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How much is the premium for the carpool stickers in CA?

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Main Forum' started by burritos, Apr 21, 2009.

  1. burritos

    burritos Senior Member

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    I have the stickers, but I never need to use them. If the premium is high enough, that might persuade me to trade it in for a new 2010.
     
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    Depends where in Cali. I have heard numbers from $1K (believable) to $3K (TV news hype).
     
    #2 KTPhil, Apr 21, 2009
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    I've noticed many dealers marking up the price much more than private sellers.
     
    #3 Lafferty, Apr 21, 2009
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    Check on your local Craigslist.com - the ones that disappear get sold. The high priced ones / high mileage or low package ones stay around.
     
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    they're only good thru 12/31/10 so the "premium' is running out.
    prob $1K-2K max right now for someone like me who regularly commutes 80 miles each way (about 1.6 gallons).

    there's also proposed legislation that would delete them in October '09.
     
    #5 avocadoman1, Apr 22, 2009
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    Yea, I was going to say that w/ the short time remaining, the value is decreasing quick.
     
    #6 hill, Apr 23, 2009
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    Anyone have some current approximate figures or sold one themselves?

    The only reason why I ask is because I may have to move back to WA state due to my work, where the CA HOV stickers are obviously useless. I've been entertaining the thought of selling my 06 (package NL - has everything except leather; has 41K miles) and buying a 2010 Prius II or III before 7/31/09 in WA (when the sales tax exemption on up there runs out).

    I know for sure that what I can fetch will be several thousand short of 2010 Prius, but I just want a relative sense of the premium. I quickly looked at autotrader a bit but wasn't sure what to conclude. I also wonder if they might get a bigger premium in So Cal.
     
    #7 cwerdna, Jul 8, 2009
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    Hate to keep bumping threads but perhaps a dealer, seller or buyer of used Priuses in CA can comment?
     
    #8 cwerdna, Jul 22, 2009
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