High gas prices=weird car prices

[cossie1600]

I went to the dealer to check out a new 335D. I have always been a fan of diesel, so I just wanted to see how good the car is. I am not going to get into the 335D. What I do want to bring up is how weird the trade in prices are now on the Prius given the $4/gallon gas prices. I bought my 2010 Prius new for I think $23K with no sales tax. I have 39K miles on it and it is about 20 months old. Without any negotiation, they were going to give me $21K for it. I nearly poop in my pants when I heard it. The funny thing is that I could have gotten the same car new for $20800 plus tax just in December. It's amazing how the crazy used car dealers drove up the price of the vehicle.

On another note. I bought my 2009 base sports new about 13 months ago for $29K. At 9800 miles, they were willing to give me $24500.