# 1981 Toyota Cressida - 30k miles only

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/1981-toyota-cressida-30k-miles-only/66535>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [July 24, 2011, 5:42am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1981-toyota-cressida-30k-miles-only/66535 "2011-07-24T05:42:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![AnthonyS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@AnthonyS](https://community.cartalk.com/u/AnthonyS)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2011, 5:42am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1981-toyota-cressida-30k-miles-only/66535/1 "2011-07-24T05:42:13Z")

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Alright gang, how much do you think I should ask for this car? Planning to put up on Boulder craigslist next week sometime… 1 owner and in amazing condition. This Toy is the 4-door sedan version of the Cressida; has no dings, no scratches, paint still looks good, just dropped a new battery in it and changed up the spark plugs. Thoughts?

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**Author:** ![dagosa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/dagosa/32/9837_2.png) [@dagosa](https://community.cartalk.com/u/dagosa)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2011, 10:28am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1981-toyota-cressida-30k-miles-only/66535/2 "2011-07-24T10:28:51Z")

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Officially, your car is antique. I would sell it that way. I doubt that it would fetch much to the daily driver crowd. It’s a clunker in their eyes.

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**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2011, 3:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1981-toyota-cressida-30k-miles-only/66535/3 "2011-07-24T15:45:28Z")

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Unfortunately, it is not really a desirable antique and that will hold back value. Try looking at Toyota clubs on line and see if there are any for sale. You might also check eBay Motors. I looked at Hemmings Motor News and there are only 25 Toyotas for sale; none are a Cressida.

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**Author:** ![keith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/keith/32/5518_2.png) [@keith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/keith)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2011, 4:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1981-toyota-cressida-30k-miles-only/66535/4 "2011-07-24T16:01:28Z")

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I would not cheap out and use craigslist for this. I would recommend ebay. Even though you have to pay a commission at ebay, you normally will get closer to its real value as people will bid against each other. Craigslist is not an auction.

I saw a similar situation breakout on ebay awhile ago. A mid 80’s (84 I think) very low mileage, mint condition tercel 4wd wagon which the seller would have been lucky to get $3800 on craigslist went for over $12,000 on ebay.