08pebbch

Whew! Nothing like being specific - a friend of mine had a 2013 F sport AWD, black with camel interior. Hit a deer and totaled it.

Looking for a 17 or 18 F Sport AWD with premium sound in Atomic Blue. Any interior except black. There is one at a dealership in MA, we've talked to them and it is not in good condition - curbed wheels and has been repainted on the rear quarter. Another one in Colorado... I've called the dealership and they're not responsive. I will try them again. Offleaseonly.com has one, but it's a V-8 and $60K!

Anyone seen anything like this for sale recently?

Edlcworld

https://www.kunilexusofgreenwoodvill...z1bl2ha005642/
I guess this is the Colorado one you’re talking about . That color with the rioja interior has to be best combination there is. Finding the color might prove tough to find, I did a nationwide search and only the Colorado one came up.
Has he looked at the GS-F? Theres plenty of them in the 40-50K range.
If I were your friend, I would find the car in any other color and with all the specs that he wants and then just wrap the car. He could find any other color 17-18 F-sport with good mileage for 32-35K, I have seen some as low as 26K with 35-45K miles. Spend 2-4K wrapping it and end up with his dream car at a cheaper price.

08pebbch

That's the one! I will suggest the wrap. Although that might be too far out of his wheelhouse to wrap it.

Here's the one in MA.
https://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-...ckType=listing

And HOLY COW... $20k upgrade for a fwd with V-8 !

https://www.offleaseonly.com/used-ca...l8ha002049.htm

Edlcworld

Thats the GS-F model, not GS 350 F-sport. No idea why Lexus would do such thing but I assume the biggest difference is the V8. Given that its v8 theres plenty of them on the market and in the color your friend wants. Heres a few listing I found online. Front grill is a little different and in my opinion not as aggressive as the Fsport but boy are those seats gorgeous!

https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/invent...ting=245928618

https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/invent...ting=251702607

https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/invent...ting=244133995

AJLex19

@08pebbch very difficult to find a 2017 or 2018 GS with such specific parameters mainly because the GS sold much fewer units overall after the 2016 refresh. Also, the 3 year lease cycle affects used inventory heavily as the most used inventory is typically 3years old (2016 at this point).

If your friend opens up his search to include 2016 models, there will be a few more available that fit the criteria:
https://www.cars.com/vehicledetail/d...5092/overview/
https://www.cars.com/vehicledetail/d...1993/overview/
https://www.cars.com/vehicledetail/d...9313/overview/
https://www.cars.com/vehicledetail/d...8733/overview/

The last one I listed above is a GS F...the step up from the F-Sport model which includes a host of factory performance oriented features, V8, RWD, upgraded brakes/calipers/wheels/suspension/seats/gauges/exhaust...Its the second priciest sedan Lexus builds behind the LS.

denary

The links above are for RWD and I believe the OP's looking for AWD. I'm also in the market for a 2016 w/AWD as I live in MA.

AJLex19

Thanks - I missed that....looks like its inventory countrywide is even more bleak for that combination with AWD!

denary

Curious, was it difficult to get the dealer to disclose the curbed wheels and repainted rear quarter? From looking at the carfax report, you wouldn't realize the repair was made. I'm asking because I've been in touch with this same dealer for a 2016.

08pebbch

If you talk to the Internet sales lady / Julie/Julia - she doesn’t know much. I will find out the name of the sales manager we talked to. They just traded for the 17, it had a payoff and they don’t have the title yet.

We called the dealership here where he gets all of his service, I get all my service and were referred by our service advisor to a sales person ... she is turning us over to one of her managers, but he has not even called. I guess they have a rush of people writing checks for $75,000 cars and aren’t interested in selling $40,000 cars?

08pebbch

I don’t know a lot about the GS models, I just know about the SC 430! I didn’t know that about the F ! Thanks!

charley95

Just my opinion, I would look for used GS's in the southern or western regions. These cars in the areas your looking are exposed to salt in the winter time. Being in Tennasee you don't get the salt exposure like cars in the rustbelt. Here in Illinois the salt really eats the cars up here.

08pebbch

I agree. That's the one drawback we (and our rock star service advisor) had about the 2 cars we're looking at.

08pebbch

Thanks for advice, everyone! Made a deal for this 2016... Wired $$$ today. Another friend is flying to Chicago and bringing it home tomorrow!

https://www.jiddmotors.com/pre-owned...exus-GS/420789

Greekjim

Nice ride you got there, have your friend bring you back some deep dish pizza from Chicago

JDR76

Looks great! Congrats!