04 Exhaust leak, broken touchscreen, loose shifter, possible headlight alignment issue. Car Value?

Sounds like a fun project to me where do I sign up? How many miles on her?

 

I would like to be #3 in line. Shouldn't we be helping OP with these problems or should we ignore so we can be next in line?

I actually got word the 2005 I'm working on with the transmission issue.....the owner wants to let me have it for $1000 bucks. and it runs............

 

On a serious note, I believe $2300 is a great deal on this car. If you were to part out the thing, it would be worth more than that.

All the issues you have can be solved with a donor vehicle. These seem all to be quite simple parts to replace. Nothing like a transmission!!

 

180k? not sure about the price. we sold our loaded '04 in perfect condition with 95k in may of 2012 for $5,700.

 

Oh yeah, still in diapers lol.

 

What??? Now that was good. under 100k for under $6000

 

The shifter is just an electrical device to select the mode you require of the transmission. It could be called a switch but it has no contacts "hall effect device", and is a plug in replacement.

John (Britprius)

 

These Prius cars are very reliable when they are new and with low miles. After lets say 180k miles, there could be many parts that have worn and need replacement, often at a higher price than a regular car. I'm very hesitant to fix the 2005 that I've been working on because of the high cost in repairs. The traction battery fails right around the 10 year mark and that's a another 4 digit expense. If you don't mind doing a lot of DIY, it may be worth while. But if you were to bring the repairs to a shop or dealer, it may be very expensive to own in the long run.

 

1. If the leak/rusting is really bad, you could probably get most of the exhaust system from a junkyard for a couple hundred.

2. The MFD is about $150-300 on ebay. Taking the dash apart to that point is pretty easy and there are severals guides and videos. You can do without replacing it, but you'll have much more control over the climate control using it vs the wheel controls.

4. So its the shifter the driver uses to select gears that is loose? The shifter is really just a switch, it isn't physically connected to the transmission. I don't think its much harder to replace than the MFD, about $50-100 on ebay.

Looks like a good deal if you DIY, but if you take it to the dealer for repairs, it could get spendy.

 

and it took 3 months to sell. it's not california here, that's for sure, and gas prices have something to do with it, and they were higher then.

 

I've got dibs on the 2012 PIP

 

You beet me to it, but thinking about it you drive on the wrong side of the road over there.

John (Britprius)

 

Yes we do drive on the wrong side, but we spell tires correctly.

CORRECTION: Bisco spells tyres incorrectly

 

I'm getting tired of this.

John (Britprius)

 

no, you drive on the left side, we drive on the right side.

 

you'll always get a better deal coming east for an alternative fuel vehicle. although strangely, some great pip prices have shown up here from cali recently. we don't get a state incentive. dianne has over a hundred pips in stock, there probably aren't that many in massachusetts!

 

In that case you spell tyres wrong. Oxford English dictionary :- Rubber covering round a wheel to form soft contact with the road. Derived from 15 century iron curved plate that held a wooden wheel together.

John (Britprius)

 

I always have this type of conversation with my in laws from Brighton. Come here every year during winter for 2 months to harass me about my spelling. I can honestly say there is no winning in this debate.