Dealer Executive Vehicle followed by One Owner vs One Owner Vehicle

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Hey Guys....

Any feedback on a vehicle that started life as a Dealer Executive vehicle the first several thousand miles and 18 months vs with the Original Owner?

Everyone's probably familiar with people beating up on rental vehicles but are Dealer Executive vehicles thought to be generally well cared for or not??
 
TG1 said:
Hey Guys....

Any feedback on a vehicle that started life as a Dealer Executive vehicle the first several thousand miles and 18 months vs with the Original Owner?

Everyone's probably familiar with people beating up on rental vehicles but are Dealer Executive vehicles thought to be generally well cared for or not??
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No dealer is hurting an LC by driving it 5k miles. I bought one of mine like that. One owner I guess is ideal but I wouldn’t let the dealer part deter you if the price is right.
 
I bought one (exec driven) some years back (not a Toyota) and had no issues. I was a bit confused about the warranty. It was listed as never having been titled, but the entering service date for warranty purposes was used.

Personally, I would be curious why an original owner would be getting rid of it in 18 months.
 
these things get babied, as they are still under dealer tags and not yet titled... any owner of a dealership only cars about selling cars for the best $$ they can get.

I tried to buy an exec 200 from a dealer with about 5k on it and they still wanted sticker!!
 
dnh1 said:
No dealer is hurting an LC by driving it 5k miles. I bought one of mine like that. One owner I guess is ideal but I wouldn’t let the dealer part deter you if the price is right.
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Appreciate the info. Thanks!
 
LBridges said:
I bought one (exec driven) some years back (not a Toyota) and had no issues. I was a bit confused about the warranty. It was listed as never having been titled, but the entering service date for warranty purposes was used.

Personally, I would be curious why an original owner would be getting rid of it in 18 months.
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Thanks. I probably wasn’t clear about that. Someone from the Dealership drove the vehicle for about 18 months and then the vehicle was sold to the first owner.
 
cboyd said:
these things get babied, as they are still under dealer tags and not yet titled... any owner of a dealership only cars about selling cars for the best $$ they can get.

I tried to buy an exec 200 from a dealer with about 5k on it and they still wanted sticker!!
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Thank you. Yeh I’m not surprised. I think because the supply is so relatively limited that you don’t need too much demand to cause that to happen.

I read somewhere recently that rumors have started that I think are saying that they may stop importing LC’s in the US after around 2023 or 24 and sell only LX’s.
 
My 200 was being driven by the dealership owner and had about 500 miles on it over three months. I think he was only using it in foul weather and driving something fancier from his Lexus dealership most of the time. The truck was immaculate. The only way you could tell it hadn't been sitting untouched on the lot is that it came with the floor liners with snowy boot marks on them.
 
I purchased my ‘13 LX at the end of ‘14. The story I got was is the sales manager drove it for ~6 months then it was “punched” as a service loaner for the next ~year. Had 11k miles on it. Now 5 years and ~60k miles no issues at all. I also purchased my g500 I had before the LX the same way, it was a dealer demo.
 
Millennial said:
My 200 was being driven by the dealership owner and had about 500 miles on it over three months. I think he was only using it in foul weather and driving something fancier from his Lexus dealership most of the time. The truck was immaculate. The only way you could tell it hadn't been sitting untouched on the lot is that it came with the floor liners with snowy boot marks on them.
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Thanks!
 
coleAK said:
I purchased my ‘13 LX at the end of ‘14. The story I got was is the sales manager drove it for ~6 months then it was “punched” as a service loaner for the next ~year. Had 11k miles on it. Now 5 years and ~60k miles no issues at all. I also purchased my g500 I had before the LX the same way, it was a dealer demo.
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Good to hear ...appreciate it! Alaska is one of my favorite places to go.
 
My neighbor is a dealership executive and he comes home with various new vehicles all the time. He sees so many cars and choices, it's just an luxury travel appliance for him. He's completely mild mannered and I would buy one of his cars...for a discount. No reason I should ever pay full price for something someone else has already taken advantage of. That's not to say other "used" cars are taken care of to the same degree. They're probably not bouncing them off-road or outright abusing them. A loaner probably has been ridden harder. Yet in the context of a 200-series, can anyone ride them hard enough to actually cause any wear in such a short period?
 
