2009 Prius base, 61k miles, clean, worth 7200 dollars today? Want to buy

Well the car only has 61k miles on it, so if the battery goes out, the rest of the car is low mileage.

The battery is a major component, but think of it like a transmission repair that you would have on a normal car. If you do that, the car should last a lot longer and is better than a car payment.

 

Nobody is going to be racing to spend 8-10k on a gen 2 prius that are a dime a dozen for 3-5k, albeit more miles.

I have that exact car in that exact color in similar condition (with 115k miles) and my cost is $3500.

Odometer is probably the least important factor. Only people with lots of money, or fanatics/collectors are willing to overpay by thousands and thousands of dollars because the odometer has 1 or 2 years less driving than another Prius. If I owned that car it'd be over 160k miles in 2 years so what is the point in me having a 60k mile car.

Only way that is worth 8k to me (and still not) is if it has plug-in conversion and leather.

Also, hilarious way to kick off the description:
"First thing I want to say is that regardless of what the Carfax report shows, the mileage on this 2009 Toyota Prius is the actual mileage. The Honda Acura dealership that shows the mileage being higher was never visited by the original owner. They apparently were using the V.I.N. from the wrong vehicle. "

 

Gotcha, found it. Silver, california, final bid $8105. And does have leather.

I've sold on eBay and it is non-binding. Have had sales withdrawn a number of times. If they are local they bid, they come in person, and then it's just like a normal showing lol. You can get them on the immediate non-refundable $500 deposit if they decide to pay that and try to back out of sale.

 

It's actually not in mint condition. It's in respectable condition but has flaws from making it mint.

It was a dealers auction in Maryland. High bid 3k --- and the injector on top motor was apparently not plugged in all the way so it sounded like it had a rod knock --- or better description sounded like a helicopter at idle when gas motor kicked on.

Had a check engine light for misfires, random, all cylinders...but plugging injector back in fixed everything. I'm surprised it went over $1500 considering how it sounded. I was bidding online and only reason I can think of for person standing in front of car to bid it that high is that they were the ones that sabotaged the car by unplugging injector to try to get it cheap.

Prices are high starting with root cause: dealers...They are bidding them up to 3 to 4.5k nationwide when they have under 130k miles and in good condition. So you then add 1000-1500 to that price and get street pricing. Of course you have owners that have had it for a decade --- and they still want top dollar. Even with 200k miles I see people trying to get $4000.