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Its been discontinued. I doubt you’ll find a new one anywhere.

if this is the car for you, you’ll likely have to check out the used market.
 
EV23 said:
current market for 22-23 availability please ? US based preferred ! :D

TIA
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Does the 2022 model even exist?
I was looking at the current value of my 18 Clarity. After the Gov giveaways, I could sell it today for not much less than I paid for it.

I've never imagined this ever happening with a car:)
 
Geor99 said:
Does the 2022 model even exist?
I was looking at the current value of my 18 Clarity. After the Gov giveaways, I could sell it today for not much less than I paid for it.

I've never imagined this ever happening with a car:)
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Yeah, the 2021 was the latest model year.

I could sell mine today for something like 14k over the equivalent of what I paid, pretty wild stuff out there.
 
RubenV said:
just bought a used 2018 Clarity for 16K, it seemed like a good deal to me, was it?
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If it meets your definition of a good deal, then it was a good deal. Would the opinions of complete strangers change that in any way?

FWIW: We’re selling our 2019 Touring, with 38K miles, to a Honda dealer for $20K. They asked what I wanted for it and didn’t hesitate to agree to what I asked. Makes me think I should have asked for more. They’ll probably list it for $22-24K, knowing that a qualified buyer can take advantage of a $4000 incentive.
 
The end of March I bought a 2018 Clarity Limited PHEV for $13,400 with 123,000 miles. Yes, the mileage was high, but it is the cleanest 100K car I have ever seen. Every part of the car is spotless, inside and out. I got such a good deal on the car I was skeptical, so I insisted that I be allowed to try the car for 5 days to determine the condition of the battery and engine, and the dealer agreed. I knew they were motivated to sell it, because they had the car for nearly 5 months. Lucky for me I learned that the battery and motor appear to be doing a great job the day after I bought it. EV delivered 38.4 miles on my first mileage test, not to mention it was 35 degrees outside, with rain and wind. The ICE came on the final 3 miles home, but I was impressed none the less. The next day I left home in EV and it was even better than the prior day, which tells me the battery management is working well. Although I neglected to reset the trip odometer I estimated it to be the same distance round trip. All I know I went to the same places as the day before with battery to spare, and no ICE.

I have been asked by the folks that have looked at it and ridden in the car if it it possible the mileage is wrong? Could it possibly be 23,000 and the digital dash is just messed up? But the CarFax I pulled confirmed the mileage over the past 6 years is accurate. I have zero complaints about the maintenance record, the car was VERY well cared for and shows no signs of its age. Just to make it fun, I wait until my friends are well amazed by the condition of the interior and exterior to open the hood. It is crazy clean in the engine compartment and they are blown away when they see it the first time. I'm not teasing when I say it looks like an engine compartment on a new car in a showroom - which has me blown away! The dealer said on the phone the car was nice and the mileage does not show on the car. I figured that was just "sales talk" to get me to come drive it, but they were not kidding.

I set out to find a used EV in the $16K range for my daily commute before I found this car. Unfortunately most dealers have not been paying attention to the resale price on used EV that has been in a steady decline as the newer and more efficient cars are coming to market. I looked at the 2nd generation Leaf (149 mi) but the kind folks in the Leaf Forum told me not to even try if I would need to climb steep grades the first part of my commute and I do. Not to mention there is no access to a chargers on the mountain where I work, even a 110 plug for a Level 1 charger in our parking lot. What mountain you ask?!? Well my commute is 48 miles each way, and the final 1/3 of the first leg is up a mountain 3000 feet to nearly 8000 feet! Which is why the Leaf folks told me to reconsider even trying a used 2nd generation Leaf. But the nice part about the climb up in the morning is the healthy regen down the mountain on the second leg coming home! I have changed how I use the battery because the 20 minute climb up the mountain is better in EV mode with about 25 to 30% remaining when I park. Then I regen 35 to 40% back down to flat land and run most of the 30 miles home in EV and park it needing a full charge.

And after more than a week of driving it on 96 mile daily commute, it has not failed to impress. Well the car has been outstanding, but the radio leaves much to be desired! I am very disappointed by that laggy POS they put in this fine car. It operates like an experimental head unit made up of decade old computer parts. The voice recognition will respond to a request a day or two after you ask it to call someone on your contact list. And it often lists 5 or 6 people it thinks it heard, and none of them even sound alike! It is absurd to say the least. But that is a topic for a new thread! But I am all for trying to replace it with an aftermarket android unit, and for the record, unless they built functions into the radio like computers that support car functions I know for a fact that it can be done by most aftermarket system. It just take a skilled audio installer (which I was in the 80's) and some patience to sort out the wiring. I know the mount will need to be modded, but that is easy. So we will see.....
 
