Absolutely. Got that much for my 05 Jetta recently with half the miles. Much better car overall. https://washingtondc.craigslist.org/nva/cto/d/west-mclean-2005-vw-jetta-wolfsburg-ed/7431737429.html$6K for this car is stupid.
2005 Corolla with 252K for $6K?
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The market is on fire here too, I've sold 2 vehicles recently & neither were worth what I got.
$6,700 for a 2010 Corolla with bad paint & a noisy CV axle.
$6,000 for a 1996 C1500 Silverado X-Cab with a demolished bed side, Bad paint, Cracked windshield, And tire's that would barely pass State Inspection.
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That car should be free.
Friend of mind bought one of the Dieselgate Jettas in perfect condition with low miles for $6,600 a few years ago when they were buying them back. They made the mistake of letting him drive it home before doing the reprogramming. They are still trying to get it back so they can screw up the MPG, kill the performance and make it a particulate trap eater. Someone offered his son $11,000 for it 30,000 mi later.
Back in 2010 I bought a brand new Ford Focus for my Daughter for $2,000.00 more than the used price for a couple year old Focus with 100,000 miles
The pool of good used cars is diminishing and the pool of poor used cars has benefited as uninformed buyers spend.
The 2005 Corolla is what I would call a good used car, but at what cost might depend on seller being retail location, I don't think a private-party seller is going to be able to get ~$6k unless maintenance records and condition are near perfect, but having a retail location can avail the seller to the higher asking price.
I've seen one car lot buy whole-sale from another and mark the price up ~$6k on a similar example, though less mileage, that was the same generation Pontiac Vibe (same Toyota 1.8 drive-train), that was about 2 years ago, this dealer is always way high on prices as they are probably the one that advertise hand picked trade ins, if I recall correctly. Another high price dealer advertises cars from the south implying they are rust free, which is a buyer beware, some of their cars are not southerners...As I seen another dealer advertise rust free on 2 4Runners that had rusty frames but if you just looked at the body it wasn't apparent.
The 2005 Corolla is what I would call a good used car, but at what cost might depend on seller being retail location, I don't think a private-party seller is going to be able to get ~$6k unless maintenance records and condition are near perfect, but having a retail location can avail the seller to the higher asking price.
I've seen one car lot buy whole-sale from another and mark the price up ~$6k on a similar example, though less mileage, that was the same generation Pontiac Vibe (same Toyota 1.8 drive-train), that was about 2 years ago, this dealer is always way high on prices as they are probably the one that advertise hand picked trade ins, if I recall correctly. Another high price dealer advertises cars from the south implying they are rust free, which is a buyer beware, some of their cars are not southerners...As I seen another dealer advertise rust free on 2 4Runners that had rusty frames but if you just looked at the body it wasn't apparent.
You do realized they never had it at $8500 (well maybe for one day to keep it legal) and just put that price cut in there to make people feel they are getting a great deal.
Nick1994
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Hilarious, even their own listing shows that it's way over priced.
Yep, I know. But still, $6500 for a 2003 Corolla is just asinine.
I would think 4K-5k is more reasonable but I guess right now 6k is still cheaper than a new car.
Before the pandemic it should worth at least 2500 locally, now probably 5k.
