Price Paid for a GS-F (Lease or Purchase)
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texaslexii (08-11-18)
08-11-18, 09:37 AM
#872
Thank you for your input. In March of this year Lexus Carlsbad was offering a '17 White/red delivery miles car for $69k + TTL, wifey talked me into an F-Sport instead and now all I find myself doing is searching again for a great deal like that, of course I'm going to take a bath on taxes, trade in, but the heart wants what it wants. Best of luck with your search, I know you have been looking for awhile too. I even find myself going back to the '17 CPO USB car down the road that has some imperfections thinking to myself that with a good paint correction they would all but disappear, just can't get over the stratus grey interior.
08-11-18, 09:38 AM
#873
What dealer? That is a very good price, about 17% of sticker. I just left Sewell Lexus Dallas and saw some more 18s and broached the subject. Best they would do is 10K total including the 5K Lexus Rebate provided you financed with Lexus at 3.9% (I guess thats where they would make back some of the 5K rebate). Seeing how cheap and unwilling they are to negotiate, and feedback from others regarding trade-in values, I didnt move past asking for their best price.
Last edited by texaslexii; 08-11-18 at 09:45 AM.
08-11-18, 09:56 AM
#874
What dealer? That is a very good price, about 17% of sticker. I just left Sewell Lexus Dallas and saw some more 18s and broached the subject. Best they would do is 10K total including the 5K Lexus Rebate provided you financed with Lexus at 3.9% (I guess thats where they would make back some of the 5K rebate). Seeing how cheap and unwilling they are to negotiate, and feedback from others regarding trade-in values, I didnt move past asking for their best price.
08-11-18, 10:23 AM
#875
Its called floorplanning or floor plan financing. At least with Ford where I worked, dealers get 180 days interest-free financing. If the car doesn't sell, they apply and get another 180 days interest-free. Only after the vehicle sells do they then payback interest on the loan from when it was issued to when it was sold. So if the car sits for 7 months, they only pay 1 month interest from the second loan. Holding on to a vehicle only depreciates a faction for them because its still new, they are not incentivized to sell.
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08-11-18, 12:37 PM
#876
Intermediate
As far as the stratus grey goes, for me it's too vanilla, literally. I also feel its going to wear similarly to the ivory interiors in IS-F's.
08-11-18, 12:44 PM
#877
Its called floorplanning or floor plan financing. At least with Ford where I worked, dealers get 180 days interest-free financing. If the car doesn't sell, they apply and get another 180 days interest-free. Only after the vehicle sells do they then payback interest on the loan from when it was issued to when it was sold. So if the car sits for 7 months, they only pay 1 month interest from the second loan. Holding on to a vehicle only depreciates a faction for them because its still new, they are not incentivized to sell.
08-11-18, 05:36 PM
#879
Purchased an 18 in late March for just under $81K which included a $2K rebate. Thought it was an ok deal at the time (my emotions got the best of me!), but happier now as the inventory really thinned out and there is no rebate in my area now.
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08-12-18, 12:03 AM
#880
What dealer? That is a very good price, about 17% of sticker. I just left Sewell Lexus Dallas and saw some more 18s and broached the subject. Best they would do is 10K total including the 5K Lexus Rebate provided you financed with Lexus at 3.9% (I guess thats where they would make back some of the 5K rebate). Seeing how cheap and unwilling they are to negotiate, and feedback from others regarding trade-in values, I didnt move past asking for their best price.
08-13-18, 12:39 PM
#881
Spent a little over 2 hours going between a 16 and an 18, drove the same routes in similar traffic and same speeds. The 16 is definitely a Lexus: rides soft, compliant, comfortable. It does not fit the character of the car at all. If it were an ES or LS, sure but not a GS-F. It did have LSS+ as option so that was a plus. The AVS fits the character of the car much better, and the suspension is more controlled, tight without being stiff and makes the car feel much more assertive. It did not lean at all unlike the 16 when pushed or executing evasive maneuvers.
Sewell Fort Worth where I drove them is not discounting 18s other than the 5K offered by Lexus. I called the San Antonio dealer from two weeks ago and they still have the 17 molten lava. They said they would consider dropping it a little more to move it out of the books. Reading between the lines it sounded like they would consider dropping it to 70K, which is still quite a lot for a two year-old car. I emailed him the 6 cars I am considering, clearly displaying year/mileage/LCert status and told him his new 17 isnt a good value when I can get a car for 6K less with 1 more year of warranty with unlimited miles, despite 4K miles on the ODO.
So, its definitely a 17 for me because of the handling, dynamics and character of the car with the AVS and LSS+.
Sewell Fort Worth where I drove them is not discounting 18s other than the 5K offered by Lexus. I called the San Antonio dealer from two weeks ago and they still have the 17 molten lava. They said they would consider dropping it a little more to move it out of the books. Reading between the lines it sounded like they would consider dropping it to 70K, which is still quite a lot for a two year-old car. I emailed him the 6 cars I am considering, clearly displaying year/mileage/LCert status and told him his new 17 isnt a good value when I can get a car for 6K less with 1 more year of warranty with unlimited miles, despite 4K miles on the ODO.
So, its definitely a 17 for me because of the handling, dynamics and character of the car with the AVS and LSS+.
08-13-18, 12:41 PM
#882
If that's the same one that I was looking at Desert Lexus, it does have a clear bra installed on the front according to Lexus Drivers. They've dropped the price a couple times so they might be willing to move it.
08-13-18, 04:47 PM
#883
Like I said, it really doesnt fit the character of the car as a sports-oriented sedan. For "ch*ts and giggles", I drove a previous gen M5 (which is supposed to compete with the GSF). I needed a chiropractor at the end of the drive and some morphine.
Lets say I found the perfect '17, I would see myself in one if my commute was 5 miles to work through residential areas and never saw highway/freeway use.
Last edited by texaslexii; 10-09-18 at 05:07 PM.
08-13-18, 04:49 PM
#884
08-13-18, 07:37 PM
#885
Can you say "let it sit for 36 months"
LMFAO
https://www.lexusofwatertown.com/Veh...-MA/3027086313
EDIT: "New" with 3K miles...these guys need to stop smoking the funny stuff
LMFAO
https://www.lexusofwatertown.com/Veh...-MA/3027086313
EDIT: "New" with 3K miles...these guys need to stop smoking the funny stuff