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Old 05-11-24, 04:04 AM
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Originally Posted by xmlstarks
It's a luxury vehicle NOT a sports car. If you want a sports car obtain a Lexus IS 350 F SPORT. Otherwise, find a 2022 or 2023 ES300h Luxury or Ultra Luxury Trim CPO, if you can find one. I have a 2023 ES300h Ultra Luxury with additional options and dealer add-ons (obtained in April 2023). Oh, and I paid less than M.S.R.P., my wife is a great negotiator. LOL
Your opinion. The IS 350 F Sport can’t be built in the color combo that I wanted. Otherwise it’s essentially the same car.
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Originally Posted by sprocket
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The ES300H seems to be a good fit. I live in an apartment, so EV's aren't the most convenient. There is a 2022 F-Sport at Spirit Lexus in St Louis that I've been watching online. https://www.spiritlexus.com/inventor...a1c18nu014366/
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One thing to be aware of when looking at 2019 to 2022 model year ES 300h F Sport vehicle is that Lexus for some reason or other really limited some of the more luxury type of options you could get in that model type. No Lexus Memory (which also eliminates easy access driver's seat and power tilt and telescopic steering wheel), no power folding outside rear view mirrors, and no Mark Levinson stereo system are available at all. (That changed with Lexus's 2023 reworking of the F Sport model offerings.)

It is a matter of your preferences on how the lack of those features will factor into your consideration of purchasing a used 2019 to 2022 ES 300h F Sport. It is better to know before spending the money what features aren't present than to find out afterwards that some desired assumed present feature wasn't possible for the vehicle you purchased.

Something unique to the 2022 model year ESs is that they're equipped with a Lexus Multimedia system that can be operated either by touch screen or remote touchpad.

Originally Posted by sprocket
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The ES300H seems to be a good fit. I live in an apartment, so EV's aren't the most convenient. There is a 2022 F-Sport at Spirit Lexus in St Louis that I've been watching online. https://www.spiritlexus.com/inventor...a1c18nu014366/

I'm interested in any thoughts about this specific example. The miles are a little high, but I'm driving a 156k vehicle, and the ESH platform should be reliable for a long time.
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A couple of things I saw in the photos that you might want to take a closer look at. In the close up photo of the rear ES 300h emblem, it looks like there's some scratches and a few small paint repairs in the plastic rear bumper cover. In the directly front facing photo of the passenger side dash area, it looks like theres a scratch/mark in the dash's soft touch material. In the photo of the engine compartment, it looks like someone attacked the air box cover and the cool air intake duct seal with an ice pick. Lastly, in the close up photo of the front wheel, you can see there's been a few curb scrubbing incidents.
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Thanks for that excellent post! Very helpful.
Old 05-21-24, 06:51 AM
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I've come to the conclusion to look beyond the F-Sport Design. I'm still all over the place, looking at maybe trading my 2013 Sequoia in on a new Grand Highlander Hybrid Max (TX) and only having 1 vehicle.

That said, since y'all seem to enjoy and do a great job picking apart CPO's, how about some thoughts on this one:

https://www.jmlexus.com/inventory/ce...a1c17mu006647/
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I’m not a fan of the interior color but that’s subjective. That’s a low mileage car. Looks like a good deal with no dealer fees.
Old 05-21-24, 10:29 AM
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I like almost everything about it, especially the fact that it is equiped with Mark Levinson.
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