2018 Touring 112K OTD with GAP and tax included for $15500 without GAP it was closer to $13500-$14000 if remember correctly. So far I think I got lucky with the infotainment system as its a lot less laggy and glitchy compared to my 2019 accord touring. I also need to see what's been done audio-wise to my car as the stereo is a lot better than the similar system in my GF's honda civic, maybe I got lucky and someone already disabled the Honda presets and swapped out the speakers. Either way I am happy with it and might explore installing a 10" sub into the location in the rear deck where it is in the fuel cell clarity. The hardest part would be getting 12V back there and the LOC from the rear door speakers.

Also would anyone be interested in full rear wheel covers for their clarity? I was thinking of developing some for my car after messing around in a photo editor for a minute on my phone lol. Might be a good excuse to buy that 3D scanner I've been eyeing up for a while...
 

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2018 Touring 112K OTD with GAP and tax included for $15500 without GAP it was closer to $13500-$14000 if remember correctly. So far I think I got lucky with the infotainment system as its a lot less laggy and glitchy compared to my 2019 accord touring. I also need to see what's been done audio-wise to my car as the stereo is a lot better than the similar system in my GF's honda civic, maybe I got lucky and someone already disabled the Honda presets and swapped out the speakers. Either way I am happy with it and might explore installing a 10" sub into the location in the rear deck where it is in the fuel cell clarity. The hardest part would be getting 12V back there and the LOC from the rear door speakers.

Also would anyone be interested in full rear wheel covers for their clarity? I was thinking of developing some for my car after messing around in a photo editor for a minute on my phone lol. Might be a good excuse to buy that 3D scanner I've been eyeing up for a while...
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First, you're pretty good at editing photos on your phone! Your idea to create spats for your Clarity will succeed or fail on both the material you choose, and on the fasteners you use to connect the spats to the wheel arches.

Before my Clarity, I drove a Honda Insight beginning in early 2000. It had engineer-designed and tested rear wheel spats. Every spring and fall I would remove the spats to change the wheels/tires. Over the years, getting the Dzus fasteners to line up so I could get the spats back in place became more and more difficult. Maybe the plastic spats were shrinking, I can't say.

Once, in a nasty Michigan winter, so much snow got packed around my right rear wheel that the pressure caused the spat to fly off the car. Fortunately, my Insight was red and the airborne red spat caught my eye in the rear-view mirror. I was able to retrieve it before a car could run over it.

You'll have a much easier time upgrading your Clarity's audio system. Have you seen this Clarity audio upgrade thread?
 
insightman said:
First, you're pretty good at editing photos on your phone! Your idea to create spats for your Clarity will succeed or fail on both the material you choose, and on the fasteners you use to connect the spats to the wheel arches.

Before my Clarity, I drove a Honda Insight beginning in early 2000. It had engineer-designed and tested rear wheel spats. Every spring and fall I would remove the spats to change the wheels/tires. Over the years, getting the Dzus fasteners to line up so I could get the spats back in place became more and more difficult. Maybe the plastic spats were shrinking, I can't say.

Once, in a nasty Michigan winter, so much snow got packed around my right rear wheel that the pressure caused the spat to fly off the car. Fortunately, my Insight was red and the airborne red spat caught my eye in the rear-view mirror. I was able to retrieve it before a car could run over it.

You'll have a much easier time upgrading your Clarity's audio system. Have you seen this Clarity audio upgrade thread?
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I appreciate the Insight lol. I looked the other day and I don't see many stock locations to mount to so I'm not too sure if I could make them work without a lot of modifications.

I have read just about every audio thread I can find on here lol. I still haven't found the setting to disable to make it sound better. I believe I still have the stock speakers in mine. The more I listen to them the more I realize what's missing, but they are enough for now. I've got bigger fish to fry with other projects at the moment.
 
New member here! Bought 2 of them in the past couple months for myself and family.

Same Dealer who was able to take off used EV credit at sale.

2021 certified 24k miles. 22999 + TTF - 4k tax credit = 21k otd

2021 50k miles 19999 + TTF -4k = 17.8k otd

How'd I do?
 
Pricing seems reasonable to me. Touring models and clean CarFax for both? Welcome to Clarity ownership. It is still a great car and very economical to drive and own.
 
Hard to beat the Clarity on a road trip with gasoline less than $3/gallon. We also have a full EV and if we have to pay for public charging, the Clarity is generally a cheaper option to drive if the round trip is more than twice the range of the EV. Charging around here averages about $0.5/kWh for fast charging and about $0.4 for level 2 charging. Breakeven with gas is probably more like $0.25/kWh. So even if you start with a full battery charged at home at $0.12/kWh, the average will climb over $0.25 if you have to fully charge again before you return. All in all, I think the Clarity is just a great road trip car.
 
Drew Peaballs said:
New member here! Bought 2 of them in the past couple months for myself and family.

Same Dealer who was able to take off used EV credit at sale.

2021 certified 24k miles. 22999 + TTF - 4k tax credit = 21k otd

2021 50k miles 19999 + TTF -4k = 17.8k otd

How'd I do?
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Similar to what I paid new, but the market has changed a lot since 2018.
 
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