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knowonelse@sbcglobal.net wrote: > > I just bought a new car and expect to keep it for at least 10 years. > Experience and history of all the above various Toyotas leads me > to fell comfy that the Prius will easily make it at least that long. > A bit OT, but you think those batteries are going to hold up on that Prius after 10 years? I always felt that this was the real wildcard when it came to hybrids. Re-batterying them can't possibly be cheap (and all those batteries are an environmental nightmare to recycle.) I don't think hybrids have been around long enough to have a real answer to that question. Time will tell. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~