as seen in the durham newspaper today: for sale. toyota prius '02. 59,400 mi. must sell by 1/1/06. $16,600. you have got to be kidding, man. anyone else seeing this kind of insanity in their newspapers? [edit: KBB private party value is 14,030 assuming 'good' condition...]
I just sold my '02 (blue moon pearl, former pkg 3--no nav) two months ago, with 55K mi., to the first person who looked at it, for $16K even. The market is inflated. Edit: just double-checked kbb. Mine was in excellent condition (only a map light bulb replaced). Had added CD player (dealer) for $250 and it had front side bags. kbb private party = $16,275.
wow. i've never seen a price like that on an 02! guess that market inflation is more than i expected!
It sure surprised me. I was expecting the value to be around $13-14,000. At first I thought, "well, kbb just isn't distinguishing between Gen 1 and Gen II Priuses." The I realized how stupid that is---it's the public, of course, that, at least until now, apparently hasn't made much distinction. I guess that's to be expected. Word gets around---among at least some people---in the midst of a "gas semi-crisis"---about Prius---Prius---Prius. Some people don't look into differences in them from one year to the next; they just hear they're "hard to find" and rush out to find one. I had that impression about the young woman who bought mine. To me, having owned both Gens I and II, the II is so much more car, I'd expect a bigger gap between them and '04s than there is. (Some low-mileage '03s have asking prices, at dealers, of around $20K!)
