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Old 11-04-04, 07:43 AM
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Can you guys help me out a little. I'm looking for a used gs 430. Does the car come with manual shift option? Does Navigation mean it has Mark Levinson sound system? What exterior colors come with black interior? Thanks in advance.
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Default Re: Looking for a used GS 430

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Can you guys help me out a little. I'm looking for a used gs 430. Does the car come with manual shift option? Does Navigation mean it has Mark Levinson sound system? What exterior colors come with black interior? Thanks in advance.
No manual shift option (stick) and on GS430s you do not have the e-shift feature you get on the older GS400s and newer (01+) GS300s.
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No manual shift option (stick) and on GS430s you do not have the e-shift feature you get on the older GS400s and newer (01+) GS300s.
When I sad manual shift option I meant e-shift. Sorry! I know I can't get the car is stick shift.
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Do you guys have a decoder for the vin #s. One that will tell rather or not the car comes with Navigation.
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all gs430 they don't come with eshift

and i believe in 01, ML and nav they are separate option. however starting 02+, if you get nav you get the ML too i thikn
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Thanks for your help. I'm going to go look at one today here is the the pictures. They list the car at $28,900. I hope I can get them down to about $26,000. It has both Nav and LV sound. I don't like that it has wood everywhere. Can that be fixed?









What do you guys think? It has 33k miles on it.

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looks good other than the crappy stick on wood stuff like you said. Why don't I see the chrome shifter housing bezel?Price and miles are good too. Is there any time left on warranty? You need to find out the in service date if you don't know.

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You should look in the classifieds here on CL. There are a few 01's and 02's for sale that I saw while scanning for other things. Anyway, good luck.
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Originally posted by chuckb
Why don't I see the chrome shifter housing bezel?
Bezel.... wheres the shift ****
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Originally posted by DaveGS4
Bezel.... wheres the shift ****
They always take those off used cars so people don't rip them off.
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There is warrenty left on the vehicle.
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Originally posted by LStyle
There is warrenty left on the vehicle.
how long? You need a little time to find any bugs
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the all wood, most of them are just stickers, you can take them off but it's a big pain in the butt i am telling ya.

and the shift bezel that's around the shift ****/stick. seems like it's now covered with wood stickers too

and man, the price looks pretty good imho
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I have left a deposit and will be picking the car up this Saturday. Here is the details. 2001 GS 430, 29K miles with Navi. Here is some pics.







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sweet! i love the nav man, i wish i had nav


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