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So yesterday was big day for the Prius, crossing 200,000 miles while Cindy was driving it.  I have owned a lot of vehicles with more than 100,000 miles on them but I think the Prius is the first to ever make it to the double century mark.  I have to say despite the big number on the odometer the car is still performing quite well.

Yes there are a few things that I need to do it, first of which will be replacing the front and rear struts.  Since we bought the car at around 132,000 miles we have had to do very little to it repair wise.  We went through a set of tires, I replaced the trunk switch, the rear hatch struts and I think that is pretty much it.  I am sure there will be some maintenance and repairs to come but the heart of the car still feels rock solid.

The Prius has been a part of a couple epic western road trips and has been a reliable daily commuter from day one.  If someone is looking for almost the perfect used car for daily driving, a 2004-2009 Prius is hard to beat.  I am hoping it will continue to serve us well for several years to come.

The other night (actually two separate nights) I went outside after the sun set to try to get some video of the new Tacoma lights.  The first time I tried using the GoPro and got nothing but distorted starburst footage.  The second time I used my Canon camera and got some better but not great results.

I started the video with a funny clip of me counting the amount of sections of the grille I did NOT cut out.  As expected I caught some shit from the YouTube world about my decision to cut out a couple spots on my grille to accomodate the lights but overall the reaction has been pretty positive.