A salvage title would dissuade me on a very new car, but if the price were low enough I probably would consider it.

On an older car it really would not make much difference but probably would result in some reduction in value at pretty much any age.

What is book on that prius?

If it is 6500 I would try to negotiate it down if it looked like a car I would want to own.

If it is 12000 I would probably jump on it if it passed muster.

I probably would get it checked out by someone expert in Prius's.

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