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Old Aug 8, 2020 | 04:52 PM
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https://www.carmax.com/car/18698087
How much should I pay, and should i pull the trigger!
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Old Aug 8, 2020 | 04:55 PM
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for some reason not showing the price, how much is it? I have the same interior color, I love it. Wish I had the F sport though, you should def try getting an F sport.
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Old Aug 8, 2020 | 06:12 PM
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Old Aug 9, 2020 | 03:39 AM
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The price is a little over $30,000, and they are transfering it to my local car max. I'v heared that the F sport is not significantly better.
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Old Aug 9, 2020 | 06:19 AM
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Originally Posted by sisdavid
I'v heared that the F sport is not significantly better.

i would continue your Research and F Sport IS better...significantly
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Old Aug 9, 2020 | 07:21 AM
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Originally Posted by sisdavid
The price is a little over $30,000, and they are transfering it to my local car max. I'v heared that the F sport is not significantly better.

F-Sport was a deal breaker for me, that much of a difference.
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Old Aug 9, 2020 | 08:45 AM
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16k miles on a 2016, thats pretty cool if thats right. Still seems a little high on price but carmax is, and I didn't look up kbb for reference. A 350 is normally listed for high end or over kbb anyways.

The FS was not a deal breaker for me. The front end looks was the thing I felt was missing, but its still a great looking car. The rest was cool to have, but didn't change the car enough to be more important than my other criteria.
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Old Aug 9, 2020 | 09:40 AM
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The FS was personally a deal breaker for me . I love the seats and the handling is flat with the FS shocks. Although technically you could add the most of the FS stuff yourself later if you really wanted to. It's definitely a clean car with very low miles. I think the price seems a tad high for a non FS 16 without adaptive cruise/pre collision braking. I've seen 17-18 FS cars with 2XK-3XK miles going CPO for right at that price, as well as a post face lift 17 luxury going for 26,500 CPO with 25K miles.

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Old Aug 9, 2020 | 03:51 PM
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Does anyone know if the lane departure feature have a good reputation. Also is it designated in the VIN?
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Originally Posted by sisdavid
Does anyone know if the lane departure feature have a good reputation. Also is it designated in the VIN?
I've driven a 2020 RX with this feature, basically it auto corrects your steering within the lines.. I personally didn't think there was a use for it because it would ping pong you in between 2 lines but it could be good for radar cruise control.. but you have to have your hands on the steering wheel or else it turns off the feature. It's basically an assist and let's you know if you're going out of the lane. It's no Tesla autopilot I'll tell you that.. I would look for the radar cruise control feature as a higher priority on my list.

If it's a bit above $30k, it's over priced.. I think 25-27K would be good for the 350. 2016 is 4 years old so keep that in mind. I got my 2015 250 back in 2017 at 10K miles for $30k which was overpriced but at the same time, not many IS's available in the market at that time.
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Originally Posted by sisdavid
Does anyone know if the lane departure feature have a good reputation. Also is it designated in the VIN?
It's standard in 17+ cars(as well as pre collision/adaptive cruise). 14-16 cars only had pre collision braking/adaptive cruise as a rarely selected option. No actual lane departure, just blind spot monitor on most.
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Originally Posted by sisdavid
The price is a little over $30,000, and they are transfering it to my local car max. I'v heared that the F sport is not significantly better.
What? No.

I meant PASS!
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Old Aug 12, 2020 | 12:34 PM
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Carmax overprices everything. Try searching on car gurus.
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Old Aug 13, 2020 | 06:05 PM
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Originally Posted by sisdavid
The price is a little over $30,000, and they are transfering it to my local car max. I'v heared that the F sport is not significantly better.
Definitely pass....


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Old Aug 16, 2020 | 04:50 AM
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no. IMO - get a 2017+ F SPORT with Navigation for that price or less.
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