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Old Jun 17, 2007 | 04:25 AM
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Default "Baked" LS430 Ultra !

Been looking for a used LS430 and surfing the usual suspects and ran across this.I would never even consider it of course just interesting to see how that extra thick glass kept the cabin in better shape than you would have thought.Paint seemed to hold up well too.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2005-...QQcmdZViewItem

the scary part is the carfax is clean makes you wonder if this will pop up for sale somewhere as a "1 owner clean carafax low mileage car" they may have to leave out the "non smoker" part thou.
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Old Jun 17, 2007 | 05:17 AM
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Seriously impressive.
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Old Jun 17, 2007 | 06:03 AM
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what the fu..dge....interior looks fine except for the headliner and whatever is connected to it. just replace the WHOLE exterior and ur good.
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Old Jun 17, 2007 | 10:47 AM
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They are correct with their title.

2005 LEXUS LS 430 ULTRA LUXURY "MUST SEE!"
That is seriously a "Must See!" car
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Old Jun 17, 2007 | 11:07 AM
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This is new, I haven't seen a car baked like this before LOL. Interior is still in reasonably good shape . . .
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Old Jun 17, 2007 | 11:47 AM
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My brother is a state troopr and i had him run theplate aparently what happened is that this car was in the garage when a house caught on fire the garage did not sustain a lot of damage but the heat from the house was trapped in the garage causing the melting you see here
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Old Jun 17, 2007 | 01:03 PM
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It reminds me of the burnt-up car they were driving in the movie Planes, Trains & Automobiles.

"Well officer, it's hard to say with any degree of accuracy how fast we were going because we have a melted speedometer. However, the radio still works. Funny as that may seem, the radio's the only thing that's really working good."

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Old Jun 17, 2007 | 01:12 PM
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Wow, I wonder if Sewell can run a GB on these smoked taillights!

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Old Jun 17, 2007 | 01:21 PM
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Originally Posted by jgrooms
It reminds me of the burnt-up car they were driving in the movie Planes, Trains & Automobiles.

"Well officer, it's hard to say with any degree of accuracy how fast we were going because we have a melted speedometer. However, the radio still works. Funny as that may seem, the radio's the only thing that's really working good."

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I tell ya...Lexus is just a hell of an automobile.

Any other ride would look dead on like that chysler in the movie.
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Old Jun 17, 2007 | 03:00 PM
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Wow, that Lexus is HOT!
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Old Jun 17, 2007 | 06:36 PM
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Originally Posted by TJW98LS
I tell ya...Lexus is just a hell of an automobile.

Any other ride would look dead on like that chysler in the movie.
~~ No doubt.
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Old Jun 18, 2007 | 08:19 AM
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Originally Posted by IronCobra
Wow, that Lexus is HOT!
er.... Well Done ????

Char Broiled ?

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Old Jun 18, 2007 | 09:35 AM
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is it only me who see's the CRAZY buy it now price???
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Old Jun 18, 2007 | 11:17 AM
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Whats really bothering me is that;
1)The title is still clean(there must have been some insurance claim)
2)The carfax shows nothing!(http://www.carfax.com/cfm/ccc_Displa...BN36FX50180567)

There are records (Kingsls430 found them) and one would think that would be a salvage titlecertainly a fire on the report.
So much for the "all clear" if car fax is clean!That car will pop up somewhere and noone will ever know

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Old Jun 18, 2007 | 11:54 AM
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maybe it'll take some time before the database at carfax gets updated...some lag time.

these database things, even like your credit report, takes a few months to be fully up to date.
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