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I am considering buying a 2010 Prius Package II from Hertz rent to buy program. I went to pick up the car today and after a test drive I decided to rent it as it drove well with no noticeable issues. cosmetically there are a few door dings and rear bumper scuff marks but overall in good condition. Tires are almost worn and maybe have about 5000 miles left in them. Interior of the car is in overall good condition and should buff out nicely after some detail cleaning work.
One concern I noticed is that plastic cover under the front bumper seems to be excessively scuffed and is flapping around a a bit as fasteners have come undone. I was able to lock in a price at $16500 before they jacked up the price on all the priuses recently. What do you guys think of this deal? I have 2 more days to decide and wanted to get your opinion.
Rentals give me pause, but you never know...that Prius may have been treated relatively well in comparison to the rest of their fleet given the kind of driver it attracts. One thing you forgot to mention, the mileage. For the price, I would presume around 50k?
If they have others ask to swap some of the better parts. The front under cover, better tires from another car etc. It should come with some warranty, if not I'd stay away and pay a little more for a private car rental in hilo hawaii party with extended warranty or a certified dealer car with warranty.
Rentals give me pause, but you never know...that Prius may have been treated relatively well in comparison to the rest of their fleet given the kind of driver it attracts. One thing you forgot to mention, the mileage. For the price, I would presume around 50k?
There's an older thread about this. From what I remeber people were complaing about an initially good experience becoming not so good because of paperwork issues but not sure. You should search for earlier threads.
This is the sort of thing that world permanently scare me off ever buying an ex-rental. Only God knows what damage was done to the engine in the time that this guy was adding car rental in hilo hawaii way more ethanol than the car was designed to run on and from what I understand about ethanol the damage could take a while to appear.
I wonder if someone from the Forums could write in and say that they purchased a Rental car rental in hilo hawaii Prius and now have 200k or 220k miles on the vehicle and have had good luck with it. I always thought the Rental Vehicles were kind of beat on .
To give you some idea on pricing, I have a 2010 Prius II that I want to sell. (I'm buying the new Prius Plug-in). It has 37,000 miles, it's been perfectly maintained, with double the number of recommended oil changes and full maintenance records... it's been babied. It has a $1,000 Kenwood stereo unit with a full touchscreen that has backup camera, Garmin GPS, Bluetooth for the phone, AM/FM/ CD/DVD/USB, and options to add XM radio, HD radio and iPod control. I removed car rental in hilo hawaii the wheel covers when it was a week old and put on the Toyota hubcaps (so the original wheel covers are in perfect condition). It has a trunk organizer and it's as clean inside and out as a brand new car. And I'm hoping to get $18,000 for it.
I would never buy a rental car. Contrasted with a privately owned car, where the owner probably cares about it, think about all the renters who, in the best case, don't care about the car, and in the worst case, drive it like they stole it.
I am considering buying a 2010 Prius Package II from Hertz rent to buy program. I went to pick up the car today and after a test drive I decided to rent it as it drove well with no noticeable issues. cosmetically there are a few door dings and rear bumper scuff marks but overall in good condition. Tires are almost worn and maybe have about 5000 miles left in them. Interior of the car is in overall good condition car rental in hilo hawaii and should buff out nicely after some detail cleaning work.
One concern I noticed is that plastic cover under the front bumper seems to be excessively scuffed car rental in hilo hawaii and is flapping around a a bit as fasteners have come undone. I was able to lock in a price at $16500 before they jacked up the price on all the priuses recently. What do you guys think of this deal? I have 2 more days to decide and wanted to get your opinion.
I just bought 2010 Prius recently car rental in hilo hawaii from dealer. Considering my budget ($20K max) to buy, i knew i would get the car from rental car or lease company car rental in hilo hawaii (i run carfax before i bought, and it showing all prius 2010 available on the market within my budget, they came from car rental or lease comp.). I knew i would get between 35-50K miles on it, but it's still consider ok to me. What i did was, i brought the car to toyota dealer nearby to diagnose the car... Dealer said my car is fine. I think you should bring the car to dealer, it costed me only $100, but i got secure feeling to drive....
I just bought 2010 Prius recently from dealer. Considering my budget ($20K max) to buy, i knew i would get the car from rental car or lease company (i run carfax before i bought, car rental in hilo hawaii and it showing all prius 2010 available on the market within my budget, they came from car rental or lease comp.). I knew i would get between 35-50K miles on it, but it's still consider ok to me. What i did was, i brought the car to toyota dealer nearby to diagnose the car... Dealer said my car is fine. I think you should bring the car to dealer, it costed me only $100, but i got secure feeling to drive....
Thanks everyone for your feedback. I am at a Toyota dealer right now getting the car checked out the car right now. I also called Hertz and got them to apply a $200 discount code so now the price is now $16300. Plus they said if mechanic inspection shows almost worn tires they will replace the tires for free... They also qualified me for 3.49% financing as well. I'll wait for the inspection car rental in hilo hawaii and if it checks out I'm probably gonna get the car.
I would suggest you plug the VIN number of the car you're interested in into AutoCheck car rental in hilo hawaii or Carfax. Back when I bought the car, there were a variety of Priuses to choose from. I entered in each VIN number car rental in hilo hawaii to AutoCheck, and surprisingly, nearly all of the cars reported some form of body damage/accidents. That being said, I picked the Prius with no record of an accident.
I would suggest you plug the VIN number of the car you're interested in into AutoCheck or Carfax. Back when I bought the car, there were a variety of Priuses to choose from. I entered in each VIN number to AutoCheck, and surprisingly, nearly all of the cars reported some form of body damage/accidents. That being said, I picked the Prius with no record of an accident.
Thanks for the advise. car rental in hilo hawaii Hertz sent me the Autocheck report and everything checks out. No accidents or any issues except car rental in hilo hawaii it states it's a Fleet/Rental car. Pre-vehicle inspection from Toyota dealer came back with no issues except tires. They put in the service report that the tires need to be changed and marked car rental in hilo hawaii tread depth at 3/32. I spoke to Hertz sales on the phone today and they said if I provide the tread depth and report by mechanic they will replace the tires.. so I'll see if they honor this tomorrow. Looks like I'm getting the car. :rockon: