought it would be biased since it was from a dealer but it's very honest and funny.

My 2008 has 175,000 and it is just getting broke in…..I love it👍

"People who don't have egos drive a Prius." THIS, RIGHT HERE! 👍 TRUTH.

I bought an 04 prius at 200k miles (battery replaced at 150k), put 45k on it over 3 years then sold it after the cat got stolen lol Prob put ~3k in work into it as the hybrid converter died, a coil pack died, and water pump twoce but the second time was under warranty. Gotta say as much as they suck they are pretty good cars, 40+mpg all day everyday

Very great car, used to hate these but there pretty nice and simple looking!

I like my 2009 Prius but iam letting it go because they have stole my cat converter twice in 6 months here in California. Thinking about trading in for a bolt EV. I just put a cat converter shield but its just a detterent. Even though insurance covers it I still gotta pay $300 out of pocket every time they steal it.

In love with my reliable Generation 2, 2008 Prius, with 170,000 miles. Bought new 25K 10/2007. Excellent shape, since its garage kept. Original Battery perhaps due to less corrosion on the hybrid battery connections? Has additional front and rear running lights. The HID headlights failed but replaced them myself by feeling my way with my hand and did not have to take the bumper off. They are much brighter than the originals. Replace the 12V battery twice. New water pump. New left front bearing. 2 New PVC valve replacement. Fix a leak in the air-conditioning system. Cleaned hybrid battery fan with an added cleanable filter screen at the air intake. Sometimes the dash lights go out when the weather gets cold then will go back on within 50 miles of driving. Heard it’s cold solder joints on the electronics? Went 90K 10yr. with the energy saver Defender Michelin tires and replaced them with the regular Defender Michelin tires. Loss a few miles per gallon but handles better and a softer ride maybe due to new thread. The Prius is used for long trips only with an average mileage of 50+ MPG. Short trips are by bike, feet and public transit all year. It’s a beautiful sports car Barcelona RED and a sleeping camping car with a 6’ bed with great cargo capacity. Adding a portable inverter makes a 115 Volt generator for back up efficient home power with the on and off cycle of the engine. The Princess Prius is a tough survivor like the princess cat in the movie “The Incredible Journey”. The beautiful large dash display is ahead of its time with sharp graphics like a space ship. Ran out of gas, and a whole dashboard lit up including the triangle of death (indicates serious malfunction - do something now!). Fortunately filled up 1/2 mile away before the battery became too low. Never again!! It’s an adventure reliable stealth vehicle that slips through the air quietly! The best smooth styling of all the model years. Definitely a incognito James Bond vehicle with secret abilities never to be underestimated. So watch out!!! Soon it will become a classic antique with appreciating value

My muscle cars days are done, I'm 70 now. VERY clean 2009. Love red! I own a red 2019 gen4. Ur dealer would LOVE mine! But no go. Great video, I sub'd, u got a 👍, & I hope to review ur past videos! Thanks!

I actually want one of these because electric cars cost so much this would be a great in-between until electric cars come down in price!

My friend’s uncle has 2 very loud 1962 Chevy Impalas, a big GMC Sierra 2500, a Lexus, and his daily driver is…….. a Prius

I LOVE MY PRIUS. over 300,000 and still getting 45 mi per gallon. I could not even afford to drive to work with my Envoy. its 2008

I really like the Prius :)

101,000 miles.... 🤣🤣 My 06 Prius is laughing in 218,000. Ive topped out the speed at 115mph

The problem with the battery with this generation is that the battery fan blower didn't have a filter and the blower that cooled the battery failed. Current Prius has a filter and you're supposed to clean or change it, which resolved the battery issue.

These are really good cars and in my opinion the only issue is space! His complaints about the shifter make no sense...it's an extremely easy car to use much easier than a Tesla. This car is also pretty fast and great on fuel as a hybrid!

17:14 Fat disagree right there. We needn't still be defining ourselves against what we're not. Your tastes in cars aren't defined by yourselves, but by media culture, especially the prius's. You're not used to well rounded, soft, comfortable family cars that aren't a Cadillac. Compared to the European market. It's also a light car of 1290kg as well as long, which did make its chassis flexibility noticeable - but that's Toyota being cheap af. The Prius would be the perfect Citroën if it weren't for the Toyota badge.

