[robocat]

> For comparison I once rode in a prius with 400k miles, and it had had the engine replaced multiple times.

That's odd, and definitely not normal.

Firstly, the Prius was the least expensive model maintenance-wise in the link above.

Secondly, I have heard from multiple people that the Prius engine just keeps running because it doesn't get the same loads as a normal car (makes sense).

Finally, taxi drivers drive reliable vehicles that are cheap to maintain, and the Prius is the car of choice for taxi drivers where I am (and here that's categorically not a side-effect of other financial incentives).

[m463]

This was a taxi.

I think he also said they didn't like the newer prius versions, I thought because they didn't have as much room in them.