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Old 05-22-10, 09:10 AM
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Hi guys
I found three 2006 GS 300 cars but I don’t know what is the best one? And are their prices reasonable or not?

1. Its price is US 22,000, the mileage is 61,000 miles
2. Its price is US 20,999, the mileage is 70,000 miles
3. Its price is US 21,500, the mileage is 57,255 miles
Any opinion ??
Old 05-22-10, 10:14 AM
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Hard to give you an opinion without knowing the
cars options.
Old 05-22-10, 11:34 AM
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Yeah color, options, any body damage, how does the interior look?
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The big options package that makes a diff are Mark Levinson and the Nav/backup camera DVD. and as a car ages, and a 2006 is already 4 years old, the price gap plummets.
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The 2006 GS 300 is fairly worthless on the market today. Everyone wants the 350, at least, which came out in 2007. LIke a dumb-***, I overpaid by probably $5000 two years ago when i could not afford a 2007 GS 350.

Anyway, don't pay a penny over $23,000, no matter how pristine and low mileage and loaded it is. AWD should be even cheaper, because again, no one wants them.

I know, I am unfortunate enough to have the 300 GS AWD. smallest engine, lowest hp, highest weight, drivetrain friction due to the awd, and I can't sell it for $20,000 right now. and I'm under 35,000 miles.
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Originally Posted by gsexy300
The 2006 GS 300 is fairly worthless on the market today. Everyone wants the 350, at least, which came out in 2007. LIke a dumb-***, I overpaid by probably $5000 two years ago when i could not afford a 2007 GS 350.

Anyway, don't pay a penny over $23,000, no matter how pristine and low mileage and loaded it is. AWD should be even cheaper, because again, no one wants them.

I know, I am unfortunate enough to have the 300 GS AWD. smallest engine, lowest hp, highest weight, drivetrain friction due to the awd, and I can't sell it for $20,000 right now. and I'm under 35,000 miles.
The GS 300 must've sold extremely out in Cali for that to be how low pricing is out ther. Around these parts even a GS300 will have people wanting atleast $23k and you'll have to haggle to get that price.
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I have a GS430 for sale
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if it isnt a cpo and come with an extra 5-10 year warranty, dont get it for that price. wait a few months, and it will drop another 5k.
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up here in NY I paid $25k for my 06 GS300 awd w/ 52k no nav or ML very clean here awd is very needed
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Damn... I paid 29k for an 06 CPO GS300 with ML/NAV/DVD/Rear Cam... I know I paid way too much but they extended the CPO warranty for 4 years and 125k miles not to mention that I traded in an 06 GS430 with a destroyed rear bumper due to the fact that someone w/o insurance decided to run into the back of me while turning and leaving the scene... All in all for using the GS as a daily driver and building another E36 M3, it works well for me... Cheap to own and great gas mileage...
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i paid $23,500 otd on my 06 300 with no nav/no ml and it had 51,200 miles on it.
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Originally Posted by cpcalkins
Damn... I paid 29k for an 06 CPO GS300 with ML/NAV/DVD/Rear Cam... I know I paid way too much but they extended the CPO warranty for 4 years and 125k miles not to mention that I traded in an 06 GS430 with a destroyed rear bumper due to the fact that someone w/o insurance decided to run into the back of me while turning and leaving the scene... All in all for using the GS as a daily driver and building another E36 M3, it works well for me... Cheap to own and great gas mileage...
When did you buy this car? How many miles were on it? AWD?
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With regards to AWD or no AWD.. it depends where in the country you are.

Here in the NYC area a GS300/350 without AWD is almost impossible to sell, especially without Nav. In Miami/Los Angeles? People don't wan't to pay for AWD.

In fact I doubt there's a new non-AWD GS350 on the ground anywhere near me right now.
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Originally Posted by cpcalkins
Damn... I paid 29k for an 06 CPO GS300 with ML/NAV/DVD/Rear Cam... I know I paid way too much but they extended the CPO warranty for 4 years and 125k miles not to mention that I traded in an 06 GS430 with a destroyed rear bumper due to the fact that someone w/o insurance decided to run into the back of me while turning and leaving the scene... All in all for using the GS as a daily driver and building another E36 M3, it works well for me... Cheap to own and great gas mileage...
man, no matter what we pay for our cars it's always a ripoff. the dealer's have us the the short n' curlies. they know all the angles before we set foot on the floor.

need some of those special internet forum deals that we used to have cookin' here...
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Originally Posted by gsexy300
man, no matter what we pay for our cars it's always a ripoff. the dealer's have us the the short n' curlies. they know all the angles before we set foot on the floor.

need some of those special internet forum deals that we used to have cookin' here...
Thankfully for the Internet, you can find out to the last dollar how much the dealer is paying for a car, their hold backs, incentives, etc. My curiosity is wanting to know the cost of a car per unit from the manufacturer. In other words, how much does it cost Lexus to build one car in production?


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