How Much Did Your SC430 Cost You?
10-12-11, 06:39 AM
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1. In what year did you buy your SC430?
June 2011
2. What year is your SC430?
2003
3. Roughly how many miles did the SC430 have when you bought it?
71K
4. Do you feel you got a good deal (did the car break down after purchase, incur high repair costs,
I know I got a good deal. Every online site I visited showed the retail price to be over $23K. No problems mechanically since purchase. I did however, replace the trunk struts for about $30 and had a 4-wheel FEA done for $65 (local shop, not at a Lexus dealer).
5. Roughly how much did you pay for your SC:
I paid less than $20K. Then I bought a 3 year/36K mile warranty, with $100 deductible that covers almost everything bumper to bumper.
June 2011
2. What year is your SC430?
2003
3. Roughly how many miles did the SC430 have when you bought it?
71K
4. Do you feel you got a good deal (did the car break down after purchase, incur high repair costs,
I know I got a good deal. Every online site I visited showed the retail price to be over $23K. No problems mechanically since purchase. I did however, replace the trunk struts for about $30 and had a 4-wheel FEA done for $65 (local shop, not at a Lexus dealer).
5. Roughly how much did you pay for your SC:
I paid less than $20K. Then I bought a 3 year/36K mile warranty, with $100 deductible that covers almost everything bumper to bumper.
10-10-14, 04:08 PM
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1. In what year did you buy your SC430?
Dec 2013
2. What year is your SC430?
2004
3. Roughly how many miles did the SC430 have when you bought it?
38K
4. Do you feel you got a good deal (did the car break down after purchase, incur high repair costs,
Yes - it was in the garage for all that time is in brand new condition.
5. Roughly how much did you pay for your SC: I paid $17K but have had to repair the top motors ($1500) and the a/c compressor ($1300). Still think its a good deal though.
Dec 2013
2. What year is your SC430?
2004
3. Roughly how many miles did the SC430 have when you bought it?
38K
4. Do you feel you got a good deal (did the car break down after purchase, incur high repair costs,
Yes - it was in the garage for all that time is in brand new condition.
5. Roughly how much did you pay for your SC: I paid $17K but have had to repair the top motors ($1500) and the a/c compressor ($1300). Still think its a good deal though.
10-10-14, 08:12 PM
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1. In what year did you buy your SC430? Purchased in June 2002
2. What year is your SC430? 2002
3. Roughly how many miles did the SC430 have when you bought it? 7 miles
4. Do you feel you got a good deal (did the car break down after purchase, incur high repair costs) In hindsight, I am incredibly happy with my purchase. Have felt buyer's remorse only once.... due to TRD's lack of responsibility for bad chrome.
5. Roughly how much did you pay for your SC: $65k + $4k for TRD Chrome 18" Wheels and Runflats = $69k
2. What year is your SC430? 2002
3. Roughly how many miles did the SC430 have when you bought it? 7 miles
4. Do you feel you got a good deal (did the car break down after purchase, incur high repair costs) In hindsight, I am incredibly happy with my purchase. Have felt buyer's remorse only once.... due to TRD's lack of responsibility for bad chrome.
5. Roughly how much did you pay for your SC: $65k + $4k for TRD Chrome 18" Wheels and Runflats = $69k
10-11-14, 06:31 AM
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1. In what year did you buy your SC430? 2013
2. What year is your SC430? 2009 Pebble Beach
3. Roughly how many miles did the SC430 have when you bought it? 14,000
4. Do you feel you got a good deal (did the car break down after purchase, incur high repair costs, etc)? yes $8,000 below book!!!!!
5. Roughly how much did you pay for your SC430? $36.800
Got it at a Mercedes dealer - I don't think they knew what they were selling!!!
Needed new pads and rotors on front breaks (DIY - the last owner must have been a foot on the breaks at all time type) and front wheel balance ( Flat spots on the tires from long term storage)
2. What year is your SC430? 2009 Pebble Beach
3. Roughly how many miles did the SC430 have when you bought it? 14,000
4. Do you feel you got a good deal (did the car break down after purchase, incur high repair costs, etc)? yes $8,000 below book!!!!!
5. Roughly how much did you pay for your SC430? $36.800
Got it at a Mercedes dealer - I don't think they knew what they were selling!!!
