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Old 09-09-2020, 09:13 AM   #1002 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Fat Charlie View Post
What's really wrong with it is that it's a cheap car with a manual transmission that's pushing 200k. The dealership probably never ran it through the shop to find out what's wrong with it because they aren't going to turn a profit on it even if all it needs is a little Seafoam.
Not sure if I mentioned this before, but at my dad's dealership someone tried trading in a silver, manual Insight with over 300K miles with newer hybrid battery for no less than $3000 trade in. It had a cracked windshield and quite a few other cosmetic issues. They offered him $300 trade in.

Us Insight owners do have a tendency to over-value our cars; I probably wouldn't sell mine for less than $6000 right now, which is absurd for an older, manual Honda with 200K+ miles. But that's what sentiment does to ya.
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