zac3ne2nr

Hi everyone,
New to the community and while I don't yet own an RX350 I am currently in the market for a used (obv lol) 2013-2014 - hopefully Fsport.. MY wife has always had the better car and it's time to put on my adult pants and stop with the tuner shenanigans. I've been reading threads here for a few months and have learnt a lot.

I'm looking at this one , you'll notice the upper girlle. I'm waiting to hear back from the owner but he lists it as an Fsport model.
Should I be able to negotiate down as it's not really an Fsport and should I be afraid of 200k km = 120k miles?





Zac
CANADA

MikeInOr

My personal feeling on high millage cars is that it depends on the model of car. I would expect a RX to easily go 240K mi if the previous owners maintained it well and you maintain it well. So about half or less of the useful life of the RX has been expended.

Five years ago I purchased a Crew Cab Duramax diesel with 180K mi on it. It now has 240K mi and I still couldn't be happier with this truck! It is now my daily driver while I am shopping for a replacement for my 2003 Maxima that has finally given up. That replacement will be a RX 450h and the one I believe I will be buying has 86K on it and will be my new daily driver putting my Duramax back to weekend hauler duties.

I can't help you on the F-Sport identification.

F250

I'm another high mileage buyer. Of the 16 vehicles I've purchased (or directed the purchase) in the past 10 years (I have six kids), only 3 have been below 100K miles (a one year old Jett TDI, a 5 year old I35, a 4 year old Excursion, and the '10 RX450h we bought last August. Several have had 225K miles when we bought them. My own DD is a F250 diesel which had 114K when I bought it 10 almost 11 years ago and it now has 292K miles on it, and I would not hesitate to drive ti cross-country tomorrow. We've generally gotten at least 5 years out of each vehicle (except for the several which were totaled by one of my sons). In every sense, I not only am in complete agreement with Mike's input above, I testimony to the fact that it really works.

Again, like Mike, I'm not fluent with the F-Sport.

phlorida

The picture of the vehicle shows the the F Sport badge fairly clearly.

kitlz

Weird, the steering wheel doesn't have the paddle shifters. Besides the rims and badge, the F-sport also has a black headliner and 8-speed. Those are good visual clues.

The RX is pretty dependable. Check out the high mileage thread.

roy7777

Appearance pkg does not have any F-sport badge, of course you can add it on fender or tail easily, but not on steering wheel. I have no idea this is a real F-sport or appearance pkg.

GSteg

iTrader: (15)

x2. Have the owner snap another picture of the paddle shifter to confirm they're there. In many photos online, the paddles can be blocked out if the photos are taken too closely to the steering wheel.

Clutchless

I think the VIN if decoded would let you know if it was an F Sport or just the appearance package, or an added on couple of labels.

JT4

OP - As already posted the VIN would be the best way for you to find out if it's a "real" F Sport.

Also as already mentioned, the grill and missing paddles are the first clues to it not being an F Sport. All F-Sports came with an 8 Speed with paddle shifters, perf dampers and VDIM. In addition, besides the black headliner, if the interior is black, it should be black leather with white perforations and have white contrasting stitching on the seats, doors and console. This and the (Cabernet interior for MY2015) were exclusive to the F Sport.

IMO if this turns to be a fake F Sport, and the seller is misleading people, I wouldn't buy it because it would make me wonder what else the seller is lying about that you can't easily see. Good Luck..

lexusrus

Is this a hybrid RX450h with the FSport Appearance Package??

JT4

I don't believe Lexus offered the F Sport package on the 3RX 450h models.

Airbalance

I think it is a FSport , it has the F sport pedals
here a picture I took Of our wheel , it does not show the paddle shifter , but they are there

JT4

Good point, from that angle you're right in that you can't see the paddles. And yeah it has the pedals, but the seller could have bought the pedals as he did with the F Sport badges.. I guess what has me skeptical is the grille, it's not the F Sport grille, and if the original grille was damaged why not put the F Sport grille back on instead of the Sport Appearance grille. I wish the OP had a better pic of the interior.

Airbalance

F sport pedals are nice but I wouldn't do it as a mod
I guess the OP should take for a drive and see if it an 8 speed tranny
also in Canada the 2013 came with HUD standard on all F Sports ,

lexusrus

I said:

"Is this a hybrid RX450h with the FSport Appearance Package??"

I have the above in my 2013 RX450h.

Mine is not a "FSport". In the RX450h, mine is called"FSport Appearance Package". Yes, Lexus makes it very confusing.