> What would you expect to see in a car of similar age with lower > mileage?
I don't know, that's why I posted the question. Maybe someone more knowledgeable in battery technology might have a feel for the effects of a high mileage vehicle's battery condition vs a similarly old vehicle with relatively low mileage. I'm thinking of the possible effects of many charging cycles vs a lot less. > I'm not sure why this is such a thing to "ponder". It seems to me > that high-mileage cars have always been looked at to see what wears > out or causes problems rather than normal to low mileage cars. In > general, if a high-mileage car properly maintained is working > normally and proving durable, one tends to extrapolate that same- > model normal/low mileage cars properly maintained will be reliable > and durable. Yes, but I'm thinking battery technology. Kenneth Waller ----- Original Message ----- From: "Godfrey DiGiorgi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: OT: Toyota hybrid-electric drive system > > On Aug 8, 2006, at 5:18 PM, Kenneth Waller wrote: > >>> I would suspect whatever effect it has is of only >>> minor significance >> >> My point is it may have major signicance. I don't know but it is a >> point to >> ponder. >> Would be interesting to have another data point, with same time in >> use but >> something closer to a normal amount of mileage. > > John's high high mileage numbers are on a HSD Prius purchased on > 10/23/2003. If you go to his top level page, > http://john1701a.com/, you can see links to other Prius owners' > information. > > What would you expect to see in a car of similar age with lower > mileage? Said another way, if a 2003-2004 car is continuing to > operate as normal with 230,000+ mileage, what would you be looking to > see as difference for the same year car with ~30-40K miles on the > odometer? and how would you attribute the effect of John's high > mileage on the battery by that difference? > > I'm not sure why this is such a thing to "ponder". It seems to me > that high-mileage cars have always been looked at to see what wears > out or causes problems rather than normal to low mileage cars. In > general, if a high-mileage car properly maintained is working > normally and proving durable, one tends to extrapolate that same- > model normal/low mileage cars properly maintained will be reliable > and durable. > > Godfrey > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
