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.
This is a really great report! I'd say you have at least another 100K left in your FEH. I bought mine with 102K on it in 2011. It has almost 205K on it now. The only thing I've ever done to it is a tune up (because it seemed like a good idea), a new AC pump and a blend door actuator.
