Determining a Vehicles Value...

G'day Rod. Carsguide has some pretty good figures for Retail, Private and trade values. They are the same as from the Redbook so that may help you. Bob

Rod,
The private sale, only 14000K, offer him $50k. Make sure it's white and not red.
Scooby

hi rod,i was in the same predicament? as you a few years back,private sellers always want more,beacause they want to cover there loss on the vehicle they bought new,but government auctions arent quite so worried about that as they probably didnt pay tax on it anyway.
after months of research i bought from an auction a troopy that was 22 months old had 44000kms on it and still had 14 months warranty left it was almost half the price of a new one had full service history and a good report(it was ex government),pickles auctions you can buy for less than $20 the last months prices that all there cars sold for(thats $20 for each auction eg brisbane,if you want sydney prices thats another $ 18 or so,that will give you an average on what a troopy is going for.
dont be afraid to buy at government auction,ive bought several cars from there now for family and friends,you can even do it online now,they all have service history and condition reports and the big bonus of still being under warranty.
hope this helps
dave

G/Day Rod, There"s no substitute for low ks in my opinion, !4,000 km It is probably better than new!, as long as the dealer service is guaranteed from day one. The only thing about how good a buy is probably determined by the price of a newie, But dont forget Toyos hold their value extremeley well.


Cheers Axle

We just bought a Thrifty ex-rental (full service history) 2008 Camry with 67,000km for just under half the new price - just like new and still 13 months factory warrenty. My neighbour just bought a new Canry Hybrid, nearly 3 times what we paid for ours!!!!!!!!! He has all the extras but they are just nice toys, we have been there done that with new high spec'd cars and now want a basic car at the right price and not loose an arm, leg and the shirt on our back in depreciation.

Most of my vehicles that I have bought over the years have been ex-rentals or ex-company and we have always been bargin with no more problems than vehicles bought privately. Just check the service history.

Our Troopy was ex Hertz, now 250,000km and had it 7 years and never want to part with it, nil problems other than a gearbox design problem (2000-2003 problem).

Stevesub

put in glasses price guide on google it will give u second hand prices
cheers reggy2

Yes for the private one the owner is factoring in what they paid for it, if brought new including all the taxes etc.
What I would do is check out dealer prices for the same sort of vehicle (ie the same age, one owner or whatever) and work out from that weather it's a fair price or not.

We were selling a 79 series ute recently, got just under 40, for it, and I know we could have got more. Similar examples from dealers were priced around 45k, but then you had the same thing, turbo diesel, same year etc and priced at $35k as well, I believe these would have been the ex miners etc.

So yes I think in some ways private vehicles do demand a higher price as most have probably had an easier life for the k's they've done.

40,0000k's or even 65,000k's seems to be when the mining companies / govt are getting rid of them. Nothing wrong with buying an ex govt vehicle, it depends on your needs and what you're going to do to it or with it. I guess though if you want to keep it for a long long time then you want to find one that's in the best condition you can and that might mean going with a private one, or private through a dealer even.

I guess the other side of the argument is that $13000 would cover quite a few repairs or accessories that you might want to add!

We did buy a ex govt 75 series before the latest one, it's recovery points were broken and chassis really caked with mud so much so that we couldn't clean it out properly (ex enviro vehicle I believe). It drove really well but not exactly the kind of vehicle you want to keep for the long term.

You will probably find that a dealer will by the ones at an auction at $45 k, then they will hose it down and put in the yard at $55 k, this is pretty much how it works.

Trust me with dealers, they can and will out bid you.

I would buy the dearer one with 14,000k...why?

You know the history and the chances are it is in better condition then the others.

The other ones sound like ex mining or from aboriginal communities, both have more then likely been hammered hard with little maintenance.

Plus you don't know how much they had be tidied up fro the auctions...this may only become evident after a years or so when the paint starts to deteriorate.

We use to have to go through end of lease mining and aboriginal vehicles before being sold, the lease'e had to pay for any damage to be repaired before the vehicle was handed back.......so in other words if they could save $100 on something by getting a cheap job done they would and no body would know any different until when sold.

Coal mining vehicles are the worst...you can never stop the black coming out.

The other think is if the vehicle is still under new car warranty you can get another 3 years and up to 175,000k Toyota factory warranty.