The US used vehicle market is a fucked up clown show. In the EU, the prices are more realistic, especially with the smaller motors. The reason, the piss poor US income distribution and astronomical new car prices combined to create this mess.
Programs like cash for clunkers also helped end cheap wheels for a whole generation. Lots of good motors were locked up intentionally :c
Guy not kidding. They asking 40k for cars made in the 1980s. Hell even 1990 models. Fucking crazy.
I read that last one in Mr. Regular voice.
In like 2018 I bought a 2014 Honda Accord Sport for $6500. 6 speed manual, fun car to drive. It had like 50k miles on it which is essentially nothing for a Honda. Carfax was clean etc. Then I had 2 kids and it was time for the Minivan. I traded in the Accord at the dealership (which I never do, but didn’t have time to do a private sale). They gave me something like $9500 for it. This was in the beginning of 2025. I drove the Accord for 7 years and made $3000 somehow. And I’m sure the dealership sold it for like $12000.
Shits crazy.
Now this is a 20R Toyota I’d do borderline illegal things to own. This would be worth spending some money on. I’d probably swap in a 22R, or even EV swap it
Loosely related: if your relatives ever give you anything to sell on Facebook Marketplace or something, they will insist on some sort of insane price which will not move. You lower the price dramatically and it finally sells after weeks and weeks of just sitting there. Knowing that your boomer relative will be angry that it sold for $25 rather than 40 bajillion dollars, you lie to them and say you sold it for $45. They bitch, shit themselves, scream and cry, give you a hard time all throughout Sunday dinner and then claim they’re going to sell their own stuff from now on. They never sell anything, or even attempt to do so. The end.
Tangentially related: Some times your relatives don’t even have to still be in possession of the item any longer to inflate the price and get offended. My mom goes on and on about how much some LP she had when she was 15 would be worth if grandma hadn’t of let it mold in the garage. I looked the album up and if she had a first pressing in mint condition it would be worth a bajillion dollars, but she most certainly played the shit out of a beat up copy of a 14th pressing that isn’t worth shit. Likewise, eBay fucks with their sense of worth, too. My parents will mention something they have being worth a lot of money and I’ll ask how they know only to be hit with “we saw that someone had one of these that went for several thousand.” And of course, looking deeper into unravels the entire plot of why that very not really rare thing sold for an unusually high price 10 years ago during a minor surge in popularity of that thing due to a new media reboot.
This is so fucking true
It shows me they have no idea how to check the comps. Some eBay sellers will be delusional about their items or will list something for an inflated price just for the outrage views, that doesn’t mean it’s ever sold for that price. You’ve got to check the most recent sold listings and check to see how many sold recently.
My experience selling on marketplace- list for 50% more than it’s worth. People will then lowball you with reasonable offers.
Noted
I avoid this problem by not using Facebook
[insert selling platform here]
They die and now all that stuff is your responsibility anyway
I’ll tell them on their death bed that I will totally sell their used figurines for 40 bajillion and that this is a reasonable price.
Yeah, the new car market has made overpriced shitters look good
Hell, the new cars do that too.
The 2012 used car market was pretty fucked. Tons of old stock had been taking off the market in 09/10 by Cash for Clunkers.
That was also when the CAFE standards changed and suddenly small trucks became effectively illegal since fuel economy standards started being based on vehicle footprint.
It’s why trucks started growing in size so much. The manufacturers figured out it was easier to make cars bigger than to make them more effecient.
Not to mention the choice of Toyota here makes this especially silly. The used market for body-on-frame Toyotas has been so far out of whack for so long that back when you could still get 0% dealer financing it was often cheaper to buy new than used after you factored in interest rates.
I haven’t bought a car in almost 10 years. But, there’s this guy saying he has a lot full of used cars, $2500 to $4000. And, he says people are calling to ask if they can finance that small amount, whereas they used to just pay cash:
“small amount”. Ok Elon
2UZ-FE V8, could probably push it to a million miles.
Was looking for the comment correcting this lol. Definatley not 80s either.
Except they’ve owned it since new, it’s got 300k and is still running the original timing belt
wish they sold hilux
Is it some weird optical illusion or is the truck picture on the bottom actually bigger?
And it’s ✨shinier✨
That’s called marketing, baby 👉😎👉
Just dropped a new 22r into my 86’ Toyota and I will be driving that truck until it needs a new motor again. Last one made it 330k with a blown fourth piston bearing so I’m hopeful
And in europe it would be $145 000…
How much is hilux in Europe?
51k€ for the ultra basic trim that doesn’t even have air conditioning, 65k€ for the average. Never saw one in real life because if someone needs one for work would buy one of these for A THIRD of the price:
And if someone needs a penises enhancement device would buy a Ford raptor
I dunno, thought that where a v8 tacoma or something. Hilux has no value compared to that.
i thought i was going crazy, every used car these days cost as much as a new car, but with 100k+ miles
