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'05 on CL w/56K in NJ for $11,000

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Old 07-23-16, 09:49 AM
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Default '05 on CL w/56K in NJ for $11,000

http://newyork.craigslist.org/jsy/cto/5673147288.html

Not interested in it personally, but since I'm posting it here I emailed the seller to see if it still for sale. No ph# in ad.

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Old 07-23-16, 12:24 PM
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Nice deal... crap if my 2001 had problems, I would jump at this one...
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Doesn't make sense. Wonder if it has a problem with the title. It appears to be very clean.
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Blue on grey. Nice combo
one helluva deal
one of those ...too good to be true

I would definately run a carfax. Kind of suspicious that the license plate was removed. Also, not sure If that is a parking lot or a small dealer lot
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Originally Posted by yoitskenn

I would definately run a carfax. Kind of suspicious that the license plate was removed. Also, not sure If that is a parking lot or a small dealer lot
Carfax ? LOL

My last LS was hit in the rear. Over $2500 in damage, the person who hit me got arrested. It was fixed. 5 years later when I was going to sell it I ran a Carfax....Nothing showed up. Of course I told the buyer about it but, still. I would never trust a Carfax after that.

Still some questionable things on this one. a 11 year old car, only $56K, that less than 5K a year.... It would NEED to have perfect records and a trip to a Lexus dealer to check it out before anyone should buy this. Could of been driven a lot when it was new and sat someplace in a garage for 7-8 years. It could have lots of little issues...
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Originally Posted by yoitskenn
Blue on grey. Nice combo
one helluva deal
one of those ...too good to be true

I would definately run a carfax. Kind of suspicious that the license plate was removed. Also, not sure If that is a parking lot or a small dealer lot
Agreed, sounds too good to be true. Ours was an 06, 48k miles, ML for $16,900. This CL with similar mileage is at least $5k too low.

Edit: correction, I misread CL as trim line instead of Craigslist. My mistake. Still seems to be priced too low.

Perhaps I'm too jaded and the seller/dealer is oblivious to what they have on hand considering that it's listed as a 6-cylinder. Maybe the dealer just is not knowledgeable about the true value of this car...but I doubt it.
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For starters it appears to be missing the passenger side horn in the picture with the hood up. Who knows what else is wrong!
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Originally Posted by DavidinCT
Carfax ? LOL

My last LS was hit in the rear. Over $2500 in damage, the person who hit me got arrested. It was fixed. 5 years later when I was going to sell it I ran a Carfax....Nothing showed up. Of course I told the buyer about it but, still. I would never trust a Carfax after that.

Still some questionable things on this one. a 11 year old car, only $56K, that less than 5K a year.... It would NEED to have perfect records and a trip to a Lexus dealer to check it out before anyone should buy this. Could of been driven a lot when it was new and sat someplace in a garage for 7-8 years. It could have lots of little issues...
did you check other sources? Like autovin etc?

you did go thru insurance company I'm assuming.

I I guess Carfax can't catch them all.
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Just ran a autocheck - SalvageTitle.
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There we go. Suspicions verified.
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That being said, I bought an M3 once tgat was a rebuilt title and I never had an issue with it.
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Sounds like "curbstoning".
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Could be a victim of Hurricane Sandy ... many cars in that vicinity were flooded.
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Originally Posted by Verokaht12
Just ran a autocheck - SalvageTitle.
thanks for that.
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I just emailed the seller about the salvage title.

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