I wish Toyota would come out and state that "time" means less than miles in warranty consideration. We drive less than 7,000 miles a year on each of our two vehicles, one of which is a '94 Tercel. We bought this one as a year old rental with 28,000 miles on it. It now has about 93,000 miles. I almost wish it would blow up so I could justify a new Prius... love the technology. The Tercel still gets 30mpg with no maintenance beyond two trips a year to Wal-Mart for oil changes. It would be stupid to trade this little jewel, as much as I would like to have a new Prius.