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04-26-16, 07:27 AM

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The final buyer in the third-world country will probably never even see the original VIN number for the car, so even if they are familiar with Carfax (which is unlikely), they'll never get the true story of what happened to the car.

People in "third-world countries" much more intelligent than you think. According to your post - your house must be wired with all kind of spying devices and cameras to watch anybody in the area in case "something may happen".

No offense...

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04-26-16, 05:42 PM

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Here's what I bet will happen:

After they declare a total loss, your insurance company will sell it for 20% of the value via a "flooded junk auction", some "export company" will dry it out thoroughly, get it running (somewhat), send it to a third-world country (like Romania) under the premise of "parts only", get new fictitious paperwork for it, and resell it at 80% to 120% of it's regular value.

Best of luck.

I don't think so. In Europe (including countries like Romania), used Lexus vehicles (especially with V8 engines) are much cheaper than in the USA (often about 50% of its US value).

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04-28-16, 03:01 PM

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Man that sucks Walt! I remember how excited you were when you first got it and all the plans you had for her.

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04-28-16, 03:03 PM

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Sad to see this happen but hope you come back to Lexus again one day

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04-30-16, 01:48 AM

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I will be back to Lexus, I loved my 460. I'll wait a few years for it to be redesigned and updated some.

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04-30-16, 07:17 AM

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So sorry......you guys get some crazy rain down there at times.

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04-30-16, 08:45 AM

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I will be back to Lexus, I loved my 460. I'll wait a few years for it to be redesigned and updated some.

I sooooo feel you. I wish I would have gotten one a few years back. Am in the market for new car and just want so much to get the LS but feel I'd be taking 3 steps backwards. They've put so much more in the 2016 ES it makes it hard to justify, even with money to burn. I wish the LS got a lot more love, both by Lexus and the buying public instead of LX and large SUVs which seem to be taking over.