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oookkaay.... it's like this... As crosswind said most of the folk here are probably not into the whole taxi thing so what we cna give you is based on observations, assumptions and not necessarily experience. You're buying a Maruti which is a realtively cheap car and maintnenace on that is going to be rather cheap as well so effectively you really should earn from this. So don't really expect a huge re-sale. When doing your calculations consider selling your car for 50% of purchase price and evaluate if that's still a viable business idea. See if your daughter's a prostitute you cant expect her to walk the streets and feed the family and get married to a nice gentleman . If she does indeed find a sucker that's a bonus. Same logic for your Maruti.

Yeah those are the type who drive their prius to throw their garbage on the roadside at night. Sri Lankans and Saving the environment should not appear on the same sentence actually ?

what a joke the hybrid 2nd hand market has become with prospective buyers asking funny questions! The hybrid system is not just a battery and motor, there are also other components like Inverter,AC-DC converter,DC-DC converter. Each one has a specific purpose to ensure that the system works smoothly without reaching boundary conditions. As a very basic example, if a sufficient voltage is not available at a DC/DC converter input, it will try to work extra hard all the time to create the sufficient Hi-voltages . This would result in overheating and premature failure of the electronics parts. So by continuing driving with a bad Hi-voltage battery, you will also accelerated the failure of all other components in the hybrid system. It might make sense to remove all the hybrid components if you plan to use like that, also to get rid of the useless extra weight which will reduce your fuel consumption. But if the car can be used after that is another question.

I will answer to you based on my experience of driving a Civic. Since they are based on the same IMA generation, this is possibly valid for GP1, GP2, Insight but I am not certain. The hybrid battery will not die out within a day. It's a process that happens over time and when the usable capacity of it drops below a certain percentage, your dashboard will show a warning indicator. The IMA system pairs the engine with an electric motor so the amount of 'work' the engine has to do is reduced. The hybrid battery powers the electric motor. The weaker the hybrid battery gets, the less and less the electric motor will 'assist' the engine. 1. The petrol engine will be used more frequently to charge the hybrid battery as it has lost its capacity to hold a charge. The battery control module would frequently try to recalibrate the battery to adjust to the new (lesser) level of usable capacity. Fuel consumption will be higher than normal. 2. The cars pulling power will be lower at times due to the lack of electric motors assist. In the case of the civic hybrid, it will lose 20HP of power when the battery charge is dropped. The car would feel like a drag to accelerate. 3. Car would be started by the 12v battery as opposed to the hybrid battery. The civic comes equipped with a regular starter to start the car when the hybrid battery does not have enough charge to do so. But the 12v battery will wear out faster than normal. Technically, you can drive the car for years and years with the hybrid battery almost dead (but not physically removed) and with the IMA indicator showing. It will get you from point A->B but it would be a downright shitty driving experience.

I really don't think anyone was concerned about the environment in the first place. There was a tax cut on hybrids (actually there still is) and back then for the price of an abused sh*t-pile with wobbly wheels and yellow headlamps and the sh*t stains of the previous owners (whose name incidentally was not on the CR cos hey its been on open papers for 13 years) kid you could get a 2/3 year old car with lots of bells and whistles that was not a Indian tin-can-on-wheels - the choice was simple.

Hope this is enough for you to make an informed decision.

Honda GP1 cannot run without the hybrid battery, if the battery is dead you need to replace it with a good battery.

this is the best comment I have seen so far about the Sri Lankan hybrid owners mentality? First when the battery is good, driving like grandmas on the fast lane to save another cent of fuel and creating huge traffic jams behind ,now wondering if the car will run without high voltage battery. No body seems to care about saving the environment these days,LOL

It's simple. Hybrids are DESIGNED to run the petrol engine and Hybrid Battery complementing each other. No hybrid will run properly without the Hybrid battery. Period. Stop asking stupid questions! Man what's wrong with Sri Lanka? ? All these guys want to run Hybrids without the Hybrid Batteries, Cars without Servicing and finally deceive the next buyer with cheap makabass scams! Don't always try to find cheap ways to do everything!

Before you create new threads,please search the forum. This topic is heavily discussed, even recently.

when comparing second hand market with premio and allion premio have low second hand market value maybe it's because allion is made to younger generation and premio is made for elder generation and it's been a 1.8 that can effects second hand market keep that in mind too fella. but if you choose allion or premio as JadeyBlitzen said earlier select 1.8 engine over 1.5 engine.