MD350

Oh boy, the guy at Carmax was not pulling my chain. They just dropped the price on the other ES by $1,000 and put it on their feature of the week list. This is my car exactly, I just have 2,000 more miles.

http://www.carmax.com/enUS/view-car/...=10&ASTc=lexus es 350 rockville&zip=20878&pD=0&pI=0&pT=400&pC=200&pB=0&No=0&Ep=homepage:homepage&Rp=R&PP=20&sV=List&Q=60a21410-a5a4-4acc-9088-386a4b444c7c

lexus!!!!!

I'm curious MD350, why do you think $24K - $25K for your vehicle is not a good sell? With or without the Toyota recall...I think that amount for a used 2007 ES (purchased at $41K) is a good sell. I recently sold my '07 RX400h at $28.7K (bought at $47.5K), and it was only at 45K miles. It's tough out there for seller these days. Don't expect too much as there are way more vehicles than buyers.

The example I gave is most concrete: '07 ES 350 UL with 70K miles, and asking price is $22K. No one even touches it yet. This is from a dealership...so for you to sell private, expect less (IMHO).

overclock

Given the current economic situation and the recalls and negative publicity are not making for a seller's market. Times change and sometimes they change quick. I wish I had waited 4 months as I bought my ES 350 in November. Oh well. I plan on keeping the car for forever. I love driving it. I kept my last car for 11.5 years.

LexBob2

I just checked the ES350 pre-owned inventory at the dealership where I bought my 2010. It's a fairly large suburban dealership. They show 19 cars, 16 are CPO and 9 or 10 of the inventory are '07's. I didn't think there would be that many, but there are a lot of pre-owned ES's out there.

Like MD350, I bought my '07 in early May '06 when they were new and hot and discounts were hard to come buy.

Vadimom

those are all 07 off-leases. Almost every 07 ES 350 I looked at in the last month or so were off-leases. At first I was concerned to buy off-lease car, but then I just couldn't find any that were not. I guess people who buy them intend to keep them for a while. Finally I realized that while there are off-leases that dealerships get rid of via auctions, and there are off-leases that they certify and sell themselves, so I went after the latter...

MD350

I would take $24K to $25K right now. I was offered $19K to $20K by three different dealers last weekend, one being a Lexus store.

garsarno

The market is saturated with off lease '07 ES350 cars. Was a popular vehicle in mid to late 2006 for the three year Lexus lease. In 2008, the market was saturated with problematic '07 ES350s with replacement transmissions.