mafitch

Hello,
I'm a total newbie to Lexus after driving 4 Mercedes in a row. I'm about to close a deal on a Starfire Pearl, 2010 Certified Pre-Owned LS 460 with Luxury Value Package, Preferred Accessories Package, parking sensors, heated rear seats, 19" wheels (not sport package). The car is one owner, off lease with 46,000 miles.

I have negotiated the dealer down to 45,500 +++ (they've had it for 60 days)

Is this a fair deal, and do I want to extend the warranty beyond the CPO period? I drive about 20k miles per year.

I8ABMR

I think it sounds fair. It's loaded and it is in a nice color. I think youre going to love it. The extended warranty will run you about $2800-$3600 (100K or new platinum 125K). Congrats buddy. I am sure it will bring you many happy years of motoring

Shibumi1

1st Welcome to CL..

2nd. agreed sounds like a great deal.. an starfire pearl is an amazing color.. enjoy..

stas2007

That sounds like a good deal, starfire pearl looks amazing at night, I am yet to see a better white color on any other brand. They are also pretty rare, it took me a while to find my starfire pearl 460L
Just curious why are you switching from the Mercedes?

mafitch

The short answer is that I just can't deal with the service anymore. For me, nothing matches the combination of looks, ride and handling that Mercedes does. In those regards, the brand just checks all the boxes for me. However, they are temperamental, and even the most reliable model requires what enthusiasts would call "preventative maintenance". I went along with this theory for 4 cars. The 4th one, a 2009 E320 Bluetec, didn't seem to want to cooperate. When it worked, it was great. Quiet, smooth, 27mpg city, 36 mpg hwy. But, at 48K miles it required replacement of the rear differential, clutch pack, ECM, valve body, COMAND system (nav), satellite radio module and antenna. Had these not been warranty repairs it would've been a 12-15K dollar repair bill, not to mention they had my car for over 2 weeks and I had to do battle with the dealership and Mercedes-Benz of North America to get warranty repairs made since I'd brought it in for transmission concerns 4 times in less than a year. I spent that year hearing, "there's no code stored" or "we can't duplicate the issue", but once they pulled everything out I hear, "oh, you're right, there's a code, something's wrong."

Frustrating doesn't begin to describe the process. I had purchased the extended warranty that would've taken me 3 more years or up to 135K miles, but I don't want to USE the warranty. I just want to know it's there.

Bottom line: I'm not spending anymore time in anyone's service department. I have better things to do. I'm the only member of my family that doesn't drive a Lexus or hasn't at some time, and they don't seem to have this issue. After looking at many different vehicles, I decided the CPO LS 460 was my best bet.

Let's hope I'm right.

vamsi03

Great Price for a 2010 model

G-SharK

Sounds like a good deal! Jump on it.

FrankyBoy

Owning a CLS500 myself last year this time, I know how you're feeling man! Get out of financial ruin owning a Mercedes! That's a good deal in my book!