looking at a 2000 ES300
12-09-04, 06:49 PM
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looking at a 2000 ES300
Hi everyone!!
I own a 1990 LS400 and I am looking at a 2000 ES300 with 113,000 miles and is in great shape for the miles. It is charcol grey with a black interior with the factory chrome wheels which looks sharp on the car by the way!.... The dealership is asking $11,900 sale price and the diffrence with my car is about $8500 total for the car. I was wondering if that is a good deal? Any feedback is welcome!!
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-Joe
I own a 1990 LS400 and I am looking at a 2000 ES300 with 113,000 miles and is in great shape for the miles. It is charcol grey with a black interior with the factory chrome wheels which looks sharp on the car by the way!.... The dealership is asking $11,900 sale price and the diffrence with my car is about $8500 total for the car. I was wondering if that is a good deal? Any feedback is welcome!!
Thanks,
-Joe
12-09-04, 08:10 PM
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I punched in the numbers on Kelly Blue Book (I filled in the zip code for Chicago IL), and the suggested retail value for that ES under excellent condition is $16,115. Your dealer is offering the ES at a little over $4,000 under the blue book value, so that is already an excellent deal. The extemely high mileage on the car also affects the low price tag on the car 
Have you pulled a Carfax report detailing the history behind the car? Any past accidents with it or noticeable damage? What major Lexus services were performed on the vehicle? All of these factors will play a role towards your decision in purchasing the ES.
Have you pulled a Carfax report detailing the history behind the car? Any past accidents with it or noticeable damage? What major Lexus services were performed on the vehicle? All of these factors will play a role towards your decision in purchasing the ES.
12-10-04, 06:20 AM
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Originally posted by lexusk8
I punched in the numbers on Kelly Blue Book (I filled in the zip code for Chicago IL), and the suggested retail value for that ES under excellent condition is $16,115. Your dealer is offering the ES at a little over $4,000 under the blue book value, so that is already an excellent deal. The extemely high mileage on the car also affects the low price tag on the car
Have you pulled a Carfax report detailing the history behind the car? Any past accidents with it or noticeable damage? What major Lexus services were performed on the vehicle? All of these factors will play a role towards your decision in purchasing the ES.
I punched in the numbers on Kelly Blue Book (I filled in the zip code for Chicago IL), and the suggested retail value for that ES under excellent condition is $16,115. Your dealer is offering the ES at a little over $4,000 under the blue book value, so that is already an excellent deal. The extemely high mileage on the car also affects the low price tag on the car
Have you pulled a Carfax report detailing the history behind the car? Any past accidents with it or noticeable damage? What major Lexus services were performed on the vehicle? All of these factors will play a role towards your decision in purchasing the ES.
Service & warranty recored are very important, especially the oil change records. 
Good Luck Lex.
12-12-04, 09:18 PM
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Originally posted by lexusk8
I punched in the numbers on Kelly Blue Book (I filled in the zip code for Chicago IL), and the suggested retail value for that ES under excellent condition is $16,115. Your dealer is offering the ES at a little over $4,000 under the blue book value, so that is already an excellent deal. The extemely high mileage on the car also affects the low price tag on the car
Have you pulled a Carfax report detailing the history behind the car? Any past accidents with it or noticeable damage? What major Lexus services were performed on the vehicle? All of these factors will play a role towards your decision in purchasing the ES.
I punched in the numbers on Kelly Blue Book (I filled in the zip code for Chicago IL), and the suggested retail value for that ES under excellent condition is $16,115. Your dealer is offering the ES at a little over $4,000 under the blue book value, so that is already an excellent deal. The extemely high mileage on the car also affects the low price tag on the car
Have you pulled a Carfax report detailing the history behind the car? Any past accidents with it or noticeable damage? What major Lexus services were performed on the vehicle? All of these factors will play a role towards your decision in purchasing the ES.
