Hello gentle Lexus forum members, help me decide amongst these tres choices:
A el cheapo, as I like to call it:
2002 Candy Apple custom paint red with 18 inch wheels, some paint blemishes, missing door rubber on one door, no options, 130,000 miles, $11,300 including shipping.
B el sensible:
2003 Light Blue, very nice inside and out, air con seats, 100,000 miles, $12,250 local test driven, one owner, very good shape i.e no curb rash, only 2 rock chips in front, no paint blemishes, no rattles or wear inside, at a huge Acura dealer so it has had everything checked etc., topped off, yada yada
C el loaded and favorite color of mine:
2001 Silver, Nav, Levinson, Air Suspension, Sport Suspension, rear bumper needs touch up, inside is nice, 88,000 miles, $13,600 including shipping.
How badly will I miss Nav or Levinson? Maybe I could upgrade the Levinson, I know I can just buy an aftermarket Nav.
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02
85k
ac/seats
nav/ml
hid
blue onyx pearl
cream interior like 9.2 out of 10
clean carfax
Rear heated seats
Micheline MXV4's
NO ACCIDENTS OR PAINT WORK
$15.000 or $15500 delivered!
Joe 717-898-9024 if you would like to talk located in pa- just made an appointment for a $225 detailing job for this Monday- you certainly got lucky on the timming-
The 2001 super optioned one up top is at a dealer for $13,000 excluding shipping costs, obviously private party has to be below dealers, come down to papa and maybe. Yes yours is one year newer, but, um, not that big of a deal.
Take her to Carmax and I will give you $1,000 more than they will, gets me a free inspection to boot
I vote for B or C (depends on where car C is coming from). If it's from a state where it snows, forget it. With B, although it doesn't have nav or the levinson, you have seen/driven it. I would not buy a car w/o having seen/driven it. I had a choice of 3 LS's at my local dealer: '06 LS CL w/ 30K mi built in 9/06, '06 LS ML w/ 30K built in 9/06, and '05 LS UL w/ 21K built in 6/05. Before seeing/driving them, I assumed I would have gone for the newest one, but after seeing/driving them, it was clear it was the most abused. The other '06 saw lots of rocks on the road and needed the front bumper repainted (dealer wouldn't do it), the UL was from a retirement community in the CA desert and was like new. Price was about the same for all three. None of the blemishes/issues could be detected by just seeing photos on ebay.
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'03 LX470: sand dollar pearl/tan. A.R.T. slotted & cryo'd rotors, Porterfield R4s carbon/kevlar pads, Stoptech SS brake lines, ARB sahara bar, Kaymar towbar, HID's.
'05 LS430 Ultra: crystal white pearl/ecru, PCS radar cruise, 18" factory chromes incl. spare
'01 Honda prelude SH: silver/black, bone stock
These are all great opinions, thanks. I can stand the color, it is ok with me, not perfect per se, but ok. Yeah, I had test driven another one, black, at Sewell Lexus, had rattle in dashboard and glove box, the B choice is completely rattle free, and surprisingly I could only find 2 rock chips in front. I will check to see if timing belt/water pump have changed.
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