+1 always round my dinning checks

 

Dallas dealers giving no discounts?

 

 

Hi, I'm new to the forum. I recently negotiated the purchase of a slightly used (3,200 miles) fully loaded LC500. I pick it up a week from this Friday so I don't have pictures yet. I paid $93,000 for the vehicle that listed for $106,000 new. It took me about a month of searching on the internet (cargurus) to locate a vehicle with the options/colors I wanted. I don't have a problem buying a used high quality car to save a few bucks as long as it wasn't in an accident. It was driven by the owner of the dealership I am purchasing it from. I can't speak much about the overall ownership experience yet since I have only had a test drive but as a comparison I also have the benefit of owning a 2014 C7 7 speed stick convertible corvette with the Z51 3LT options that I purchase new 4 years ago. I was never a corvette fan due to the quality issues that were pretty obvious in previous generations. That being said, the C7 is much better and I still really enjoy the car. It's not as fast as a Z06 but it still is more of an outright performance car than the LC500. I recently had new tires and an alignment done along with an update to the magnetic suspension. The new tires and alignment really made the car a delight to drive and got rid of the darting back and forth following grooves in the road so perhaps the Z06 you drove could use an alignment (tuned for the street) as well but it is probably the much wider more aggressive tires that come standard on that model.

It's obvious that the LC500 is a higher quality car with exciting looks and still overall good performance. I wanted something higher class and state-of-the-art that I can keep for many years to come. I'm fortunate that I can afford to own both cars and I believe that I have the best of both worlds. I'm sure the Z06 is a fantastic car, but it's hard to imagine using all that power on the street. The capabilities of my C7 and I'm sure the LC500 are way beyond what is able to be experienced on the street safely on a regular basis. Good luck on your buying decision.

 

In reading this thread, took a quick look at Autotrader and the number of used LC500s for sale was a surprise. Barely a year old, seems many are being returned or traded in for other vehicles.... Also of note, the sales figures posted for LCs in April was 179 units.....


Not sure what this means.....

 

Based on my discussions with various dealers, Lexus provided special demo LC500's to their dealers last year when they introduced the car. I believe that they were obligated to keep the cars for a year and now with 2019's being ordered I think the dealers are moving them, that is why there are so many "Used" low mileage cars available.

 

So you can place an order now for a 2019 LC500? When might they be introduced by Lexus?

 

The dealer told me if I wanted to order a 2019, the car wouldn't be delivered for 3 to 4 months (August or September).

 

Dealers will tell you anything to get you to commit. Until a 2019 model (with specs and options) shows up on the website, you won't have any reliable pricing, colors, options, etc. to work with. They'll just be taking your money now and working the details later - when Lexus releases the info to everyone. There's absolutely no reason to order blindly since demand isn't exceeding supply.

 

 

 

Really? I read through most of this thread and 6k off seems like a very good deal.

 

6k off almost sounds too good to be true unless it is a demo.

 

A brand new LC500 is more than I want to spend at this point but a gently used one at around $80k is awfully tempting. I am not technically "in the market" for another car until my garage project is finished and I have a suitable down payment but once both of those things happen I will be looking to see what kind of deals are out there. I've only just started my test drives but the LC500 is one of the nicest and most exciting things that I have driven in a very long while.

 

It is kind of funny that I have one poster basically say I'm getting the shaft and one saying it's too good to be true. It is new, not a demo. From reading through this thread and looking at another forum 6k off MSRP seems like a better than average deal.