- Nov 24, 2009
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Been looking to get a car since last year. Favorite car is the Lexus GS 3rd generation. Wanted to get one more closer to 2015 which would be the 2011 model. Prices have been over 25k which I'm trying to avoid. Over the weekend I found a 2008 AWD with 46k miles for 20k. Also found another 2008 AWD but for 16k and 75k miles.
Car one - $20k, 46k miles, had 2 previous owners, owner got into 2 accidents(not sure how serious). Test drove it last night and it's pretty smooth. KBB says suggested price should be between 25-27k.
http://www.carfax.com/VehicleHistor...8|-55|25|-2|124|12|-12|-90|43|-116|-76|-5|83|.
Car two - $16k, 74k miles, 5 previous owners, no reported accidents, haven't test driven it yet. KBB suggested $21-23k.
http://www.carfax.com/VehicleHistory/p/Report.cfx?vin=JTHCE96S780013785&partner=VSR_0
Dealer did pull a sneaky stunt on me. I saw the car on Saturday for 20k, called Sunday to make sure it was there, checked the site again yesterday and it was $25k. I called and they told me based on a 500 mile radius this was one of 3 and it was the cheapest, I know it's a lie because car 2 if less than 5 miles from the dealership. I used that as mmy argument and they tried to tell me car 2 was not AWD. She said she'd honor the 20k since I saw it before the change but now that made it harder for me to bring it down.
My question is would you sacrifice mileage for a savings about 4k or go after the one with significantly less mileage for an estimated 21k before interest?
Car one - $20k, 46k miles, had 2 previous owners, owner got into 2 accidents(not sure how serious). Test drove it last night and it's pretty smooth. KBB says suggested price should be between 25-27k.
http://www.carfax.com/VehicleHistor...8|-55|25|-2|124|12|-12|-90|43|-116|-76|-5|83|.
Car two - $16k, 74k miles, 5 previous owners, no reported accidents, haven't test driven it yet. KBB suggested $21-23k.
http://www.carfax.com/VehicleHistory/p/Report.cfx?vin=JTHCE96S780013785&partner=VSR_0
Dealer did pull a sneaky stunt on me. I saw the car on Saturday for 20k, called Sunday to make sure it was there, checked the site again yesterday and it was $25k. I called and they told me based on a 500 mile radius this was one of 3 and it was the cheapest, I know it's a lie because car 2 if less than 5 miles from the dealership. I used that as mmy argument and they tried to tell me car 2 was not AWD. She said she'd honor the 20k since I saw it before the change but now that made it harder for me to bring it down.
My question is would you sacrifice mileage for a savings about 4k or go after the one with significantly less mileage for an estimated 21k before interest?
