Joel, you're gonna love that '02 Trooper. What else can you buy for $8,500 that has the capacity for 4 large adults, plus lots of gear, with a strong V6 and over-built as the Trooper, for $8,000, and only 34K miles? And yes, you could have paid at least $500 less if you would have negotiated - that's why he was surprised.

As for depreciation, your 2002 Trooper S 4WD had a sticker price of approximately $30,814 (going by my window sticker). So, in 4.5 years it has lost over 70% of the sticker value. If the original purchased paid about $22,500, which is what you could get one for, it still depreciated over 60%. Not good resale value, but great for picking one up for a steal of a deal...

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