Originally Posted by PureDrifter

same car?

http://www.copart.com/c2/individualL...Type=onSaleNow

Originally Posted by 05RollaXRS

That must be old. The car was sold (at a much lower price, ofcourse) and then repaired.

Originally Posted by aryajet2

http://youtu.be/FAvtDqBtsCU

This video is one I shot. The car belongs to my friend who plans on using it in his Exotic Car Rental business here in Houston, TX. He bought it wrecked and had it moved to the repair shop where it lies now waiting on replacement CF pieces from Toyota.

Also he did buy it for a bargain. It switched 2 dealer owners just in Houston. Stories of a rogue sales agent going for a joy ride are false.

Originally Posted by aryajet2

Well so far the most expensive piece, and the most difficult to come by, as I understand it, has been the hood which we are expecting to be in the neighborhood of 35-45k. Front bumper is another 15-20k.

Rear bumper has been repaired and the cost of repair and refinish of the rear bumper was 15k. No mechanical damage noted and airbags never deployed. I am not sure if the accident has been listed in Car fax I assume since it was *****d out in its condition to so many dealers it is but I am not sure.

Looking at the car, it appears the car was sandwiched between 2 cars. My guess is that it was hit from behind after hitting a car in front because the the front damage is so much more exaggerated than the rear.

A dealer by the name of Expo sold my friend the car. Expo bought it from the dealer in California. When Expo sold my friend the car the story was that the car was given by a Lexus dealer to a potential lease holder. A few weeks later it was in the California dealers hands. But I asked Expo guys about the rogue salesman and they said they believe the potential leaser crashed it and the Lexus dealer is doing their best to protect his privacy. But all this honestly is hear say.

What I can tell you for sure is that this car rammed some object could have been another car could have been anything. And subsequently was hit in the rear.

I will post more pics and video once some of the parts start rolling in from Toyota.

Originally Posted by 05RollaXRS

Since so many people are getting all riled up, this is exactly what I was pointing towards when I mentioned the car was sold and was being repaired. Whatever that means in the grand scheme of things, I don't know. Going by what was being posted, the car was under process of repair already.

It was in this thread and was posted it was undergoing repairs several months ago:

Originally Posted by S2000toIS350

I saw an ad for the car on eBay and thinking the dealer was in Ontario California called them

The ad inferred they were willing to deal

And yes I ended up speaking with the owner, a nice Canadian

Here is my recollection of the conversation

He bought the car from a dealer in FL (I was not able to get info on how it went from Texas back to FL and how the front end was repaired)
He flew an expert there to get the car on a lift and confirm no underside damage
He brought it up to Canada, paid the import tax and put a $14,000 rear bumper on it
I mentioned the history of the car and he did say the hood had a mark on it but did not need to be replaced
He needs to get $365K for it based on his costs and mentioned another one for sale in Canada at $500K

Originally Posted by S2000toIS350

Crazy
I agree this car has a none too positive history
I made that point to the guy
His reply was that the cars list in the $400s in Canada so
this was a relatively good deal for a car in Canada
Plus unlike the states there really aren't unsold new ones sitting in dealerships
He also likes exotics so having it around is not a problem
He mentioned that he has had lots of Ferraris and made a point of how much better the Ride quality in the LFA is