http://www.otismaxwell.com/blog/2010/01/early-prius-owners-get-screwed-on-battery-warranty/ Otis Maxwell is a copywriter who likes to mouth off on marketing, technology, food and sundry topics. Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:00:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.otismaxwell.com/blog/2010/01/early-prius-owners-get-screwed-on-battery-warranty/comment-page-1/#comment-23803 Luke Roth Thu, 18 Feb 2010 17:13:38 +0000 http://www.otismaxwell.com/blog/?p=1052#comment-23803 Yeah, it sucks when something breaks just out-of-warranty, especially something that expensive. But the car is about nine years old, after all. I had a transmission go in a seven-year-old Subaru Impreza, the warranty was only five years. Cost? About $2000 for the new transmission plus labor, not too much less than your battery replacement. That's the cost of fancy technology, whether it's an all-wheel-drive transmission or a hybrid system. Yeah, it sucks when something breaks just out-of-warranty, especially something that expensive. But the car is about nine years old, after all. I had a transmission go in a seven-year-old Subaru Impreza, the warranty was only five years. Cost? About $2000 for the new transmission plus labor, not too much less than your battery replacement. That’s the cost of fancy technology, whether it’s an all-wheel-drive transmission or a hybrid system.

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