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Old Sep 10, 2020 | 06:40 PM
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PSA: https://www.gopatriothonda.com/Vehic...-OK/4626953843

In case anyone is also looking at this one, I went to look and test drive it back in August (Spirit Airlines was $30 round trip for me), and there was lots of cosmetic damage. Every body panel is scratched. The rear bumper is damaged and missing a parking sensor. The trunk has slight rusting and nicks that pierced the primer. The rear passenger-side panel has at least a dozen keying-like scratches that hit primer. Angry lover? The passenger-side doors have peeling paint and lots of scratches. The driver-side doors have even more scratches. The front bumper is heavily nicked by possibly rocks and is missing a fog light. The hood is also heavily nicked. The grill is peeling. All four wheels have curb rash. The passenger-side mirror does not move up and down. The steering wheel does not move up and down. There is a front-parking-sensor malfunction warning. There are black smudges on the seats. The driver-side seatbelt and B pillar trim are blackened. You really can't tell any of this in the pictures they use unfortunately, but that's the game, right? It felt mechanically sound when I drove it, but I was a little dumbfounded by how widespread the body/paint damage was on this car. How did the previous owner get so much miscellaneous damage on literally every body panel on this car? They wouldn't budge on the price. They were convinced that it is priced correctly, even with all the damage.

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Old Sep 13, 2020 | 09:40 AM
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that just goes to show... it looks really nice in the pictures, I would have def. taken a look at it. I always say never buy a car sight unseen.

In my experience at looking at LS430s - that light colored interior does NOT age well. on top of being fugly, even the tiniest bit of dirt shows. That is why I had to have grey or black interior on mine when I bought it.
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