Military Car Lot Blog

A first look at CampusCarLot — from the team behind MilitaryCarLot.com, which turns 19 this Veterans Day. You can see it now; we officially turn it on Wednesday, November 11.

Nineteen years ago this Veterans Day, MilitaryCarLot.com started with a simple idea: the military community deserved its own place to buy and sell vehicles — military members, base neighbors, and military-friendly and vetted car dealers at 300+ military bases. The community showed up, and it has been growing ever since. To everyone who has bought, sold, or just browsed with us in 19 years: thank you. You built this.

166 live listings (down from 167) — 34 sold, 31 new this week

Compacts took the lead this week. With Hawaii gas still at $5.64 a gallon, the fresh arrivals drawing the most attention were small, efficient sedans and hatchbacks — a low-mile Sentra at Pearl Harbor, two Corolla Hatchbacks at JBPHH, and a string of Camrys priced to move.

167 live listings (up from 148) — 24 sold, 43 new this week

Efficiency ruled the lot this week. With gas still at record autumn highs — $4.33 a gallon nationally and $5.63 in Hawaii — cheap, fuel-sipping cars moved fastest: two $5,500 Altimas and an HR-V listed and sold within days, and every vehicle in this week's Top 20 is a fresh arrival, most of them under $10,000.

Wholesale prices just posted their first year-over-year decline since early 2025, gas is at a record high, and financing still bites — here’s how to buy wisely as 2026 winds down.

The used-vehicle market is finally shifting. After years of post-pandemic chaos, wholesale prices slipped for the third straight month in September — but retail asking prices haven’t caught up yet. That gap is your opportunity. Here’s what the data says about demand, financing, and how to play it.

We made a lot of capability improvements the last few weeks to include significant integration with social media. Here are this week's highlights:

148 live listings (up from 137) — 32 sold, 44 new this week

1. 2009 Camry Hybrid, $8,995, 33k mi — cheapest hybrid on the lot