Needed new pads and rotors on front breaks (DIY - the last owner must have been a foot on the breaks at all time type) and front wheel balance ( Flat spots on the tires from long term storage)
10-11-14, 08:46 AM
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1. 2013
2. 2004
3.103K
4.Yup, only expenses so far are for what I wanted to do, not what needed to be done.
5. $16.5K CDN dollars. Seller was originally wanting in the $22K range. You try and find one in Canada for that kind of money in this good of condition. Based on supply (very limited up here) and demand (I HAD to have it), I think I stole it.
2. 2004
3.103K
4.Yup, only expenses so far are for what I wanted to do, not what needed to be done.
5. $16.5K CDN dollars. Seller was originally wanting in the $22K range. You try and find one in Canada for that kind of money in this good of condition. Based on supply (very limited up here) and demand (I HAD to have it), I think I stole it.
10-11-14, 08:59 AM
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2007 purchased in 2012 with 11K miles on it for $31K. It was essentially like a brand new car. There weren't and still aren't any signs of creasing in the drivers seat.
I looked for over a year and seriously for 6 months. This car was $10K less than past similar examples that I didn't pursue (mileage, year, and time of purchase all factored in).
I looked for over a year and seriously for 6 months. This car was $10K less than past similar examples that I didn't pursue (mileage, year, and time of purchase all factored in).
10-11-14, 09:03 AM
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1. In what year did you buy your SC430? June 2010
2. What year is your SC430? 2007
3. Roughly how many miles did the SC430 have when you bought it? 12000
4. Do you feel you got a good deal (did the car break down after purchase, incur high repair costs, etc)?
Yes - I thought it fair for a CPO from a dealer
5. Roughly how much did you pay for your SC430? $32K, plus my 2002 T-Bird (fair/rough condition)
2. What year is your SC430? 2007
3. Roughly how many miles did the SC430 have when you bought it? 12000
4. Do you feel you got a good deal (did the car break down after purchase, incur high repair costs, etc)?
Yes - I thought it fair for a CPO from a dealer
5. Roughly how much did you pay for your SC430? $32K, plus my 2002 T-Bird (fair/rough condition)
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10-11-14, 09:05 AM
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10-11-14, 10:47 AM
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Bought my SC430 in August 2013
It is a Tigereye Mica 2007
It had just under 60,000 miles
I payed $26,000 for it
Not a particularly good deal, but I wanted something other than your black, white, or silver. I have come to accept the price because it is a fantastic car that looks so good. In sunlight it lolls like it's copper.
It is a Tigereye Mica 2007
It had just under 60,000 miles
I payed $26,000 for it
Not a particularly good deal, but I wanted something other than your black, white, or silver. I have come to accept the price because it is a fantastic car that looks so good. In sunlight it lolls like it's copper.
10-11-14, 11:31 AM
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Bought my SC430 in August 2013
It is a Tigereye Mica 2007
It had just under 60,000 miles
I payed $26,000 for it
Not a particularly good deal, but I wanted something other than your black, white, or silver. I have come to accept the price because it is a fantastic car that looks so good. In sunlight it lolls like it's copper.
It is a Tigereye Mica 2007
It had just under 60,000 miles
I payed $26,000 for it
Not a particularly good deal, but I wanted something other than your black, white, or silver. I have come to accept the price because it is a fantastic car that looks so good. In sunlight it lolls like it's copper.
But it's rare. Too rare to find a really low mileage SC430 like we did. I eventually gave up and settled with black, the most common color on that car.
10-12-14, 10:25 AM
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Does any one actually like the 2009 mercury metallic Pebble Beach black wood color - it reminds me of the early plastics!!!
Otherwise love the car and yes I'll second on the Tigereye Mica
Otherwise love the car and yes I'll second on the Tigereye Mica
10-12-14, 02:53 PM
#42
1. In what year did you buy your SC430?
July 2011
2. What year is your SC430?
2002
3. Roughly how many miles did the SC430 have when you bought it?
73K
4. Do you feel you got a good deal (did the car break down after purchase, incur high repair costs, etc)?
Yes, it was a very good deal, and in beautiful condition with everything operating perfectly. It is a daily driver, now with 116K.
Have done almost all work myself. Brakes, radiator, valve cover gasket, spark plugs, timing belt, water pump, rear diff fluid, DRL lamps and lots of oil changes with synthetic.
5. Roughly how much did you pay for your SC430?
$17.2K
Picked it up out of state and flew my son out with me to pick it up. We turned it into a baseball trip on the way back, seeing games in three cities, including a no-hitter in Cleveland and Albert Pujol's 2000th hit in St. Louis. Very memorable.
