When to quit driving Prius

Fresh after service is a good time to sell, but.. January/Feb is usually the worse time to sell.
IMHO 10K are not going to make big diff, it is still over 100K.

Do you have to pass inspection to register in GA? how hard it is? around here passing inspection adds 1-1.5K to old car.

I'd advertise it and drive until good deal comes alone good luck.

 

Personally I don't think 110k versus 120k will make too much difference in price. Over 100k people are going to pay far more attention to the cars overall condition rather than to an extra 10k miles.

Tires that look "mid life" versus one that look like they'll need replacement almost immediately will make a difference to the price. If the tires look totally shot then people tend to immediately factor $600+ for new rubber into the price. If the tires look anything that resembles "mid life" they tend to just think "status quo" and not pay much more attention to them. Given that you've got a good 30k miles remaining on those tires I'd say you could drive another 10k and then give them a quick shine/black and have them looking presentable enough that it's not an issue.

I take it that your F150 gets about 18 to 20 MPG, so realistically it's going to cost you at least $1000 more in gas to drive that instead of the Prius for another 10k miles. I doubt that an extra 10k miles will shift the value by this much, so my vote is to keep driving the Prius.

 

As has already been hinted, this is the wrong question. Instead, you should ask whether or not the difference is enough to cover the much higher operating cost of the F150 for that distance.

 

Just keep driving the Prius. 100k miles is the big milestone for used cars and you are already past it - if you were at 90k it might be worth it, but not so much now.

 

Wait at least until gas prices shoot up in 2012 before selling. You may get more for the car or sell it quicker.