How much would you pay for this car?

Question

2001 Toyota Echo, red, automatic transmission, CD/casette/AM/FM, A/C.

- 106,000 miles.

- Minor wear-and-tear, including a few chips in the paint on the hood and a very small dent or two from incidents involving shopping carts.

- Major accident in 2001: Rear-ended by an SUV. $4,000.00 in damage, all of which was professionally repaired. You can't tell unless you give it a thorough look-over, but since the repairs, the trunk has leaked slightly in very, very heavy rain. It may just be the weatherstripping.

- Extremely minor accident in 2005. Rear-ended at literally 1-2 miles per hour, resulting in chipped paint. No other damage.

- A/C is currently not working, but it's never been recharged, so it may just need freon.

- Interior is quite clean. Mostly normal wear-and-tear.

- Mechanically sound as far as I know. Regular oil changes, etc.

Serious replies only, please... I've heard enough responses on the order of "nothing" and "$1.99."

mdjohnsonusc, did you not mean $500.00? This car isn't worth $5,000.00 in perfect condition.

P.S. I'm the seller, not the buyer. I'm just having trouble coming up with a reasonable selling price given the accident. To answer the questions regarding high mileage: I generally drive quite a bit. It's easy to do and not realize you're doing it when you're in a car that gets such great gas mileage. It's a Toyota, though... It still has a long life ahead of it if cared for properly. Thanks for the answers!

Answer 1

i wouldnt pay more than 2000 for it the major accident is not good at all especially if it now has a salvaged title which pretty much makes it worth about nothing. The mileage is quite high my VW is a 2001 and i just hit 30,000 miles on it yesterday how many cross country trips has he taken in that. Best bet try to get it for really cheap because you will be spending enough on the broken A/C, trunk leaking, tune up from the high mileage and what not to keep it in working order.

Answer 2

Kelley Blue Book lists it at $4560. But with the a/c issues and trunk leakage, I would imagine that would take the value down a bit since you may have a Freon leak, which is VERY hard to fix in some cars, without ripping out the entire dash for about $2000. I probably wouldn't pay more than $4000, and that's only if I know that the a/c can be repaired for a small amount of money.

Answer 3

No more than $4000. The buyer has to repair the AC and after a rear end look for the chassis.
It is a 5 year old and you can expect problems due to the accidents and the age.

Answer 4

I think they've year grace where to tax their automobiles, however plenty of them are very smart, in the event that they return over to Poland for the duration of that point they get an additional extension on having to tax their automobiles, fortunately the federal government at the moment are making it give up and the DVLA also are clamping and crushing their automobiles if they've no tax, I don't have anything towards the Polish, what I do have a predicament with is the truth they are able to escape with doing what they're auto tax sensible till the federal government places the plan in position and the DVLA has looked after their facet of it out, could we escape with it, NO.

Answer 5

all the accidents..i wouldnt buy it.

that year prius are crapy cars..and the mileage is a BIT HIGH..

if i was to buy it..i wouldnt pay more then $2,000 considering accidents, condition, ac not working...

and the AC problem..isnt probly just freeon..in a 2001 thats very Unlikely..its probly alot more..could be the whole system..or oculd be the ac lines..

Answer 6

Condition Value

Excellent $5,695



Good $5,150



Fair $4,485
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Answer 7

3 hundred

Answer 8

negotiate some more with the seller bro.

Answer 9

3500 do to the repairs needed.

Answer 10

not more than $5000, highmiles + major accident..... not good