I've been searching for a while for a 2014-14 LX570 in good shape. What is the best way to go about it. In Cargurus I see some vehicles marked as CPO. Would that be a safe bet that the vehicle is immaculate or excellent condition?
Where to look for used 200 LX
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32cls6speedmt
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I think you have a budget of $40,000 and 100,000 miles. I think you can find a 2013 or 2014.
I just purchased a 2013 lx this past weekend. I spent a few months looking. As stated another thread that I had lx inspected at toyota dealership since there were no lexus dealerships in that town. They stated it needed a quart of oil, map light, and air filter. I had a friend who lived in the town drive to the dealership and look it over. He found items in the interior that salesman never disclosed. I negotiated and got items addressed. When i finally arrived the dealership, i found additional items that needed to be addressed. So price was lowered.
There a few sites. Cargurus, autotrader, and, cars. Car gurus has increased its market share of the number of cars advertised. So, I would start there. Make sure it states lexus certified pre owned. Immaculate/excellent condition is a subjective point of view. An interior without any blemishes and body in perfect but under carriage can be full of rust. Even if a lx is lexus cpo it can still have rust on the undercarriage. Lexus cpo vehicles can be involved in accidents. I would enlist a buyer's agent to help you with this process.
One thing in the car business/dealerships, number of days on the lot means a lot to them. Price reductions start at 15, 30, 45, 60 days.
bloc
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FYI when I was shopping for a 4Runner for my dad probably half of the postings on cargurus were obvious scams.
Autotrader and cars.com seemed to have far fewer scam listings.
Autotrader and cars.com seemed to have far fewer scam listings.
I generally gravitate toward weird, unusual, or rare cars - so I've developed a process which seems to work for me. Here's what I do regarding buying vehicles:
I determine a realistic search radius. Since these vehicles aren't common, I expect to drive 1.5 hours to look at one. So I generally use 100 miles from my zip code on the common websites.
I sort the results by my year, budget, and mileage restrictions. In my case, 2010 or newer, under $35k, and under 125,000 miles.
This generally leaves me with 5-10 choices. I discount any with accident history.
I take the remainder of the vehicles and go to Lexus Owners Site | Lexus Drivers and enter the VIN number of the candidate vehicle, and look at the service history. I discount any with unusual problems, or with insufficient service records.
I sort the remainder of the vehicles by subjective preference... hate blue? That car gets dropped to a lower priority.
Then I have 2 to 4 cars left to choose from - I go look at them and make a decision when I get there based on price vs condition vs how badly I want the vehicle.
It's a lot of work when compared to say, buying a Civic... but it works for me.
I determine a realistic search radius. Since these vehicles aren't common, I expect to drive 1.5 hours to look at one. So I generally use 100 miles from my zip code on the common websites.
I sort the results by my year, budget, and mileage restrictions. In my case, 2010 or newer, under $35k, and under 125,000 miles.
This generally leaves me with 5-10 choices. I discount any with accident history.
I take the remainder of the vehicles and go to Lexus Owners Site | Lexus Drivers and enter the VIN number of the candidate vehicle, and look at the service history. I discount any with unusual problems, or with insufficient service records.
I sort the remainder of the vehicles by subjective preference... hate blue? That car gets dropped to a lower priority.
Then I have 2 to 4 cars left to choose from - I go look at them and make a decision when I get there based on price vs condition vs how badly I want the vehicle.
It's a lot of work when compared to say, buying a Civic... but it works for me.
Make a "burner" email account, register all your car search sites on that account. As soon as you request info on a vehicle listed, you will start getting spam from the dealer on sales and promotions, and Toyota is the worst about doing that. Never give them your real email account, you'll be sorry.
Once you find a vehicle you're interested in, request that they put it up on a lift and take more photos of the undercarriage and email them to you. If they don't respond or refuse, move on.
Once you find a vehicle you're interested in, request that they put it up on a lift and take more photos of the undercarriage and email them to you. If they don't respond or refuse, move on.
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Ha-ha, I should have known that earlier
My experience so far with the dealers is a sorry one. The first thing I ask for is pictures of the undercarriage plus maintenance record, but they never respond to that. Instead I get swamped with invitations for a test drive and persistent requests to talk to me on the phone.@KLF, at 73 I am still a learner, be it a slow one
Thank you for your advice
bloc
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Are you actually in Bulgaria? Autotrader may only be allowing US IP addresses. Have access to a VPN with a US server?
