Just returned home with our new addition
09-14-12, 03:20 PM
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Just returned home with our new addition
Purchased one of those rare deals, a 2004 LS in pearl white with less than 9900 miles. Sold and serviced here in Palm Beach county, the owner passed and his two sons placed a local advertisement which I happened to notice.
They were great people to work with, had everything for the car from the Lexus dealer, my paint meter showed perfect results, plus a clean Carfax and came down $5,000 from their asking price.
Said their father was a retired engineer who wouldn't even drive his car in the rain. Spent three days getting to know the family and as we left, the mother teared up and said I know you'll take good care of his baby.
I surely will.
They were great people to work with, had everything for the car from the Lexus dealer, my paint meter showed perfect results, plus a clean Carfax and came down $5,000 from their asking price.
Said their father was a retired engineer who wouldn't even drive his car in the rain. Spent three days getting to know the family and as we left, the mother teared up and said I know you'll take good care of his baby.
I surely will.
09-14-12, 04:28 PM
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Excellent catch! Enjoy the car - nothing can beat a low mile cream puff LS430 as a used car.
I almost got one of those when I was looking 3 years ago, found an 06 with only 6k miles (same story owner was a senior that had recently passed) that had been sold direct to a South Florida Carmax. Unfortunately someone bought it within 3 hours of being posted online and while I was actually talking to the salesperson about how to put a deposit down. Said he had to check availability, put me on hold and came back and said car was just sold. The good ones usually go quick.
I almost got one of those when I was looking 3 years ago, found an 06 with only 6k miles (same story owner was a senior that had recently passed) that had been sold direct to a South Florida Carmax. Unfortunately someone bought it within 3 hours of being posted online and while I was actually talking to the salesperson about how to put a deposit down. Said he had to check availability, put me on hold and came back and said car was just sold. The good ones usually go quick.
Pretty impressive that you found one with less than 10k miles.
09-14-12, 07:09 PM
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Thanks for the welcome, I'm really satisfied with the way things turned out. As you might notice from my join date, I've looked for over a year now and it's good to finally have an LS in the garage.
You're right about it being a cream puff, I'm fairly picky about looking a car over and they did have it listed as being perfect in caps...turns out it was the grandson that created the advertisement, he's 36.
I found a nick at the bottom corner of the driver's door, it's about the size of the tip on a ball point pen and something rubbed against the center of the front bumper and there's a small rub mark on a rim's lip. Other than those items it looks and smells as new.
Bought this for the wife's use and now must sell her Prius. BTW, about posting pics, not sure how that's done but I'm guessing no one actually comes online and fibs about buying an eight year old car.
You're right about it being a cream puff, I'm fairly picky about looking a car over and they did have it listed as being perfect in caps...turns out it was the grandson that created the advertisement, he's 36.
I found a nick at the bottom corner of the driver's door, it's about the size of the tip on a ball point pen and something rubbed against the center of the front bumper and there's a small rub mark on a rim's lip. Other than those items it looks and smells as new.
Bought this for the wife's use and now must sell her Prius. BTW, about posting pics, not sure how that's done but I'm guessing no one actually comes online and fibs about buying an eight year old car.
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09-15-12, 05:26 AM
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Great find my friend. This is how I felt about finding my wife hers last month. A pearl white 06 with 50K on it. Zero dings or scuffs and well maintained. I just gotta get the new Hancook tires off of it. Those things are louder than Goodyears
09-15-12, 05:35 AM
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Understood...and it's all good, was merely pointing out that folks might be inclined to stretch the facts when selling an eight year old car but not so much when describing the purchase of same.
I'll do a search on how to post pics and see about getting a few shots taken, supposed to rain every day for the next five, thundering as I post. In the meantime, here's their advertisement which includes a few images:
http://miami.craigslist.org/pbc/cto/3246283821.html
They are a great group, the mother lives in this perfect little setting and looks just like an 85 year old June Cleaver, right down to the little sweater, jewelry and hair. The son I dealt with is retired LE, now serving as regional director of a foundation that helps protect seniors from scammers and criminals. The late father, an engineer, helped design and build the Twin Towers, the son sifted through the rubble after they fell.
That son also told me a fascinating story from 40 years ago when he lived on an Indian reservation in New Mexico. One night he heard a baby crying outside their house, his wife worried that the Indians perhaps discarded their unwanted daughters. They opened the front door to find instead a tiny pup that sounded like a baby.
