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2001 Toyota Prius

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Main Forum' started by nitewolfgtr, Apr 16, 2007.

  1. nitewolfgtr

    nitewolfgtr Junior Member

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    Hi Everyone!!
    this is my first post and hopefully wont be the last for awhile! Anyways, I'm bout to become a proud owner of 2001 Toyota Prius and wanted to check and see if I'm getting a good deal.
    I saw a 2001 Toyota Prius w/ 77,000 Miles for $12999
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    I got the sales person to get it down to $9020 (including the paper fee)

    Good Deal or Bad Deal?

    Thanks
     
    #1 nitewolfgtr, Apr 16, 2007
  2. mcbrunnhilde

    mcbrunnhilde Opera singin' Prius nut!

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    Check kbb.com (Kelley Blue Book) to see if that is a good price for your neck of the woods. I believe Edmunds.com also has a value calculator. Also, did you get a carfax report verifying that there is no accident history?
     
    #2 mcbrunnhilde, Apr 16, 2007
  3. nitewolfgtr

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(mcbrunnhilde @ Apr 16 2007, 08:22 PM) [snapback]424341[/snapback]</div>
    Yeap, clean record from AutoCheck and also its been driven locally here at Springfield, MO. 1 owner
     
    #3 nitewolfgtr, Apr 16, 2007
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    Price sounds about right to me. You might wait for a 2002 or 2003, as they had side air bags available as option. My latest wild suggestion is to make a used Prius purchase conditional upon a lack of metal bits in the transmission pan, but don't know that anyone has done so yet.
     
    #4 tochatihu, Apr 17, 2007
  5. nitewolfgtr

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(tochatihu @ Apr 17 2007, 10:09 AM) [snapback]424622[/snapback]</div>
    What do you mean by the metal bits?
     
    #5 nitewolfgtr, Apr 19, 2007
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    2001-2003 Prius has a removable bttom pan on the transmission. For the price of a new gasket + labor it can be removed. In some cases both ferrous and nonferrous metal fragments have been seen in there. That would not be a good sign, and I would not purchase that particular used vehicle.

    I had the transmission fluid changed at about 60k miles in my 2001 Prius, including pan inspection as above. It that instance there was only a small amount of ferrous debris on the pan's (included) magnet, to my relief.
     
    #6 tochatihu, Apr 20, 2007
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