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    Adventures in buying a 100 with a safety recall from a Toyota dealer

    I had the money ready, I just couldn't get up to El Paso the night I found it (had to wait 4 days due to a work obligation) I'm keeping on the hunt, Looking forward to wheeling with my son not too.
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    Adventures in buying a 100 with a safety recall from a Toyota dealer

    I'm continuing my hunt. Thinking about taking up the sales managers offer to work with me picking one up at a dealer auction.
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    Adventures in buying a 100 with a safety recall from a Toyota dealer

    I got more info from the sales manager. Apparently the used car salesman is a liar (surprise). The vehicle was sold Wednesday to a buyer in New Jersey. It was a white 2006 lx470 with 80k miles that they had originally listed for 21,999 at fox Acura in El Paso. Completely bummed, but at least...
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    Adventures in buying a 100 with a safety recall from a Toyota dealer

    I work for a company Thanks for the info. I was assuming I would have to be patient.
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    Adventures in buying a 100 with a safety recall from a Toyota dealer

    El Cid - I had the same thought. That issue only occurs in the first 6 seconds of tur I g the vehicle on. If you don't move then the sensor is less likely to see the tilt and not deploy early. buckeyefan - I am thinking about putting a deposit down, though I think I want to speak to the GM and...
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    Adventures in buying a 100 with a safety recall from a Toyota dealer

    It's for the side curtain airbag. I think it affects 2003-2006.
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    Adventures in buying a 100 with a safety recall from a Toyota dealer

    I did take a look at importing a defender 110 and doing a restoration and an engine swap. Then I figured that I could get a much better quality vehicle for much less headache and just focus on having fun with my son on it. After all the research so far, even with that recall I'm glad I chose...
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    Adventures in buying a 100 with a safety recall from a Toyota dealer

    It would make sense that values would go up in the short term due to diminishing supply (any trade in supply at a Toyota dealer would get stuck on the back lot) My hypothesis looking at time on market for a large number of LX's that are exceeding 100 days is that there is a bit of supply...
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    Adventures in buying a 100 with a safety recall from a Toyota dealer

    This past week has been a bit of an adventure. I've been looking at picking up a 100 LC/LX for a bit now, and thought I came across my target - low mileage 2006 LX that came into a dealer via a trade in for another luxury vehicle. After almost a week of back and forth with the salesperson...
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