His wife insisted he miss work the next day and they drove 50 miles to see a vet. That's where they discovered the "dog" was in fact a wolf. To make a longer story short, she was raised with their three (unborn at the time) children and German Sheppard. He eventually placed her on a friend's 3,000 acre ranch where she could roam free till her passing of old age. How cool is that.
I'll do a search on how to post pics and see about getting a few shots taken, supposed to rain every day for the next five, thundering as I post. In the meantime, here's their advertisement which includes a few images:
http://miami.craigslist.org/pbc/cto/3246283821.html
They are a great group, the mother lives in this perfect little setting and looks just like an 85 year old June Cleaver, right down to the little sweater, jewelry and hair. The son I dealt with is retired LE, now serving as regional director of a foundation that helps protect seniors from scammers and criminals. The late father, an engineer, helped design and build the Twin Towers, the son sifted through the rubble after they fell.
That son also told me a fascinating story from 40 years ago when he lived on an Indian reservation in New Mexico. One night he heard a baby crying outside their house, his wife worried that the Indians perhaps discarded their unwanted daughters. They opened the front door to find instead a tiny pup that sounded like a baby.
His wife insisted he miss work the next day and they drove 50 miles to see a vet. That's where they discovered the "dog" was in fact a wolf. To make a longer story short, she was raised with their three (unborn at the time) children and German Sheppard. He eventually placed her on a friend's 3,000 acre ranch where she could roam free till her passing of old age. How cool is that.
09-15-12, 05:36 AM
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09-15-12, 05:46 AM
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She's put a couple hundred miles on them now and I drove the car about 50 miles as well, the tires are unusually quiet and well, comfortable. Something to consider when you're looking...
Have a good one!
09-15-12, 06:02 AM
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It is all good.
09-15-12, 06:02 AM
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Understood...and it's all good, was merely pointing out that folks might be inclined to stretch the facts when selling an eight year old car but not so much when describing the purchase of same.
I'll do a search on how to post pics and see about getting a few shots taken, supposed to rain every day for the next five, thundering as I post. In the meantime, here's their advertisement which includes a few images:
http://miami.craigslist.org/pbc/cto/3246283821.html
They are a great group, the mother lives in this perfect little setting and looks just like an 85 year old June Cleaver, right down to the little sweater, jewelry and hair. The son I dealt with is retired LE, now serving as regional director of a foundation that helps protect seniors from scammers and criminals. The late father, an engineer, helped design and build the Twin Towers, the son sifted through the rubble after they fell.
That son also told me a fascinating story from 40 years ago when he lived on an Indian reservation in New Mexico. One night he heard a baby crying outside their house, his wife worried that the Indians perhaps discarded their unwanted daughters. They opened the front door to find instead a tiny pup that sounded like a baby.
His wife insisted he miss work the next day and they drove 50 miles to see a vet. That's where they discovered the "dog" was in fact a wolf. To make a longer story short, she was raised with their three (unborn at the time) children and German Sheppard. He eventually placed her on a friend's 3,000 acre ranch where she could roam free till her passing of old age. How cool is that.
I'll do a search on how to post pics and see about getting a few shots taken, supposed to rain every day for the next five, thundering as I post. In the meantime, here's their advertisement which includes a few images:
http://miami.craigslist.org/pbc/cto/3246283821.html
They are a great group, the mother lives in this perfect little setting and looks just like an 85 year old June Cleaver, right down to the little sweater, jewelry and hair. The son I dealt with is retired LE, now serving as regional director of a foundation that helps protect seniors from scammers and criminals. The late father, an engineer, helped design and build the Twin Towers, the son sifted through the rubble after they fell.
That son also told me a fascinating story from 40 years ago when he lived on an Indian reservation in New Mexico. One night he heard a baby crying outside their house, his wife worried that the Indians perhaps discarded their unwanted daughters. They opened the front door to find instead a tiny pup that sounded like a baby.
His wife insisted he miss work the next day and they drove 50 miles to see a vet. That's where they discovered the "dog" was in fact a wolf. To make a longer story short, she was raised with their three (unborn at the time) children and German Sheppard. He eventually placed her on a friend's 3,000 acre ranch where she could roam free till her passing of old age. How cool is that.
09-15-12, 06:39 AM
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Wow - great price - good looking car - if you take care of that thing it will be rolling smooth and looking good 20 years from now -