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Mar 28, 2012 | 10:34 PM

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sqchess

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^^yea i was thinking the same thing. it looks pretty good, considering the mileage. Looking the VIN up now!! lol

Mar 28, 2012 | 10:34 PM

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Weird, I tried it again and it works now. My bad.

Looks nice to me. If it has a clean report, full service records and the paint and interior don't have noticeable blemishes or excessive wear, I would seriously consider it.

Mar 28, 2012 | 10:36 PM

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I wish they had deals like that here in SoCal

Mar 28, 2012 | 10:47 PM

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Yea, I'll get a car fax report from the dealer too. I did check the service recodes and according to lexus.com the last time it was serviced was at 30k miles on 12/2010

I'll find out more tomorrow. Thanks for the feedback

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Mar 28, 2012 | 10:56 PM

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I wish they had deals like that here in SoCal

Sry man, you should move to FL. haha

Mar 29, 2012 | 07:16 AM

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Dang, that deal seems too good to be true. I would definitely jump on it!

Mar 29, 2012 | 08:06 AM

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Looks like a great deal. Did anyone notice the shift **** is missing? haha Not really a big deal just interesting.

Mar 29, 2012 | 11:44 AM

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Looks like a great deal. Did anyone notice the shift **** is missing? haha Not really a big deal just interesting.

Usually dealerships take off the shift **** to prevent people from stealing them. You'd be surprised the things people steal from cars. I know when I went to the dealership my IS didn't have a shift **** and when I decided to purchase it they gave it to me...it was weird, especially when test driving it and having to shift without the ****.

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Mar 29, 2012 | 12:54 PM

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^ Yep, they do the same thing auto shows. They remove the shift *****, lots of people want to take home a "souvenir" lol

Mar 29, 2012 | 01:24 PM

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Thats sucks man....can you at least salvage the coils to sell?

Mar 29, 2012 | 05:01 PM

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Thats sucks man....can you at least salvage the coils to sell?

No, I can't remove the coils, my insurance won't let me. Its all good I got more for the car then I paid for

Mar 29, 2012 | 05:10 PM

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So the dealer sold the car before I got there

next time i see a deal like that im not going to hesitate.
Current Status: still searching for a IS350

Mar 31, 2012 | 08:44 AM

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Hey Guys,
found another IS350, that im considering looking into. The owner said its in BRAND NEW condition, and only has one small door dent, with no accidents and clean title. I honestly think he is asking to much for it, I offered him 23k, he said he will get back to me. I would go take a look at the car, but he is 3 hours away from me, so if I go check out the car, I need to be certain that I will buy it. Here is the link for it:
http://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-s...17654775&Log=0

thanks for the feedback

Mar 31, 2012 | 11:18 AM

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Yeah, seems little expensive for 2007 and a private seller. Make sure you have it inspected and see if all the TSB is done, since it's out of warranty and not from a dealer.

Mar 31, 2012 | 12:16 PM

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Yeah, seems little expensive for 2007 and a private seller. Make sure you have it inspected and see if all the TSB is done, since it's out of warranty and not from a dealer.

My thoughts exactly. Yep, planning on taking it to lexus if I decide to check it out. I spoke to the seller again and he won't do anything less than 24k. He claims the rims alone cost him 3k, I really feel like 23k for the car is a reasonable price (considering the current used car market). I'm going to keep looking, I think he might get back to me (hopefully).