Originally Posted by nitramjr

We just hit 100,000 miles on the 2005. I am being perfectly honest when I say that it is the best car I have ever owned. It is about to hit 10 years old and the extended warranty I bought will expire as will the "green state" 10/150 warranty on the hybrid components. I am not sure what I will do once it expires but since the trade-in value is pretty low, I may run it until something major craps out on it.

So, in almost 10 years of ownership, here are some details:

• I filled the tank at exactly 100k miles. Over that time I used 2933.54 gallons of gas for a lifetime average of 34.082 miles per gallon. That is every drop of gas and every mile, not select good tanks. And a good amount of that driving (maybe 30%) was my wife doing short, local trips that killed the average.
• Comparing this car to what I got for mileage in my 2004 V6 Escape, I saved an estimated $8,440 on gas.
• The car had only a couple major repairs. The front end had the swing arms replaced ($100 deductible), the AC condensor ($100) and just the other day had the rear AC actuator replaced ($100). Everything else has been regular maintenance. I've never even changed a lightbulb in this this thing.
• I did the brakes at about $70k. Did them myself for a couple hundred bucks in parts.
• The car still looks and drives like new.
• The best mileage tank was 40.028 miles over 536 miles. The car had about 78k miles on it at the time.