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how far would you drive to buy a used RC350

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Old 09-15-17, 07:23 AM
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I am hot on the trail(s) of several RC350's in the config I desire. I live in central TX. I found a couple in south Florida over ~1,000 miles away. I found several more that are 700, 400 and 225 miles away. AND 1 RCF that is much closer that has low mileage and is only 10K more than the RC 350 (must try to resist).

My daughter and her BF are visiting Louisiana and 1 hour from the one that is 400 miles away. It looks like they will go look at it and test drive it for me before taking a possible road trip this weekend. The one in LA is $4500 more with only 11K miles. All of these are 2015 models

How far would you drive to check out a car? My **** nature doesn't let me buy something without seeing it first hand and test driving it.
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my $0.02, always get the best deal you can. obviously don't buy from Alaska or something lol.
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I drove 200 miles and I thought that was long but it saved me $3500 vs the Lexus dealer 20 minutes from my home, so in that aspect it was worth the 3/4's tank worth of gas to save that amount of money.
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how far would you drive to buy a used RC350
Not as far as I would drive for a cpo RC F

nature doesn't let me buy something without seeing it first hand and test driving it.
Good rule to live by.

What is the special option/configuration you're looking for?
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My wife and I drove to Louisiana Saturday. 6 hours each way. I picked up a 2015 white RC350 with 13K miles on it. The dealer told me it was in immaculate condition inside and out. They didn't lie!!!

White with stratus gray interior. I knew what it had or didn't have for options before going to see it. When I test drove it, I wasn't sure if it sounded a little different than the first one I drove (over a month ago). We got home around 9:30 Saturday night (long day as we left at 6:30am). I got the owners manuals out yesterday morning and found the original window sticker folded up inside. Lexus had factory installed the upgraded exhaust system! Nice little added bonus for me.

on a side note....HOLY SH!#, the navigation manual is almost as thick as the car manual!
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Drove 4 hrs each way saved about 3 k total, car was in great shape, color I wanted and red interior...and agree HOLYcow the manuals are 4 inches thick.
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I was actually coming to sign up to post a for sale in the classified section on a RC350 I am wanting to sell; and then saw your post. (I now see that I have to be an active member for 30 days to make a classified post, so I will refrain from doing this until I meet the requirements) So I figure I would at least throw it out there as another option for you. The car is actually my wife's she bought brand new less than a year ago. We live right outside New Orleans. The car is a a white 2015 RC350 w/ 9600 miles. F-sport trim. Car has many of the upgraded options. Asking $40,000 right now, as we are just beginning to try and sell it. Let me know if you would like to to know any more or if you want me to upload any pictures. Thanks
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Originally Posted by jdeese88
I was actually coming to sign up to post a for sale in the classified section on a RC350 I am wanting to sell; and then saw your post. (I now see that I have to be an active member for 30 days to make a classified post, so I will refrain from doing this until I meet the requirements) So I figure I would at least throw it out there as another option for you. The car is actually my wife's she bought brand new less than a year ago. We live right outside New Orleans. The car is a a white 2015 RC350 w/ 9600 miles. F-sport trim. Car has many of the upgraded options. Asking $40,000 right now, as we are just beginning to try and sell it. Let me know if you would like to to know any more or if you want me to upload any pictures. Thanks
Sorry we didn't cross paths before my road trip and purchase. I hope you sell it easily and fast. I am pretty happy with the one I bought.
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Originally Posted by jdeese88
I was actually coming to sign up to post a for sale in the classified section on a RC350 I am wanting to sell; and then saw your post. (I now see that I have to be an active member for 30 days to make a classified post, so I will refrain from doing this until I meet the requirements) So I figure I would at least throw it out there as another option for you. The car is actually my wife's she bought brand new less than a year ago. We live right outside New Orleans. The car is a a white 2015 RC350 w/ 9600 miles. F-sport trim. Car has many of the upgraded options. Asking $40,000 right now, as we are just beginning to try and sell it. Let me know if you would like to to know any more or if you want me to upload any pictures. Thanks
good luck selling at that price. a handful of members here have gotten '16 fully loaded models for under $40k earlier this year....and i dont exactly think it's a seller's market for the RCs
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