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GF about to buy a used 2010 prius. Few questions

Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Main Forum' started by rmani, May 15, 2013.

  1. rmani

    rmani New Member

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    Hey guys. We looked at a nice 2010 prius last night and she wants to buy it. One owner car off lease, 35k miles. I spoke to the dealer who ran the vin for me and did have some service records, so all said and done I feel very comfortable with her buying this car.

    My question is the owner says it's a Prius III but no where does it say this on the carfax or the manual or anything. So how can I be sure? The car does have navigation, JBL, and bluetooth. But has cloth seats and no solar roof. Is there a way to tell that it is in fact a III and not a 2 with navigation added? Is there even a difference?

    Thanks
     
    #1 rmani, May 15, 2013
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    JBL and navi were not available on the II so that should conclude it's not a II. To have those option, you have to get a III or better.

    I think the other feature to look for is the Smart key. I believe the II only has smart key for driver's door.
     
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    Sounds like a III to me, not a II. I think 3 door smart key was only on the IV and V in 2010 and the II and III had 1 door sks so looking for that wouldn't help. Also, if I remember, jbl was available starting in the III so even more so its a III.
     
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    Our 2011 III is similarly equipped. Cloth seats/navigation/USB/Bluetooth/Smartkey, 1 door SKS/JBL premium sound system. No solar roof, no sunroof.
     
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    ok thanks guys. yes it does have the smart key. ok thanks I just wanted to be sure if i ever go to sell the car many years from now i didn't want to find out i bought a different model and never knew it. Thanks! Now it's time to maximize some mpgs.
     
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    I concure with "sfcyclist"
     
    #7 matt b., May 15, 2013
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    Can I ask what the car is listed for? just curious
     
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    sure i sent you a pm
     
    #9 rmani, May 15, 2013
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