[2019] Your opinion on a fair price for 2014-2015 PiPs

Fellow Prius chat members,


I have been hanging out in the forums and gathering as much information as I could about things to consider before buying a PiP.


Read the PiP FAQ, several other posts about people considering buying a 2014-2015 PiP and am grateful for everyone’s contributions and thoughtfulness.


I would like to elicit your opinion on what would be fair values for these cars (SF Bay Area):


1. 2015 PiP Base - 74k Miles
Single/Original owner with pet
Clean title, no accidents, all service records available
Private party
Asking 14.5k+tax

2. 2014 PiP Base - 62k Miles
Single/Original owner w/o pet
Clean title, no accidents, all service records available
Private
Asking 14k+tax

3. 2015 PiP Base - 62k Miles
Unknown(carfax available)
Clean title, no accidents, all service records available, HOV sticker never used
Asking 16.5k+tax
Used car seller

4. 2014 PiP Base - 60k Miles
Single/Original owner
Clean title, no reported accidents, all service records
Shift app (guessing no need for additional check by mechanic)
Asking 15.5k+tax

I have created a list of things that I will be checking, thanks to this forum and talking to hybrid mechanics.

Will also be taking the car that we select to a hybrid specialist garage to get a buyer’s inspection done before finalizing deal, preferably near the listing but don’t know any good ones in South Bay (suggestions welcome!)

This will be our first car, we commute by public transit and bicycle but with a baby entering our world soon all that might change....so looking for a green vehicle that doesn’t break the bank and is reliable

 

Thank you for all your responses.
We are trying not to go for a new vehicle because of price, we originally had a 10k limit that crept up to 13-14k to have a relatively newer car.

Will see if anyone is willing to negotiate. I have done a little more looking around on the forum and these are the prices people have paid (maybe handy for someone else looking):

1. 2014 PiP Base - 88K miles
One owner
Paid $10,300 + taxes
Got SCE rebate of $1000 so effective total price was $10,300
Purchased July 2019

2. 2013 PiP Base - 28K Miles
Paid $14K
Purchased March 2017

3. 2015 PiP Base - 74K Miles
Paid $13.5K
Purchased March 2019

Don't know about the title conditions, so that's a factor.

I had another question, often when I look on KBB and Nada guides, the Nada guide's values are quite a bit lower (-2K) than KBB for PiP.
I researched and saw that actually Nada guides should have a higher value since it only takes dealer trade-in into consideration whereas KBB looks at all kinds of sales, wondering why KBB values for PiP are higher.

Sample search:
NADA: Cars/2015/Toyota/Prius/Liftback-5D-Plug-In-I4-Hybrid/Values
$10,850
$12K (fair)
$15,525

KBB: toyota/prius-plug-in-hybrid/2015/hatchback-4d/?vehicleid=402024&intent=buy-used&mileage=75000&pricetype=private-party&condition=very-good
$14,097
$15K (fair)
$16,124

Am I missing something here?

Thanks again for responding!

 

Hi everyone!

Just an update, bought a 2014 Prius plug-in with approx. 60K miles on it for $13.2K + tax.
Got it inspected at a hybrid specialist garage before buying and they found it to be in very good condition.

Two things that I will have to look in to:
1. Need to replace Auxiliary battery, they quoted $300 for that
2. 2 PCM updates, approx $90

So in conclusion, an average deal, but the seller was super nice and car is in very good condition so I am happy for now.
Will report update in a month or two.

Thanks!