Prius Ongoing maintenance

Has anyone an early Prius.? What are the maintenance problems if any? How
have the battery/electronic systems stood up to the tests of time?

"Ray" <ray.guess@ntl.com> wrote in message
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> Has anyone an early Prius.? What are the maintenance problems if any? How
> have the battery/electronic systems stood up to the tests of time?
>[/color]
Original tires wore out quick and replaced them with a better set.

Go to [url]http://www.vermetteauto.com/[/url] and click CheckVehicle. Click number
1825. Driver traveling in opposite lane lost control, spun and entered my
lane.
mark_

In article <bICdnRvb8YYCO5nZRVn-gA@comcast.com>,
mark_digital© <976XXX@nospam.net> wrote:
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> "Ray" <ray.guess@ntl.com> wrote in message
> news:dh1Nf.42410$Fy4.22946@newsfe4-win.ntli.net...[color=green]
> > Has anyone an early Prius.? What are the maintenance problems if any? How
> > have the battery/electronic systems stood up to the tests of time?
> >[/color]
> Original tires wore out quick and replaced them with a better set.
>
> Go to [url]http://www.vermetteauto.com/[/url] and click CheckVehicle. Click number
> 1825. Driver traveling in opposite lane lost control, spun and entered my
> lane.
> mark_[/color]

That seems to be a very up-to-date body shop!

Merritt

mark_digital© wrote:
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> Original tires wore out quick and replaced them with a better set.[/color]

Were the originals Goodyear Integrity's by any chance?

The Integrity's on my brother's '05 Corolla were seriously worn at 25,000
miles.

On Tue, 28 Feb 2006 14:37:57 -0500, mark_digital© <976XXX@nospam.net>
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>"Ray" <ray.guess@ntl.com> wrote in message
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>> Has anyone an early Prius.? What are the maintenance problems if any? How
>> have the battery/electronic systems stood up to the tests of time?
>>[/color]
>Original tires wore out quick and replaced them with a better set.
>
>Go to [url]http://www.vermetteauto.com/[/url] and click CheckVehicle. Click number
>1825. Driver traveling in opposite lane lost control, spun and entered my
>lane.
>mark_[/color]

Looks like the combined speeds weren't that great, he only puckered
the front of the frame rail behind the bumper bar - but they already
had the bumper skin and foam off before they started taking pictures,
the foam can absorb a lot of the damage. They /did/ straighten out
the anchor point at the front of the left framerail, right???

And someone needs to take "Digital Camera 101 - How to hold the
camera steady while squeezing the shutter." Give 'em hell! ;-P

--<< Bruce >>--

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Bruce L. Bergman, Woodland Hills (Los Angeles) CA - Desktop
Electrician for Westend Electric - CA726700
5737 Kanan Rd. #359, Agoura CA 91301 (818) 889-9545
Spamtrapped address: Remove the python and the invalid, and use a net.

"Bruce L. Bergman" <blPYTHONbergman@earthlink.invalid> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 28 Feb 2006 14:37:57 -0500, mark_digital© <976XXX@nospam.net>
> wrote:[color=green]
>>"Ray" <ray.guess@ntl.com> wrote in message
>>news:dh1Nf.42410$Fy4.22946@newsfe4-win.ntli.net...[/color]
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>>> Has anyone an early Prius.? What are the maintenance problems if any?
>>> How
>>> have the battery/electronic systems stood up to the tests of time?
>>>[/color]
>>Original tires wore out quick and replaced them with a better set.
>>
>>Go to [url]http://www.vermetteauto.com/[/url] and click CheckVehicle. Click number
>>1825. Driver traveling in opposite lane lost control, spun and entered my
>>lane.
>>mark_[/color]
>
> Looks like the combined speeds weren't that great, he only puckered
> the front of the frame rail behind the bumper bar - but they already
> had the bumper skin and foam off before they started taking pictures,
> the foam can absorb a lot of the damage. They /did/ straighten out
> the anchor point at the front of the left framerail, right???
>
> And someone needs to take "Digital Camera 101 - How to hold the
> camera steady while squeezing the shutter." Give 'em hell! ;-P
>
> --<< Bruce >>--
>
> --
> Bruce L. Bergman, Woodland Hills (Los Angeles) CA - Desktop
> Electrician for Westend Electric - CA726700
> 5737 Kanan Rd. #359, Agoura CA 91301 (818) 889-9545
> Spamtrapped address: Remove the python and the invalid, and use a net.[/color]

Don is a licensed appraiser so between him and the insurance appraiser they
went over the car with a "fine tooth comb" while it was being dismantled. I
was invited to partake but I couldn't. Final tally was in the neighborhood
of about $3 grand. Received car nicely detailed inside and out.
I explained at length how to take better snapshots without a flash but I
didn't hold a seminar with his whole group.
mark_