This was an awesome review.

What happens after 100k miles : You get ready to change the engine oil at your next service date, top up some fluids and that's it.

What happened was, you didn't turn the car off before moving to the back seat, and lost track of the fact that the car was still ON even though the engine had shut down while the car wasn't moving. The car didn't rock back and forth except maybe on the parking pawls, unless you were careless enough to not even put it in Park, in which case it could easily rock a little. Set the car in Park and engage the parking brake, it won't budge. I'm a car enthusiast, I am VERY into cars, and I love the Prius. It is definitely a high performance vehicle - those people that only love "traditional" high performance vehicles are entirely too constrained in how they define performance, and how high is high.

100000 miles in a 2009 car equates to less than 8k miles a year so it's actually low mileage. There are many Prius around that have done over 300000 miles and still going strong.

I used to hate the design but now it's more about heck if you can run the air conditioner all day with a small amount of gas plus with gas prices these days I'm in lol Teslas are ridiculous at $50000 but at least these are now like $7000 (i know with a lot of mileage but still)

You missed the secret compartment down below in front of the center console. There is a lever you can pull which reveals a secret slide out trey where you can put belongings.

Grom Audio has a unit that piggybacks on the existing hardware giving both Apple CarPlay or Android Auto using the Prius OEM Display. This unit allows KZfaq and Netflix on Prius OEM display. This unit has 2 HDMI inputs and 1 HDMI output. Typically, the HDMI output allows for an external monitor while HDMI input allows adding Chromcast, Roku stick or mouse to the unit. These is separate available harness for rear camera and front camera. The unit has 2 USB ports and port for a microSD Card. Installation takes a couple hours. There is no splicing of wires. The kit comes with custom cables that interface with the pre-existing Prius cables. This allows for a factory look with all the functionality of the Prius buttons in place. I found this unit from Prius Chat forum. The gal in the Prius chat forum took several hours to install. This is an easy DIY project, a no-brainer.

"B" tells the Prius to generate more friction on a steep downhill grade. Nice when driving near Monteagle TN on I-24, for example. I drove my 2007 Prius from ATL to MSP and back six times during COVID. Only 161k miles so far.

What happens atter you reach 100k? 2008 with 300k. It just keeps running. Original ev battery. Mobil 1 0-30w synthetic and Mobil 1 oil filter every 5k. Best car I've EVER owned.

Its a great car... got mine in 2021 for $6500, 110k miles, have 166k miles now at tbe end of 2023. Works fine, 47 mpg.

love this, love you. great video

I am buy a 2007 Prius and it has 22255 miles and it runs great I have a bad ass Toyota Tundra I use to drive for work but now I bought the Prius and I went from 10 mpg to 48 mpg what a huge money saver. My job I drive around neighborhoods and write tickets if you leave your trash can out to long. HOA compliance inspectors

COMMENT #222 Just picked up a 2006 2nd Generation Prius Prime for a song a few weeks ago with 220,000 miles on it, and I'm loving it. A couple of thousand miles test driving it now and WOW, 60+ mpg around town and like 50+ mpg on the freeway... 😃 🚗

