2007 Toyota Prius
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Yesterday I took the Prius to the local car wash and gave it a good clean with their jetwash. It's white again now, and after getting home I was admiring it in all its white bulbous glory. Huh? Is that writing on the bootlid? Looks like letters... as if a sticker used to be there. How did I not spot this before? G... something? GG.... GGD. Hmm. Wait there's more... GGD Amsterdam. Never heard of it.
Google has though, of course: https://www.ggd.amsterdam.nl/
GGD means "Geneeskundige en Gezondheidsdienst", literally Medical and Health Service.
A bit more Google probing and there she is, spotted in July 2007 when she was just a couple of months old, in all her blue-lighted glory on a German 'emergency services vehicle' website:
https://bos-fahrzeuge.info/einsatzfahrzeuge/6108/A...
And on a Spanish page:
http://www.empire-emergencias.es/ggd.html
Also shown on this Dutch page if you search for its registration number:
http://www.kazernesnederland.nl/ambuzaanstreekned....
Pretty cool and certainly unexpected.
Since fitting the new discs and pads, I've driven it a couple of hundred k's. It's driving SO much better and the fuel usage has gone down dramatically. This thing is so easy to drive, quiet and smooth - 3 years later I'm still very happy with it.
Google has though, of course: https://www.ggd.amsterdam.nl/
GGD means "Geneeskundige en Gezondheidsdienst", literally Medical and Health Service.
A bit more Google probing and there she is, spotted in July 2007 when she was just a couple of months old, in all her blue-lighted glory on a German 'emergency services vehicle' website:
https://bos-fahrzeuge.info/einsatzfahrzeuge/6108/A...
And on a Spanish page:
http://www.empire-emergencias.es/ggd.html
Also shown on this Dutch page if you search for its registration number:
http://www.kazernesnederland.nl/ambuzaanstreekned....
Pretty cool and certainly unexpected.
Since fitting the new discs and pads, I've driven it a couple of hundred k's. It's driving SO much better and the fuel usage has gone down dramatically. This thing is so easy to drive, quiet and smooth - 3 years later I'm still very happy with it.
kapiteinlangzaam said:
Did it take you 3 years to wash it then!?! 
To be fair I don't wash it often at all, so you're not far off 
320touring said:
Glad to see this is still rattling along!
If I were sensible, I'd have one on fleet..
Not rattling at all! Quiet and smooth. Get a good one, you won't regret it. Don't worry about high mileage, as long as it's not astronomical. Get a 2006 or later, up to that point they weren't quite as nice and the post '06 had improvements. If I were sensible, I'd have one on fleet..
Was in a Prius taxi in Plymouth a couple of weeks back, 2005 plate just clicked over 320,000 miles on it's 1.4 engine.
Driver was quite pleased but reckoned the engine had only really done about 250,000 because of the hybrid drive. Fair point I suppose.
Anyway, just like to say OP, loads left in that yet. My Prius + is on 24800 miles since July and my Auris Touring is just tripping 5000 miles since the end of October.
Boring as hell to drive, but great as taxis, which is why I bought them.
Driver was quite pleased but reckoned the engine had only really done about 250,000 because of the hybrid drive. Fair point I suppose.
Anyway, just like to say OP, loads left in that yet. My Prius + is on 24800 miles since July and my Auris Touring is just tripping 5000 miles since the end of October.
Boring as hell to drive, but great as taxis, which is why I bought them.
Do it!
Providing you do a lot of sub 40mph driving.
It's a weird concept to get your head around, driving into Exeter in stop start traffic and the Prius+ is telling me it's doing 75mpg. Ten minutes later I'm cruising up the M5 at 70 and when your brain is saying, nice economical driving, light throttle, etc the bloody thing tells you you are 'only' doing 47.6mpg!!
Providing you do a lot of sub 40mph driving.
It's a weird concept to get your head around, driving into Exeter in stop start traffic and the Prius+ is telling me it's doing 75mpg. Ten minutes later I'm cruising up the M5 at 70 and when your brain is saying, nice economical driving, light throttle, etc the bloody thing tells you you are 'only' doing 47.6mpg!!
Tyre Smoke said:
Was in a Prius taxi in Plymouth a couple of weeks back, 2005 plate just clicked over 320,000 miles on it's 1.4 engine.
Driver was quite pleased but reckoned the engine had only really done about 250,000 because of the hybrid drive. Fair point I suppose.
Anyway, just like to say OP, loads left in that yet. My Prius + is on 24800 miles since July and my Auris Touring is just tripping 5000 miles since the end of October.
Boring as hell to drive, but great as taxis, which is why I bought them.
There are loads of Prius out there with very high mileage on them - they just keep going and going. (it's a 1.5 btw, the Gen 3 and 4 are 1.8) I was in a Gen 2 Uber a few weeks ago, it had something like 340,000km on it and was absolutely fine. Your two could probably serve you for another 15-20 years, if you can bear to keep them that long! Driver was quite pleased but reckoned the engine had only really done about 250,000 because of the hybrid drive. Fair point I suppose.
