I've had my GS450h for a week.. so many stupid things have some up.. question?
10-01-15 | 01:59 PM
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Update on the key fob issue. No other key fob was found or came with the car when they bought it from the auction, but the lady that I was talking to seems like they'd be willing to pay for another key fob plus the cost of programming and cutting. The only dealership that's willing to do it that's by my parent's house is charging $60 for programming and $75 for cutting a new key. Then a used virgin key fob online is like $100 or so or a brand new one is like $225 or something.
I wouldn't mind if they did that cause then I can just leave the other key fob somewhere and use it as a spare.
I wouldn't mind if they did that cause then I can just leave the other key fob somewhere and use it as a spare.
Actually got the car from Florida lol. The dealership's called "Off Lease Only" maybe you've heard of it?
It was a lot cheaper than going to an actual Lexus dealer :/.. the only Lexus dealer (that I could drive to) that had the used car for sale was asking for 44k out the door lol.
It was a lot cheaper than going to an actual Lexus dealer :/.. the only Lexus dealer (that I could drive to) that had the used car for sale was asking for 44k out the door lol.
10-01-15 | 02:07 PM
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Yeah.. I kept telling myself that too.. never would have thought i'd buy a car out of state.. Been waiting for a while and I got too impatient.
They had a few GS450hs in stock. The one I picked seemed like the best out of them because the other two were corporate cars and one of them had been in a previous accident. This one had the least extra features, but it was a personal lease and from the Carfax and Lexus service records; it was serviced routinely and didn't have any major problems. Has some minor scratches and paint chips here and there, but I had already expected that.
If they come through then it was worth the gamble. I'll post pics this weekend!
They had a few GS450hs in stock. The one I picked seemed like the best out of them because the other two were corporate cars and one of them had been in a previous accident. This one had the least extra features, but it was a personal lease and from the Carfax and Lexus service records; it was serviced routinely and didn't have any major problems. Has some minor scratches and paint chips here and there, but I had already expected that.
If they come through then it was worth the gamble. I'll post pics this weekend!
Things are not making a lot of sense...
10-01-15 | 02:11 PM
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but that's what they do usually when a lease expires right? The car gets auctioned off?The service records look like it's been kept up to date and clean and mechanically the car runs fine with no issues. If everything works out.. then it'll be worth it. I got the car for a bit over $37k including shipping. It's not an old car and it's still under warranty so chances are in my favor that it'll turn out ok. eh saving at the very least a few thousand
10-01-15 | 02:21 PM
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I'd say nearly all lease returns are CPO'ed and sold by a Lexus dealership. Unless the car cannot pass CPO, or has some other reason why the dealership does not want to be associated with a particular car. To my knowledge, very few Lexus lease returns are auctioned off.
10-01-15 | 02:28 PM
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No idea. The last service report before it was sold to auction was that the car had to have the 12v battery charged. This was at 28k miles. at 27.7k the guy had hit a pothole and bent the wheel. The dealership repaired it and what not and sent him on his way.
The car was leased from a Lexus dealership at New Jersey and all the services were done there for a while and then the last service that was done was done at a Lexus dealership in Tennessee.
hmmm I did not know that
10-01-15 | 02:31 PM
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10-01-15 | 02:45 PM
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That bothers me too. I will say for the key, get at least 1 "real" key fob from a Lexus dealer. Yeah yeah, I know you can get one from eBay or a locksmith, but who knows where your eBay special is made? China? Maybe it works for a year then craps out on you. It can cost a small fortune to pair a new key fob when you don't have working fob in your possession. Pics when you can please! GS350H's are like unicorns, don't see um very often.
10-01-15 | 02:51 PM
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That bothers me too. I will say for the key, get at least 1 "real" key fob from a Lexus dealer. Yeah yeah, I know you can get one from eBay or a locksmith, but who knows where your eBay special is made? China? Maybe it works for a year then craps out on you. It can cost a small fortune to pair a new key fob when you don't have working fob in your possession. Pics when you can please! GS350H's are like unicorns, don't see um very often.
I think there are supposedly only around 1,000 GS450H's in the US lol so a bit rare. I won't forget about the pics haha
10-01-15 | 03:06 PM
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You can't lock your keys in this car, it won't let you. I'm out of town at a hotel. Had my fob in my pants pocket, changed into some shorts, walked out to the car carrying my pants with the key still in the pocket, used the trunk button to open the trunk, put my pants in and closed the trunk. Oh !@#$, my car is locked and my fob is in my pants pocket in the now closed trunk and I'm out of town and don't have the other fob. Pushed the trunk lid button and thankfully it opened.
10-01-15 | 03:10 PM
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You can't lock your keys in this car, it won't let you. I'm out of town at a hotel. Had my fob in my pants pocket, changed into some shorts, walked out to the car carrying my pants with the key still in the pocket, used the trunk button to open the trunk, put my pants in and closed the trunk. Oh !@#$, my car is locked and my fob is in my pants pocket in the now closed trunk and I'm out of town and don't have the other fob. Pushed the trunk lid button and thankfully it opened.
Sounds like a close call haha. Yeah, the last car that I had was a 2003 G35. So everything is pretty new to me.
10-01-15 | 03:22 PM
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Why wouldn't they furnish you with two brand new Lexus OEM key FOBs? It was supposed to come with two (2) Lexus key FOBs. What happened to them? Where are they?
10-01-15 | 03:26 PM
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10-01-15 | 03:34 PM
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