second gen batteries are cheap. there is no reason to pay the dealer. there are many reputable companies that re manufacture the hybrid / traction battery. like 800 bucks, and its easy to do your self. inverters seldom go bad, dont give people jump starts with a prius, its known to be an issue. the abs actuator / master cylinder is an expensive part, but very reasonable compared to the cost of a 3rd gen needing the same repair. ive checked on the part, and the 3rd gens equivalent part is nearly 2 to 3 times the cost . and u can diy this repair on a second gen, but the average person will not diy repair a 3rd gen with said issue, u will spend some 4000.00$ + at a dealer just for the part on a 3rd gen. its about 1200$ for the same part on the second gen. still expensive, but much more reasonable. then u have the electric water pump for the inverter. again no reason to go to the dealer. u can get this part cheap and do it yourself. the biggest complaints about people, are from those people that for whatever reason, choose to only go to the dealer. you will not like any generation of these cars, if you only use the dealer for every repair. however , the second gen is amazing i think, many parts can be got re manufactured by reputable companies, and many repairs can be done your self. there are some other things you didnt talk about, that are super nice about a prius. there is a mod, which u can wire an inverter to the car. power goes out for a week or more at your house, say from a hurricane, tornado, or some disaster, u can plug into your prius, power a refrigerator , a small ac, your laptop etc. the car will function as a super efficient gas powered generator. another nice thing, is a prius is the only car i know of that u can sleep in comfortable, with plenty of room, and leave the ac on all night with no worries at all. it is know its not good to let an engine idle for long periods of time. now u may find a conventional vehicle to sleep in, leave the ac on all night, and ya it works. its not safe tho , as for such long periods of idling, say passing out for 8 hours , carbon monoxide could leak from the exhaust , and leak into the interior. not good. a prius tho, will run the engine for very short times , say 5 to 10 mins an hour. and all its doing is starting to charge the battery. 75% of the time, the engine does not run, so it cuts back drastically on any carbon monoxide scares . tho i will say sleeping in any car, you should always use a carbon monoxide detector / alarm. last, the biggest point, look up taxi companies in new york city. how there are second gen prius, that made it well over 500k miles , and needed nothing but maintenance. there are forums of people who have bought these 500k mile cars, and still run good.

I have an 09 Prius that just crossed over 250K miles. I'm still getting top notch gas mileage.

In-depth review, with a tocuh of enlightenment and life awareness 👌🏾 Awesome 🌸☀️🌺

I love the shifter idk why but I took to it like a fish to water but I hate the cup holders

I’m a car enthusiast and I love my 2016 Toyota Prius. It looks rather sporty. Shod with 17” alloys. My previous car, my 2005 Mazda Axela (Mazda 3) 2 litre was very thirsty around town. Okay my Prius doesn’t have the performance of my 1984 Toyota Corolla FXGT, but it would easily out perform my 1970 Ford. Capri 1600 GT.

I'm a car guy...own a mustang mach 1 03...but I do delivery for a living and need a prius asap...so idc if car people look at and say something in their mind...who cares they don't pay my gas bill or any other bills

My mom got a 2007 recently and it was one owner and with a new hybrid battery which it didn’t need the last owner just wanted to and it’s got only 60000

I remember driving one for the first time, for 3 minutes I sat there and played with the gearshift, annoyed me the more I had to use it.

One thing I wish you would do is put a tape measure in the trunk area to show the distance to the back of the driver's seat when the rear seats are down. Just saying it holds a lot is not very informative. The manufacturer's statement of cubic feet is ridiculous = I think I will go buy 50 cubic feet of lumber to build a frame : how much lumber is that anyway? I need to know if an 8' long board will fit. Maybe you can just climb in and show us if you could stretch out and sleep in it. That would be interesting too. You did the same thing on the Venza and I have no idea how long that floor is.

I am 6ft 2in 210 lb martial artist that most people would call highly intense. I drive a 2009 Prius. 😂

I love cars and I like the Prius. People get too caught up with imagery. This car goes over 500 miles between fill ups. That pretty bad ass to me.

Great video, I didn't expect to laugh so much.

Owned a 1996 Geo Metro 50+mpg . . Would kill to have it today.

I have seen that failure before on my analog tv equipment, its a analog horizontal sync failure

2:20 Friction is nothing to do with energy recovery. In fact friction is always a loss. Electric motors generate electricity when rotated by external forces. This is how we get power from windmills and water damns and.... the Prius.

12:58 i heard the same story from Car Wizard about the engine starting on its own. I think these cars are definitely cool

And I'm a total car enthusiast, and currently own a prius. So... I don't know what you were trying to say with that.

