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Please help us choose a USED Gen III

Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Main Forum' started by Diotima, Feb 22, 2013.

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  1. ralleia

    ralleia Active Member

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    I would suggest that you first have someone send you a text while your Prius is 'on' and bluetooth is connected to your phone and see what happens.

    It surprised the heck out of me when it did it, since I had not explicitly set up anything with texts and am not a regular text user.

    If it doesn't alert you and offer to read the text (or just start reading), then I will delve into the manual.
     
    #21 ralleia, Mar 17, 2013
  2. TNGator

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    Check out Clazzio.com for aftermarket leather/heated seat covers. You can save a lot of money by going with a level 3 Prius over the 4 or 5. Clazzio leather seats sell for $419.00 and you can customize them for the same price (color, stitching, heated seats, etc...) They look OEM. Good luck!
     
    #22 TNGator, Mar 17, 2013
  3. Diotima

    Diotima Junior Member

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    We have a candidate!

    Found a 2010 Prius IV with 72k miles. Clean Carfax. One (corporate) owner. Leather, nav, too many tech goodies to list (no solar, no sunroof).
    Dealer is asking $18,999.

    Am I smoking something to think I could get it for $17,500, or maybe 18k even? I ask because there's a nearly identical vehicle (even the same color), but it's a Prius Five with 3500 fewer miles, and it's 150 miles farther away. That dealer wants $17,995.

    I'm thinking print the comparable vehicles and take them to the first dealer for leverage? The distance to the second vehicle isn't much of a factor. We'd take the train, pick up the car, visit a theme park and probably make a weekend of it. That said, the first vehicle is at a Toyota dealer where we could take advantage of 1.9% financing.

    KBB says both dealers should be asking more, not less, so these are looking like decent prices.

    It's been awhile since I've done a deal, and I'm feeling rusty. :D
     
    #23 Diotima, Mar 26, 2013
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  4. ralleia

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    I would certainly take the specs on the Five along--just be careful how you introduce it.

    Personally, I really, really hate the whole adversarial price negotiation phase of the car purchase, which is why I ended up driving almost 1,000 miles each way to pick up my Prius at a Lithia. The Omaha dealers pissed me off that much.

    As you are talking about doing, we made a mini-vacation of it, taking in Devil's Tower in Wyoming, the Little Bighorn battlefield memorial in Montana, and Crazy Horse and Mount Rushmore in South Dakota. It was a BLAST!

    I'd be more tempted toward the Five with lower miles, unless the Four has some extra goodies.

    Try for the lower price, and make sure that you aren't in any hurry.
     
    #24 ralleia, Mar 26, 2013
  5. YellowR6

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    Yo diotima, u from SoCal? Guess u missed the 2010 prius iv white with 85k, single owner, clean for 14k over the weekend. It's sold already. I would so fly Down to LA and drive it back to sf if I didn't just brought my 10 prius iii with 32k.

    To me, 18.9 with 72k is too much. 72 k is high for 3 yr old car.

    Try this one:

    2010 Prius III very low miles


    See if u could offer 19k or even 20. 20k is very low. GL!
     
    #25 YellowR6, Mar 27, 2013
  6. YellowR6

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    Btw, kbb for the 2010 prius iv with 72k is between 17.4-18.7.

    I would aim for somewhere in the middle if u really liked the car.

    Being in Bay Area, it was very hard finding a good deal on a gen3. Very few option with clean title and low milages for a good price. Even with 50k+ miles, private seller here are asking for over kbb and firm too.

    I see quite a few gen3 in SoCal for better prices than Bay Area. Usually at kbb or a bit under but they do sell fast.


    I shop for my gen3 and brought it within 2 days. Got lucky with a private seller in sf. Exactly what I was looking for. 10 model iii with under 40k and clean title.
     
    #26 YellowR6, Mar 27, 2013
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