As much as I love it, I'll have to sell it

I am just amazed at how someone can make such a major financial commitment and then just walk away at a loss. Simply amazing.

 

I too have a Blizzard V with Nav, so I am not seeking to buy it, but curious to know what you are asking for it?

Why do you say that this car is not for you? What was wrong with the driving experience?

 

He's not hurting for money...this is his sixth car:

http://priuschat.com/forums/gen-iii-2010-prius-main-forum/66983-lexus-prius.html#post926722

If he truly doesn't like it then the sooner he sells it the less he loses.

 

I understand that you are not hurting for money, good for you. I work with a lot of traders and many of them can afford to do the same thing too.

What I am trying to understand is why you do not like the Prius. Was it something specific that you did not like (ride quality, sound quality, comfort, interior size, etc...)?

 

We live in an increasingly impulsive society. See it, buy it. Why else do you think GM has started selling cars on ebay?

 

If he's not hurting for money and he still "loves it" as the title indicates, why not keep it as a 2nd car, especially to use on long trips to save on gas?

 

I think you can still do it, you'll just get worse fuel economy.

Think about it, four fat Americans are over 800 lbs.

 

That would be 4 *average* americans. Fat Americans weight a *lot* more.

 

"Over" is the key word here.

 

20% loss for driving it off the lot ? That is common wisdom. I'll be curious to hear if it is true.

 

I think the load is in addition to passenger capacity, not TOTAL capacity, so if it's just you, it can handle much higher than that. The car has to be designed to handle the 5 adults that it seats, and that's definitely going to be higher than 600 pounds. So consider the weight of how many people you are carrying and then add the additional 600-800 lbs.

 

I think Dirk is right. If memory serves me, gross weight is with passengers. The G3 Prius' curb weight is 3042. I wasn't able to find a reported gross weight for the car, but the difference between curb and gross weight for the G2 Prius is 863 pounds. Note that this passenger load is unrelated to additional cargo weight allowances.

I don't think OP has any problem at all, if lugging around ~600 pounds is the only question along with a somewhat normal sized driver..

 

From the '05 manual (should be similar to the '10): Cargo capacity = Total load capacity - Total weight of Occupants. For the '05, the Total load capacity was 825 lbs. But, even with a 200 lb driver it can still handle another 625 lbs. according to the manual. Of course, you can probably look up past threads where people have carried much more than that. Not that they should of course.

 

If your gross weight is correct then the 863 would be the total design load allowance including the weight of any passengers and the driver. There is no way they can design a car for a certain weight plus the weight of the passengers since they don't know how many or how big they are.

 

Doody,

Check to see what they are selling for on autotrader or cars-dot-com.

You should get 100% of what you paid for it, minus any sales taxes and registration fees. These cars are NOT depriciating!

Joe