LexLuthors

Posted this just in case someone is in the market and in the area to purchase a 4GS. It popped up in a website that I was in and thought it was fake, but its legit. This would be a steal for someone in the market!

http://www.brighamgillmotorcars.com/...f533ed2029.htm

bclexus

That is an excellent price! Even with curb rash on a couple of the wheels. I doubt this car will last long.

islandbeef

That's the price of a new mid-level Honda Accord. This should go very fast.

ls430lover

cars been hit or sprayed
guaranteed

LI Lexus

clean carfax


2013 LEXUS GS 350 AWD
No accident / damage reported to CARFAX
2 Previous owners
Regular oil changes
Personal vehicle
24,466 Last reported odometer reading
Worth $480 more than
retail book value

ls430lover

bought 2 cars on car fax car was sprayed ill double down say its been sprayed

Sevn86

That's an awesome price for a Luxury package GS350. Pricing mistake?

LexLuthors

As long as it does not have a salvage title, its still one of the best deals around.

dougm213

What is sprayed?

biggame

iTrader: (9)

I assume, he is referring to body/paint work

ls430lover

was thinking about this thread, couple thoughts
car is from north east, thousands of small auto body shops that will do things with serving their own interests
if car fax is clean most of the time its major accidents or air bags deployed. so as example someone in parking lot backs up into a gs350 and hits front right quarter panel at 10 mph, quarter panel needs to be replaced and painted. brought to a body shop and it can be fixed and painted without being reported to car fax, thus clean car fax.
if it was me its a simple solution for the savings in the car if you desire it, put a deposit down on the car if you wanted it, bring it for an inspection to al lexus dealer and pay 100$ to have it looked over and the larger dealers will do auto body work stop by the shop and have them look at the car to see if its been painted, if no issues pay the balance and drive it home
cheers

Afrosheen

Yep, tons of cars in the NE get sprayed and hit auctions, then get shipped to little mom and pop operations with a clean Carfax. I've bought a car before that had a clean carfax the day I bought it, but when I traded it for my GS 7 years later, it came back as having a serious accident. The car always drove perfectly straight, no uneven wear on anything, it was a gem.

Can't always trust Carfax is the point. Some stuff doesn't get reported and there's a timing issue between it getting sprayed or hammered out, and the time it hits the report (if ever). If dealers time it just right, they can get a slightly damaged car at auction, ship it to their dealership, paint it and throw it on the lot (volume sales, quick turns) and hand the customer a clean Carfax.

rxonmymind

This just happened to my brother in laws fiancé. She bought a really nice mustang at a dealership a year ago. Clean Carfax and all the bells & whistles. A year goes by the paint is flaking, no primer underneath the paint, front bumper is slightly misalignmed and door locks stopped working etc. Run new Carfax and what do you think? Been in an accident. The dealership was fighting her tooth & nail adamant that they had NO idea it was. B.S. She wrote & even had to get the President of the dealerships involved threatening legal action. They bought it back gave her 4k more than it was worth made her a sweetheart deal on a new ford Fusion. She being a single mom they took advantage of her. Unfortunately she had no recourse on purchasing another car once the entire deal was put forth. Nobody else was going to offer her $4k above on a used previously wrecked car. But she's pragmatic and rolled with a really good offer they put before her. Dealerships suck sometimes.

As an afterthought this makes one almost want to put a clause in the contract that if later a Carfax report comes back that this vehicle has been in an accident they will buy it back.