I’m buying this car tomorrow from private dealership and it has 140k miles on it. They want $7700. Is this good price? They offer extended warranty should I purchase from them or purchase it from somewhere else?
If I do get this car . First thing I’m going to do is change the oil and transmission fuild, coolant change also. Can someone provide me diy for transmission service.
2009 Camry hybrids
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Anything I should look out for? However when I had a hood open I did notice overflow tank was low for antifreeze .
Originally Posted By: Rohan
I’m buying this car tomorrow from private dealership and it has 140k miles on it. They want $7700. Is this good price?
Don't pay their asking price, ever. Extended warranties are famous for loopholes and not covering repairs.
Does it have to be a Hybrid? $7700 for an almost 9 year old car, that is honestly a very vanilla run-of-the-mill car seems like a lot. If one was looking for a used Camry, it would be a buyer's market given the sheer number of them out there, and I bet some can be had in very good shape with low miles for the same money.
Check this car out on kbb.com to get what the marked says this car is worth !
You can get the toyota Techstream software and a OBDII dongle for <$20 from ebay. Run this on a laptop and see the balance between the hybrid battery cells/ modules, and the overall health.
But if you know you're buying that particular car and the price, are you just asking us for validation?
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Originally Posted By: Reddy45
Does it have to be a Hybrid? $7700 for an almost 9 year old car, that is honestly a very vanilla run-of-the-mill car seems like a lot. If one was looking for a used Camry, it would be a buyer's market given the sheer number of them out there, and I bet some can be had in very good shape with low miles for the same money.
I'd not pay that much.
It was a $22K car out the door back when it was new. It's lifespan is about 180-200K miles. Put another way, it has 73% of it's life used up. So it's cost should be 27% of new, or just under $6000.
Cost per mile matters. And used cars are often no bargain when it comes to cost per mile.
Also check nada.com for pricing .
That car is just about the age for a battery change be aware.
To me, that is a $2500 car. $7700 buys a lot of car, if you dig around. Now if you absolutely have to have a hybrid, I still think an aggressive search might find you a better car.
That's highly overpriced!
I just watched a youtube video on a Camry Hybrid, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9gjaI9-Hrk
Might be worth plugging in an OBDII reader just to check that all the readiness flags are set and no CEL.
If your extended warranty covers a new hybrid battery, sure! Otherwise, no way, way too risky.
Rock Auto has the Hybrid battery for $1365 USD after you get the core charge refunded. Don't know the shipping charges.
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Too much money, and being a private dealer they’re probably weasels. The warranty is probably fake with a bunch of loopholes.
I'd hover around $7K for price. The Camry hybrids seem reliable besides the usual battery/brake concerns. Might have oil burning issues or timing chain slap, which are not uncommon problems in Toyota hybrids(the former is common on the regular Camry and Corolla due to piston ring coking or piston design).
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