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Looking to get in a hybrid for cheap? Used Toyota Prius 1.5 HSD 2004-2009 Review

Green Car Congress

People might be bored reading about the Prius but a review on four Priuses (2004, 2005, two 2006s) that my family owns that ran a total of 913k km (570k miles) should be interesting, right? It was time to buy our first car. I found a a 2004 with 247k km (154k miles) on the clock. It is actually a quite fun car to drive.

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Soot and Spin: Two Plug-in Paradoxes

Plugs and Cars

A supplemental electric heater comes right to mind. Third-party and DIY converters can't muck with every system on a car. UPDATE: Felix Kramer of Calcars informs me that the vacuum bottle is standard on 2004-2008 Prius.) It doesn't take a rocket scientist to offer solutions. But you have to want to solve the problem.

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