I got over 20% off MSRP on a 2017 in 2017 that way. ~7k miles. I say go for it and ask not just for a big discount but also for a discount on an extended warranty if you're into that sort of thing.
 
We purchased our beautiful salsa red '08 in June 2019 in Iowa. The first "owner" was an executive at the dealership in Cedar Falls. The next owner was someone in Iowa who traded it back to the same dealer around May 2019. It had 225,000 miles on it. After doing a lot of research, I believed it was in great condition. Since the price was below market, we flew to Iowa to look at it. I had a mechanic put it on a lift and give it a good look-over. A few hours later we were driving home from Cedar Falls to Denver with it.

Though it's hard to trust someone else's maintenance history, I can easily take the leap of faith and trust a dealer's experience with a $80k vehicle. The reasoning is if the dealer abuses the vehicle, they are not going to sell it at the price they want. Dealers sell cars to make money, not to give them away.

These aren't the run-of-the-mill Ford Escorts or Dodge Caravans where it's more likely than not the vehicle could be abused. These vehicles are very expensive. It's only a minority of people that enter a Toyota dealership intentionally looking for these Cruisers.
 
TG1 said:
Hey Guys....

Any feedback on a vehicle that started life as a Dealer Executive vehicle the first several thousand miles and 18 months vs with the Original Owner?

Everyone's probably familiar with people beating up on rental vehicles but are Dealer Executive vehicles thought to be generally well cared for or not??
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It is unusual for a vehicle to be in demo service for that long a period. Generally it is less than a year and less than 5,000 miles. I am curious why they kept it so long. Perhaps it was used by the Dealer Principal's spouse.

I'd want to know why it was in demo service for that long and exactly who was driving it.

"Dealer Executive Vehicle" is fancy talk for a demonstrator.....:)

There are also factory demos, sometimes called "Brass Hats". Those are driven by manufacturer employees and are sometimes vehicles that have had a small amount of repaired damage, making it impossible for them to be sold as new.
 
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TeCKis300 said:
My neighbor is a dealership executive and he comes home with various new vehicles all the time. He sees so many cars and choices, it's just an luxury travel appliance for him. He's completely mild mannered and I would buy one of his cars...for a discount. No reason I should ever pay full price for something someone else has already taken advantage of. That's not to say other "used" cars are taken care of to the same degree. They're probably not bouncing them off-road or outright abusing them. A loaner probably has been ridden harder. Yet in the context of a 200-series, can anyone ride them hard enough to actually cause any wear in such a short period?
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Thanks!
 
chiplee said:
I got over 20% off MSRP on a 2017 in 2017 that way. ~7k miles. I say go for it and ask not just for a big discount but also for a discount on an extended warranty if you're into that sort of thing.
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The Exec Car part was only first use... second owner ran it up to 60k where it is now.
 
RT Cruiser said:
We purchased our beautiful salsa red '08 in June 2019 in Iowa. The first "owner" was an executive at the dealership in Cedar Falls. The next owner was someone in Iowa who traded it back to the same dealer around May 2019. It had 225,000 miles on it. After doing a lot of research, I believed it was in great condition. Since the price was below market, we flew to Iowa to look at it. I had a mechanic put it on a lift and give it a good look-over. A few hours later we were driving home from Cedar Falls to Denver with it.

Though it's hard to trust someone else's maintenance history, I can easily take the leap of faith and trust a dealer's experience with a $80k vehicle. The reasoning is if the dealer abuses the vehicle, they are not going to sell it at the price they want. Dealers sell cars to make money, not to give them away.

These aren't the run-of-the-mill Ford Escorts or Dodge Caravans where it's more likely than not the vehicle could be abused. These vehicles are very expensive. It's only a minority of people that enter a Toyota dealership intentionally looking for these Cruisers.
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Thanks! That's a very similar scenario for this as well except a deer strike as well. Appreciate the feedback!
 
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