There's one rebuilt Prius within driving range that I have on my watch list: a 2004 with 200k kms (120k miles), asking $4500. It's been listed for a couple of weeks.
The main thing that makes me leery of a salvage/rebuilt title is my goal of reselling the car in a year or two and breaking even. The fact it hasn't yet sold at $4.5k tells me people are shy about the rebuilt status. If I were planning a purchase to keep/drive into the ground, I'd have inquired about it already.
I'm super envious of your plug-in. It would suit my driving patterns very well. Small city = high range not needed. I could probably do 100% of my relatively infrequent local trips electrically, and then get great mileage on the open road.
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