Anyway, just like to say OP, loads left in that yet. My Prius + is on 24800 miles since July and my Auris Touring is just tripping 5000 miles since the end of October.
Boring as hell to drive, but great as taxis, which is why I bought them.
As for being boring as hell to drive... it's funny, I really don't feel that with mine. It's so incredibly functional and easy to drive, that the boringness doesn't bother me. Seriously who needs excitement on the daily grind type driving? Not only that but I find its low speed acceleration to be way more than adequate in urban and suburban driving, I'm usually accelerating quicker than most drivers. Even at 70-odd MPH type speeds, if you gun it you still get a shove from the leccy motors and you're quickly doing 85, at which it will sit all day long and still do 50-55 MPG. Weight balance seems very good, so neither the front nor the rear wants to do anything weird if you lean hard on the suspension and tyres.
I posted it before but I think it is worth doing so again, this is mine from 0 to 130 km/h. I'm under no impression that it is a fast car! But it is not slow. People drive them slowly and have given them a crappy reputation, but slow they aren't. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnZ9BEnblMQ
LordGrover said:
Stop it now.
I've been so tempted by these the last few years - you're not helping!
Am not trying to help! ;-) Get a late Gen 2, as close to 2009 as you can. Don't worry about higher mileages, they can take them. As an A-B hack they are so good. Don't expect super comfort, expect functionality, longevity, low maintenance and low running costs. Get in, switch it on, drive, arrive, switch it off. Repeat until you realise you've had it 4 years and nothing has gone wrong, realise they are nowhere near as sI've been so tempted by these the last few years - you're not helping!
t as people say!This weekend we'll be driving to Germany to an area where there is snow. I did have a second set of wheels with all season tyres on but the tread was quite worn so I sold them. There is no way the tyres on it now would cope with snow (they are Continental Eco jobbies) so I had a look on the Dutch eBay, Marktplaats. Sure enough a guy 20 minutes from home was selling a set of steel 15's with good-enough winters on them. I picked them up a couple of days ago, paid €80! He even gave me the set of 20 wheel nuts (nuts for alloy vs steel wheels are different). Fitted them last night, car is looking badass on steelies. (not really)
I'm not looking... https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/...
LeoZwalf said:
Tyre Smoke said:
Was in a Prius taxi in Plymouth a couple of weeks back, 2005 plate just clicked over 320,000 miles on it's 1.4 engine.
Driver was quite pleased but reckoned the engine had only really done about 250,000 because of the hybrid drive. Fair point I suppose.
Anyway, just like to say OP, loads left in that yet. My Prius + is on 24800 miles since July and my Auris Touring is just tripping 5000 miles since the end of October.
Boring as hell to drive, but great as taxis, which is why I bought them.
There are loads of Prius out there with very high mileage on them - they just keep going and going. (it's a 1.5 btw, the Gen 3 and 4 are 1.8) I was in a Gen 2 Uber a few weeks ago, it had something like 340,000km on it and was absolutely fine. Your two could probably serve you for another 15-20 years, if you can bear to keep them that long! Driver was quite pleased but reckoned the engine had only really done about 250,000 because of the hybrid drive. Fair point I suppose.
Anyway, just like to say OP, loads left in that yet. My Prius + is on 24800 miles since July and my Auris Touring is just tripping 5000 miles since the end of October.
Boring as hell to drive, but great as taxis, which is why I bought them.
LordGrover said:
I'm not looking... https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/...
That's quite strong money for a 10 year old Prius, IMO. Although I'm really out of touch with UK prices, so maybe I'm wrong. Tyre Smoke said:
I'll doubt that! they are on course for 70,000 miles a year!
Ah. That's quite some going! 5 or 6 years then?LeoZwalf said:
LordGrover said:
I'm not looking... https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/...
That's quite strong money for a 10 year old Prius, IMO. Although I'm really out of touch with UK prices, so maybe I'm wrong. Tyre Smoke said:
I'll doubt that! they are on course for 70,000 miles a year!
Ah. That's quite some going! 5 or 6 years then?Finally a problem with the Prius!! A number plate bulb has gone out....! You have to remove the inner panel to get to the bulbs, a job for the weekend.
Vid for reference (not mine): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3EJpG59rhw
Vid for reference (not mine): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3EJpG59rhw
From memory, they are capless bulbs. The holder is a bayonet fitting and may need the delicate use of narrow snipe pliers to undo. If I were you I'd replace both with good quality ones. You may break some of the clips as you remove the massive boot panel as well! Bulb wise, I've only replaced both headlamps and number plate lights in 189000 miles.
LeoZwalf said:
Finally a problem with the Prius!! A number plate bulb has gone out....! You have to remove the inner panel to get to the bulbs, a job for the weekend.
Vid for reference (not mine): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3EJpG59rhw
Hey, how has the Prius held up considering one in 2020Vid for reference (not mine): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3EJpG59rhw
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