Trade in offer
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Trade in offer
Hi - I am offered 58K for my 2019 10th anniversary with 19k miles.This is the best offer I have gotten. I am 2nd owner and car is clean. Is this a decent offer considering the market is dropping? Or shall I try private party? Trading in for LS500.k Love the RCF but too small for my needs currently.
You'll almost always get more if you sell privately. That's not a bad offer but you're probably leaving a couple of grand on the table.
That said, you can obviously avoid the hassle of selling it, strangers coming to test drive it, etc.
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That said, you can obviously avoid the hassle of selling it, strangers coming to test drive it, etc.
Every 2019 (entire US) on autotrader right now: 2019 Lexus RC F for Sale Right Now in St. Petersburg, FL - Autotrader
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Yep. Trade off of getting dealership to take the car off you. You will get less money for it, but it will save all of the hassle and time it takes to have test drives etc., but in the end private sale ALWAYS yields much better ROI.
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Not sure how it works in CA but in my state (GA), if you trade in and purchase another vehicle from same dealership, your advorem tax would be based off on the cost difference only. So in this case, I’d save 7% of $58k (almost $4k) which is a factor when shopping.
As for what your car is worth, i recently bought 2019 10th anniversary GSF and paid significantly more than your trade in offer. (Certified, 4K more miles than yours). Not to say RCF and GSF market is same but based on the original MSRP, i think your trade in offer should be higher.
As for what your car is worth, i recently bought 2019 10th anniversary GSF and paid significantly more than your trade in offer. (Certified, 4K more miles than yours). Not to say RCF and GSF market is same but based on the original MSRP, i think your trade in offer should be higher.
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Not sure how it works in CA but in my state (GA), if you trade in and purchase another vehicle from same dealership, your advorem tax would be based off on the cost difference only. So in this case, I’d save 7% of $58k (almost $4k) which is a factor when shopping.
As for what your car is worth, i recently bought 2019 10th anniversary GSF and paid significantly more than your trade in offer. (Certified, 4K more miles than yours). Not to say RCF and GSF market is same but based on the original MSRP, i think your trade in offer should be higher.
As for what your car is worth, i recently bought 2019 10th anniversary GSF and paid significantly more than your trade in offer. (Certified, 4K more miles than yours). Not to say RCF and GSF market is same but based on the original MSRP, i think your trade in offer should be higher.
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It seams like most of the 2019 RCF 10th anniversary models for sale out there have been in accidents / salvage title. The ones that aren't and dont have crazy mileage are not cheap.
4 available any distance from me. 2 are salvage title. 2 are not and they are quite a bit more.
https://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-...&numRecords=25
4 available any distance from me. 2 are salvage title. 2 are not and they are quite a bit more.
https://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-...&numRecords=25
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It seams like most of the 2019 RCF 10th anniversary models for sale out there have been in accidents / salvage title. The ones that aren't and dont have crazy mileage are not cheap.
4 available any distance from me. 2 are salvage title. 2 are not and they are quite a bit more.
https://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-...&numRecords=25
4 available any distance from me. 2 are salvage title. 2 are not and they are quite a bit more.
https://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-...&numRecords=25
It does seem like no one is selling theirs now besides these. I can't recall how many were made, 100 or so? That's not a small amount considering the RCF didn't sell in big numbers passed 2015.
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The two non salvaged cars have been for sale since before I bought mine (April). The one asking 88k might as well as for 188K It does seem like no one is selling theirs now besides these. I can't recall how many were made, 100 or so? That's not a small amount considering the RCF didn't sell in big numbers passed 2015.
It does seem like no one is selling theirs now besides these. I can't recall how many were made, 100 or so? That's not a small amount considering the RCF didn't sell in big numbers passed 2015.
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probably many were lease returns of people cashing out due to the market.
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Am I reading this correctly?
Hi - I am offered 58K for my 2019 10th anniversary with 19k miles.This is the best offer I have gotten. I am 2nd owner and car is clean. Is this a decent offer considering the market is dropping? Or shall I try private party? Trading in for LS500.k Love the RCF but too small for my needs currently.
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Because that is not an RCF. It is an RC AWD. Even a base RCF starts at $70k. Completely different car as RCF is a lot more expensive for being a high performance model.
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Thanks for the correction. I just went to the lexus site and now I see the difference. I was looking at an RC 350 F today. Oops.
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