david16

Hello, I'm trying to buy 2013 RX350 with premium package. It has very low miles on it... 2300 (yes 2300 miles).
Asking price is $30500 before TT&L.

The only issue with it ... The right rear door is damaged close to the bottom like it scraped against something. There is a line that dragged to the right front door.

The carfax checked OK.

Deal or not???

rld14

Even with the damage (I am assuming you'd need to paint both doors?) it's a fair price if not CPO, a CPO should not be offered for sale with that damage.

You're buying the miles basically.

airboss

Buying used I always look at 'can I turn around and sell it tomorrow and get back 'most' of my money'? Can you spend money to fix the door, and sell it for roughly what you paid? Is the low mileage that much of a premium?

When I bought, i could have gotten a lower mileage vehicle, but at least a year, maybe two, older. I am okay with the higher mileage as I'll probably drive it roughly 5000 miles a year - so in a couple of years it will be regular mileage. You seem to value the lower mileage, I went for newer, with warranty. They're all trade-offs.

Good luck.

NateJG

For me, a car should come with a blemish - give me a few bucks off to make me feel good - and then I can get the "first dent" out of the way immediately - and just enjoy the car.

Look at it this way: Whatever you do to it (in the form of a repair) will make the car better than when you bought it. That's usually not the case with buying a blemish-free car.

(Back to my mountain top, Grasshopper)

tincan13

What's the back-story for the low miles? Spend some $$$ to have car checked out by a mechanic you trust. Keep in mind that not everything gets reported to Carfax !

TechNut

Sometimes people just don't drive them much. My wife and I recently traded our 2013 RX 350 in with 5300 miles on the odometer. My wife and I carpool and we used the more economical hybrid unless one of us had an errand or doctors appointment. The third gen RX was also pretty tall for my wife - who has developed some hip problems, so I was the only one driving it. The fact that we rarely drove it was also one of the factors in our decision to trade down to a smaller model rather than leaving it sit in the garage and continue depreciating. We did get a great deal on trade, but I still don't want to do the math to see how much we paid per mile driven. We shoulda leased that one...

My point is this: don't jump to any conclusions based on low mileage. Everyone has different needs and circumstances (like health) can change.

JT4

If everything checks out it seems like a decent deal. Since it has what sounds like minor damage why not try to negotiate the price a little.. It never hurts to ask.