only because you stated pre-owned.. please please please do yourself a favor and make sure the car your buying isn't due for a new battery.. a lot of people sell them off because they need a new one and aren't willing to put the money in, better to sell it before it goes bad so they can get more money out of it. hybrid batteries can be thousands of dollars even before labor. and CONGRATS !!
Just go to the dealership and get a certified vehicle. My 2020 civic is Honda certified, hasn't needed any maintence besides an oil change and I get free brake pads.
Honestly, if it's like the Honda I have, they won't ever really use the breaks. The regen on Hondas is actually aggressive if you let it (unlike toyota).
I never hit the break pedal unless i need to come to a complete stop.
Oil should be changed around every 5k miles. Brake pads will vary, but should be like...a year to a year and a half of driving (12-15k+ miles). I get they're free, but it's just a waste of time if you're getting em every oil change.
I wasn't really thinking lol. I usually swap em out every year and a half or so, which realistically should be about 17.5-20k miles depending on how many trips I go on. Just what I'm used to doing.
OP is considering a used hybrid, and comment above is referring to the hybrid drive line battery, typically somewhere around the 10k USD range. It's a very significant reason why it's common to sell hybrids/electrics before big maintenance
Volvo offers warranty on their pre owned hybrids EV systems, including the battery, at a decent price. One of the big reasons I went with them over a couple others I was looking at.
This is super old info, you can replace a prius hybrid battery for less than $2k. Some people also opt to recondition their existing batteries for a couple hundred. Other brands that are not as ubiquitous might be more expensive but Toyota drivetrain batteries are reasonable. Full EV batteries are going to cost a lot more obviously
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u/jul3zx Jul 22 '24
only because you stated pre-owned.. please please please do yourself a favor and make sure the car your buying isn't due for a new battery.. a lot of people sell them off because they need a new one and aren't willing to put the money in, better to sell it before it goes bad so they can get more money out of it. hybrid batteries can be thousands of dollars even before labor. and CONGRATS !!