I did have the dealership run a car fax report on the car and it came back clean. I also noticed that when I looked at the engine compartment that the car has also had the timing belt replaced at 105,000 miles. I agree that the miles is high for the year and that is what I told the sales manager whom I talked to at the dealership. But regaurdless that isn't something that would make or break a deal for me as long as the car was well taken cared for as far as maintence goes which this car seems to be.
Thanks,
-Joe
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12-13-04, 10:53 AM
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Originally posted by Lexls400
I did have the dealership run a car fax report on the car and it came back clean. I also noticed that when I looked at the engine compartment that the car has also had the timing belt replaced at 105,000 miles. I agree that the miles is high for the year and that is what I told the sales manager whom I talked to at the dealership. But regaurdless that isn't something that would make or break a deal for me as long as the car was well taken cared for as far as maintence goes which this car seems to be.
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-Joe
I did have the dealership run a car fax report on the car and it came back clean. I also noticed that when I looked at the engine compartment that the car has also had the timing belt replaced at 105,000 miles. I agree that the miles is high for the year and that is what I told the sales manager whom I talked to at the dealership. But regaurdless that isn't something that would make or break a deal for me as long as the car was well taken cared for as far as maintence goes which this car seems to be.
Thanks,
-Joe
12-14-04, 06:40 PM
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Originally posted by Lexusfreak
Joe, I agree.....mileage on a car isn't as important as how well the vehicle was maintained. It sounds like it's a nice car that has high mileage, but well looked after. Keep us posted.
Joe, I agree.....mileage on a car isn't as important as how well the vehicle was maintained. It sounds like it's a nice car that has high mileage, but well looked after. Keep us posted.
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12-20-04, 06:01 PM
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Originally Posted by lexusk8
Very nice Joe, congrats and welcome to the dark side 
Did you end up getting the one with over 100K miles on it?
Did you end up getting the one with over 100K miles on it?Yes I did, but I found out that the engine was replaced at 102,000 miles with a brand new one which was about 11,000 miles ago under warrenty, so that is a good thing. the reason I was told was because the engine had sludge build up in it. So The good thing about this car is I'm starting out with a new engine.
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12-23-04, 10:15 AM
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Yes I did, but I found out that the engine was replaced at 102,000 miles with a brand new one which was about 11,000 miles ago under warrenty, so that is a good thing. the reason I was told was because the engine had sludge build up in it. So The good thing about this car is I'm starting out with a new engine.
-Joe
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Originally Posted by Lexls400
Hi everyone!!
I own a 1990 LS400 and I am looking at a 2000 ES300 with 113,000 miles and is in great shape for the miles. It is charcol grey with a black interior with the factory chrome wheels which looks sharp on the car by the way!.... The dealership is asking $11,900 sale price and the diffrence with my car is about $8500 total for the car. I was wondering if that is a good deal? Any feedback is welcome!!
Thanks,
-Joe
I own a 1990 LS400 and I am looking at a 2000 ES300 with 113,000 miles and is in great shape for the miles. It is charcol grey with a black interior with the factory chrome wheels which looks sharp on the car by the way!.... The dealership is asking $11,900 sale price and the diffrence with my car is about $8500 total for the car. I was wondering if that is a good deal? Any feedback is welcome!!
Thanks,
-Joe
Not that it matters - but did you buy your new beauty from a Lexus Dealership? Just a question because I am looking to buy another Lexus with a dream price like that as well..
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Originally Posted by Lex Diamonds
Not that it matters - but did you buy your new beauty from a Lexus Dealership? Just a question because I am looking to buy another Lexus with a dream price like that as well..
When I was looking for a new car I looked at the lexus dealership to see what they had and all of their cars were thousands more and not just by alittle but by alot. So, I looked at cars.com and I found this car that I now own over at Luxury Motors in Downers Grove IL. , they are a high line car dealership who sells bentley, rolls royce, mercedes, lexus, bmw, porsche, etc. They had this car for the sale price on the website but I ended up paying less than the sale price for the car in the end. So you might want to look around to see what you could find. I didn't think I would find such a good deal myself but I did.
-Joe