I bought a prius as a whim, when I saw a 2011 with 325,000 miles for $2,500. I drove it six months, loved it for what it was (and sold it for double!). It had 40% pad left on the original brakes at 325k miles, and the Toyota dealer said total non-maintenance repairs were under $1,500 on the car— and that’s dealer…

Source? I sell them, and I haven’t seen or heard of this.

“If you know anything about rocket science, you can see the obvious issue with it” is going to be the next meme phrase. I’m calling it.