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Looking at buying a 04 gs300 with low miles for 18k, what do u think on price?

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Old 02-26-11, 06:38 AM
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Default Looking at buying a 04 gs300 with low miles for 18k, what do u think on price?

So the car I'm looking at only has 27k miles on it.
One owner and a clean car fax proving the miles are true.
It's maroon, with leather, moonroof, no nav. Ask is 18k
What do you guys think on the price?
Anything I should be looking at on this?
Thanks
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Even if it only has 27k on it, I wouldn't buy the car because

1. It's WAAAAAY too expensive

2. You could find a low mileage GS430 w/ all options for probably 5k or so less than that GS3
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Originally Posted by ThomasGS4
Even if it only has 27k on it, I wouldn't buy the car because

1. It's WAAAAAY too expensive

2. You could find a low mileage GS430 w/ all options for probably 5k or so less than that GS3
Really??
What do you see as "low" mileage?
I don't want to buy something with 60-70k miles on it.
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60-70k is low mileage for a car like this.

You either pay the 18k, or you gotta lower your standards a little bit.
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i picked up a 05 gs300 1 owner w 42 k for 18 walkout 2 yrs ago ..so that price is really high imo..
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Way overpriced. And your expectations may need to be adjusted. 60k-70k for a 7 year old car is on the low side of average.
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If it was a GS430 and $2000 cheaper it would be a fair deal.
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^^^^^ 100% agree. You still also have to wonder why in the hell do you buy a car for that much in 04 and 7 yrs later have only driven it for 27k miles. Either they hated the car or have way to many cars and they are just Rich. I would much rather buy a car thats been through its paces, had the kinks worked out and have 100k miles or less for 10k or less. This is an easy car to find IMO but hey its my opinion. Good luck to you.
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Not to mention if the the car sits there, rubber parts are going to deteriorate. Why not buy a car that is up to date on service and has seen more attention?
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Originally Posted by Arcadian
If it was a GS430 and $2000 cheaper it would be a fair deal.
Wish I could find 430 around here with less than 80k on it in my price range.
Doesn't seem to be alotmofmthem out there.
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I find my 03 gs 430 only 12,675mile on july last year, be patient look around u will find what u want, good luck
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