What about when brake actuator needs replacing

Yeah, that engine coming on and rocking you back and forth when you're sitting in a parking lot and zoned out will legit freak the f out of you the first time it happens unexpected.😅

You missed out on the extra large secret cup holder beneath the top two cup holders at the bottom of the armrest that will hold your large jug, I've only started owning Prius cars since March of 2020 now we own three of them, an 06, 07 and a 2012 v, because of some minor problems I spent a total of $8,000 for all three, I've done all the work to them, they have never seen any other mechanic other than me thanks to KZfaq, CV joints brake actuators , EGR cooler, fuel injectors, water pumps, all around suspension brakes, to me they're fun to work on using very basic tools, I drove to LA from San Diego and back and averaged 52 MPG's not bad for an 06 with 160, 000mi on it, I don't know why anybody would hate these cars they are way over engineered, what's nice is these cars don't have alternators or starters, the virtually bulletproof transmission does all the driving and regenerates with the breaking assist through the transmission other than that the brakes are normal and the brakes last over 100,000, the second generation is considered a legend

My 2009 battery died as well as the computer on top of the battery shorted at 140,000 miles at $6,700.00 Ouch! Hoping I get another 140,000 mile and/or 15 years

100,000 miles is pretty small for a Prius

Great review. Thanks for the balanced perspective. I believe the investment you are making in this channel will pay off. Don't stop!

Bought a 2009 Prius for my daily drive to work 140 Miles 5 days a week. I fill up my tank once a week! I never need to have any major repairs. Just oil changes and new tires. Over 300k miles I'm going to drive this thing until it dies on me!

Funny thing is dodge,Jeep,and fiat products are all the same company just a good description of that FCA quality

I have this car last 4 years reaching 100k miles soon ,just changed brakes and oil in the transmission... not a punching bag in Europe since gas is over $10 and we have car tax after co2 emission between $190-$2000 ,prius is $190 also people driving yaris ,Ford fiesta ,Peugeots etc. much worse and slower cars. I'm a car person but renting and have no future where I live so all I care about it to save for holidays ,new phones ,trading etc. def. working with this mindset and engineering, reliability under the hood still beat most cars out there

8:51 The Mitsubishi Outlander Phev (2012-2021) had a similar gear selector; I don't think that is unique to Toyota models

Car looks super clean, I just got one to run around commuter

That drive shaft is weird to me reverse should go down and not up.

where is the fuel economy in L/100km? :'(

I’m incredibly into cars, I obsess over them. Yet I want a Prius, because I want to be able to afford my dream car in the future.

I'll give a sh*t what people think of me or what I drive when they start filling up my gas tank for me!

Would it be a great first car?! 😅

The Prius maintenance and car scene is very big, externally reliable cars. It decently would not be that way if "enthusiasts" whereat in to priuses.

My commuters have been Priuses for years, because they're perfect for that task.

This car has good tq so you'll almost always be the first one to go on a green light

You didn't mention the CD player

Thought it used mg2 for regen braking not friction

Lol “intense people”… I’m an engineer making over 100k and junked my old dodge muscle car that was an immense money pit for a Prius… Also bought my mom her own Prius

This was the car that my driving school used

Hilarious that you didn’t know about the lower compartment on the console

Very nice video.... 👍

It doesn't generate power from breaking pads. Misleading.

I almost bought a 2010 Prius but I bought a piece of garbage 2014 jetta with a 1.8 turbo and a 5 speed that ended up being a raging pile of garbage that I gave back to the bank cuz the plastic water pump broke! I wish I would've got the Prius cuz it would still be on the road now! Instead I bought a 106k mile 1994 Ford F-150 4x4 5.0 5 speed I get 19mpg with it and I love it! plus no car payment is the shit!

“This has been the internet’s punching bag for a couple years now.” Who says this? No one. The Prius community generally agrees the second generation are tanks that last forever if maintained. Yeah, you may have to replace the battery after (gasp) 150k - 200k miles. You’re punching down on a series 20 years old for being 20 years old.

Ironically, my cool uncle does drive a Prius.

how much were they selling it for?

Would u be interested in reviewing a 2jz swapped z31

Dude the gear shifter is not that big of a deal….It is different, but very simple…..

I think the prius us sexy af

I think it's the type of person that buys a Prius that damaged the car's image. Without those people the Prius is just a very fuel efficient car..

A friend of mine had one like this. You can't put a standard sized wheelchair in the back without folding the back seats down. The cargo space isn't that efficient.

12:50 Why did it do that??? Also no BFB test :(

Chrysler vans still do that at least 2014 series