Prius Battery Fails at 70K, Tooyota Won't Pay for $3700 Repair
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From: Timothy J. Lee on 23 Feb 2010 02:17 In article <djkun5tbs0uucq2jh6tcc9puj3noap91rl(a)4ax.com>, Scott in SoCal <scottenaztlan(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >Maybe this will wipe those smug grins off their faces. :) > >http://www.otismaxwell.com/blog/2010/01/prius-hybrid-battery-fails-at-70k-miles-toyota-won%E2%80%99t-pay-for-3700-repair/ > >Last week our 2001 Prius started acting strangely, and today SF Toyota >gave me the bad news. The hybrid battery is shot and a replacement >will cost just under $3700, tax included. We�re a year and half 8 >months out of warranty, it turns out, so the repair cost is 100% our >responsibility. http://www.toyotapartscheap.com says that the MSRP of the 2001 Prius hybrid battery is $2,299.00, but they offer it for $1,839.20. Of course, there would be labor costs to install it if you are not capable of doing it yourself, but $1,400+ seems like quite a lot of labor even at dealer prices. http://www.car-part.com indicates that salvage batteries for a 2001-2003 Prius are being offered for $500 to $1,000. Someone may just want to shop around... -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Timothy J. Lee Unsolicited bulk or commercial email is not welcome. No warranty of any kind is provided with this message.
From: Matthew Russotto on 23 Feb 2010 17:29 In article <d9g6o59n8g0kgn7t0j13bf7rost6jhhm85(a)4ax.com>, Scott in SoCal <scottenaztlan(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >Last time on rec.autos.driving, russotto(a)grace.speakeasy.net (Matthew >Russotto) said: > >>The green movement isn't trying to reduce energy usage. They're >>trying to make our lives worse. > >Did you catch 60 Minutes last night? > >The BloomBox is some green technology that looks downright useful. ;) Energy breakthrough announcements are a dime a dozen. Most likely this one won't pan out. If it does, the environmentalists will rally against it. It's only slightly more efficient than a power plant. -- The problem with socialism is there's always someone with less ability and more need.
From: Matthew Russotto on 25 Feb 2010 21:14
In article <0f49o5tjf8abcvejhjoelar42tsu3n6oc3(a)4ax.com>, Scott in SoCal <scottenaztlan(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >Last time on rec.autos.driving, russotto(a)grace.speakeasy.net (Matthew >Russotto) said: > >>>The BloomBox is some green technology that looks downright useful. ;) >> >>It's only slightly more efficient than a power plant. > >But much more scalable, and relatively quick and easy to build, even >at today's far-from-optimal rate. It takes years to build a new power >plant, but one of these boxes can be built in a day and each one can >power several homes. It certainly scales down more easily. But if one can run a home, well, one power plant is still much cheaper faster to build than hundreds of thousands of thousands ot these things, so power plants still hold the upper end. At least until you can crank these things out as fast and as cheap as cars. Even at that point, you're stuck with relatively expensive natural gas; good for California (which is using the stuff for power generation anyway), not so good (in terms of cost) for the coal-powered East. As for green-ness, like I said, it's only slightly more efficient than a natural gas powerplant. -- The problem with socialism is there's always someone with less ability and more need. |