July 2011
2. What year is your SC430?
2002
3. Roughly how many miles did the SC430 have when you bought it?
73K
4. Do you feel you got a good deal (did the car break down after purchase, incur high repair costs, etc)?
Yes, it was a very good deal, and in beautiful condition with everything operating perfectly. It is a daily driver, now with 116K.
Have done almost all work myself. Brakes, radiator, valve cover gasket, spark plugs, timing belt, water pump, rear diff fluid, DRL lamps and lots of oil changes with synthetic.
5. Roughly how much did you pay for your SC430?
$17.2K
Picked it up out of state and flew my son out with me to pick it up. We turned it into a baseball trip on the way back, seeing games in three cities, including a no-hitter in Cleveland and Albert Pujol's 2000th hit in St. Louis. Very memorable.
10-12-14, 04:54 PM
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1. Bought my SC 430 in Jan 2014 from a wholesaler in Honolulu
2. It's a 2002
3. It had 124,300 miles
4. I feel like I got a FANTASTIC deal - it was a one-owner, dealer serviced car, that was kinda scratched up on the edges - likely from living in a high-rise parking garage. The interior and mechanicals are top-notch, so I'm delighted.
5. I paid $8600
2. It's a 2002
3. It had 124,300 miles
4. I feel like I got a FANTASTIC deal - it was a one-owner, dealer serviced car, that was kinda scratched up on the edges - likely from living in a high-rise parking garage. The interior and mechanicals are top-notch, so I'm delighted.
5. I paid $8600
10-13-14, 01:19 PM
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Out of curiosity, I would like to do a very unscientific, "gut-feel" survey of how much everyone paid for their SC430s. I figure there's no better crowd than this to throw the question out there...
1. In what year did you buy your SC430?
2. What year is your SC430?
3. Roughly how many miles did the SC430 have when you bought it?
4. Do you feel you got a good deal (did the car break down after purchase, incur high repair costs, etc)?
5. Roughly how much did you pay for your SC430?
1. In what year did you buy your SC430?
2. What year is your SC430?
3. Roughly how many miles did the SC430 have when you bought it?
4. Do you feel you got a good deal (did the car break down after purchase, incur high repair costs, etc)?
5. Roughly how much did you pay for your SC430?
1. In what year did you buy your SC430? 9/2014
2. What year is your SC430? 2003
3. Roughly how many miles did the SC430 have when you bought it? 65,500
4. Do you feel you got a good deal (did the car break down after purchase, incur high repair costs, etc)? So far so good. i just got it and have not had in inspected. Runs great. For the condition I think I get a fair deal. There are so many ran down ones out there.
5. Roughly how much did you pay for your SC430? Private seller. $18,750 . I am the 3rd owner,
First owner had it for 10 yrs. 2nd owner -- 1 yr.
10-13-14, 03:13 PM
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[QUOTE=jasone36;6724901]Out of curiosity, I would like to do a very unscientific, "gut-feel" survey of how much everyone paid for their SC430s. I figure there's no better crowd than this to throw the question out there...
1. In what year did you buy your SC430? Nov. 2013
2. What year is your SC430? 2002
3. Roughly how many miles did the SC430 have when you bought it? 78,000
4. Do you feel you got a good deal (did the car break down after purchase, incur high repair costs, etc)? At first I felt like I overpaid (which I still think to be the case!). Having said that it drives like new. I had to drive it 900 miles home from Phoenix to Boise and it passed that test hands down. We did a 3,500 mile road trip in July through the AZ desert and up the West Coast without a hitch so I'm feeling better about the price each drive!
5. Roughly how much did you pay for your SC430? $21,000 which included an extended warranty.
1. In what year did you buy your SC430? Nov. 2013
2. What year is your SC430? 2002
3. Roughly how many miles did the SC430 have when you bought it? 78,000
4. Do you feel you got a good deal (did the car break down after purchase, incur high repair costs, etc)? At first I felt like I overpaid (which I still think to be the case!). Having said that it drives like new. I had to drive it 900 miles home from Phoenix to Boise and it passed that test hands down. We did a 3,500 mile road trip in July through the AZ desert and up the West Coast without a hitch so I'm feeling better about the price each drive!
5. Roughly how much did you pay for your SC430? $21,000 which included an extended warranty.