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Old 05-27-2006, 07:58 PM
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Wink Re: advice wanted by a keen tobe prius owner

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Originally Posted by ginw
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Im penning from Down under, NZ, where we import a lot of japanese second hand vehicles.

Thanks for that info on the difference the third generation does not make sense to me,
The other thing, it comes with new tyres at 37000, would that be a marketing thing?
cheers ginw
Ahhh, "NZ" changes things. You are likly to be OK with an NHW10 model although it won't have the low-speed performance advantages of the NHW11 and NHW20 models. In the USA, most states have annual vehicle emission and safety inspections and keeping an NHW10 in spec could be a problem.

The other advantage of the NHW11 and NHW20 are manuals written in English. The NHW10 was pretty much a Japan-only model. But then again, if the price is right . . .

As for the tyres, it is hard to say. If the car is bad, the condition of the tyres are really just holding up the carcas.

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