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I am the original owner of this beautiful and clean black on black 2009 Matrix S. I purchased the car from the Toyota dealership and have put 60,000 gentle local commuter miles on the car (well below average). The car has a clean current title and is currently registered in California.

The exterior of the car is in excellent driver condition with a few unnoticeable beauty marks accumulated throughout the last 5 years from daily driving and city parking (see pictures). The interior of the car is spotless and in absolute mint condition. The seats, carpets, headliner are all perfect. And of course, it's never been smoked in and has never been used to transport pets. Truly, I have babied this car and it shows.

The car drives wonderfully, has newer tires (2014), and all service is up to date, including the 60,000 mile service (with receipts). It's a really zippy car, faster than a Fiat 500, handles as well as a Mini Cooper S, and being Japanese, it is as reliable as a Honda Fit or Civic. The car gets great gas mileage, like a Toyota Corolla, and has a lot of cargo space inside, more than Volkswagen Golf!

The car has the following options included in the Sports Package:

- Aerodynamic front, side and real spoilers
- Alloy wheels and high performance all season tires, sport tuned suspension
- Automatic transmission, tilt wheel, telescopic wheel
- Power steering, locks, brakes, windows, mirrors
- Keyless entry, anti-theft system
- Air conditioning, rear defogger, rear window wiper, daytime running lights
- Passenger + driver airbags, front side impact airbags, head/curtain airbags, 4 wheel antilock disc brakes
- Cloth bucket seats
- 5- disc CD changer, AM/FM, auxiliary audio input, 120v power outlet, Bluetooth enabled

I'm moving to the east coast and no longer have a use for this car, which is why I'm selling it.

This is a local auction only and the car will not be shipped. As it is also for sale locally, I have the right to end this auction at any time.

I'm available during the day to show the car in Santa Monica, feel free to reach out.

The private party sale Blue Book value of the car is $11,534. The local dealers are asking more than $12,000 for the same car. I've set a very realistic reserve way below these prices.

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