CPO vs USED
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I'm assuming you are talking about used vs CPO at dealerships as you cannot (as far as I know) buy a CPO in the private market between two individuals. As such at a dealership, there are a lot more CPO than just used so right off the bat, variety will be much more so you may not even be able to find a non-CPO car that you want. That being all said, as long as the history and reports of the car are clean, and if you want to buy an extended warranty (i.e., aftermarket through your insurance or whatnot), than you would get a much better deal on a used car. Personally, when I went car shopping at Longo Lexus, the largest Lexus dealer in the west, I don't even think I saw any non-CPO cars albiet I never did ask either.
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Well, the thing is this. Here in Southern California (Pasadena), within a 50 mile radius of where I live, a used GS350 (from any dealership, not just Lexus), starts at $24,000, where as a CPO GS350 starts at $28,000. The CPO has 18k miles less than the used one, but it also costs $4k more.
I just worry that even if I buy a car that shows that it passed all the tests and whatnot, that it still ends up having mechanical/electrical issues. That the used car ends up driving good for the first month or so, and then begins to break down. Thats just my only fear.
I'd love to buy a new GS350, but I don't have $50k.
I just worry that even if I buy a car that shows that it passed all the tests and whatnot, that it still ends up having mechanical/electrical issues. That the used car ends up driving good for the first month or so, and then begins to break down. Thats just my only fear.
I'd love to buy a new GS350, but I don't have $50k.
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Well, the thing is this. Here in Southern California (Pasadena), within a 50 mile radius of where I live, a used GS350 (from any dealership, not just Lexus), starts at $24,000, where as a CPO GS350 starts at $28,000. The CPO has 18k miles less than the used one, but it also costs $4k more.
I just worry that even if I buy a car that shows that it passed all the tests and whatnot, that it still ends up having mechanical/electrical issues. That the used car ends up driving good for the first month or so, and then begins to break down. Thats just my only fear.
I'd love to buy a new GS350, but I don't have $50k.
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Well, the thing is this. Here in Southern California (Pasadena), within a 50 mile radius of where I live, a used GS350 (from any dealership, not just Lexus), starts at $24,000, where as a CPO GS350 starts at $28,000. The CPO has 18k miles less than the used one, but it also costs $4k more.
I just worry that even if I buy a car that shows that it passed all the tests and whatnot, that it still ends up having mechanical/electrical issues. That the used car ends up driving good for the first month or so, and then begins to break down. Thats just my only fear.
I'd love to buy a new GS350, but I don't have $50k.
I just worry that even if I buy a car that shows that it passed all the tests and whatnot, that it still ends up having mechanical/electrical issues. That the used car ends up driving good for the first month or so, and then begins to break down. Thats just my only fear.
I'd love to buy a new GS350, but I don't have $50k.
Buying used is a little nerve racking, so take it on a longer test drive, spend some time with it, have a friend trail you on the street and stomp on it, make sure it does not have an odd color exhaust, then buy it
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18k less is a lot of miles, and that also includes one less major service (every 15k miles)
Just change spark plugs at 60k and oil every 5000-7500 miles.
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