Car Questions Lexus ES 350

Milovan1 said:

This is a pic of the 2004 Lexus ES 300 I bought 2 years ago in absolute great condition inside and out
for $3,800 cash. Had 64,000 miles on it at the time. Runs great and not a single problem since I bought it knock on wood.

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Ha...I have a 2002 GS 300 I paid 3,500$ for...I've had it goin on 3yrs...I've had to replace the radiator bc the fiberglass portion of it was getting hairline fractures in it but other than that zero probs...also knock on wood...
They're good cars

Meast21 said:

I put in my vin # in multiple websites and it says there is no recall. I then searched "2018 Lexus ES 350" and there is recall for the fuel pump. So what's up recall or not??

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Recalls are vin specific. Could be that that particular 2018 ES350 is not one of the recalled vehicles. The only site that will have accurate info is the one from the manufacturer. https://www.toyota.com/recall

sf_frankie said:

Recalls are vin specific. Could be that that particular 2018 ES350 is not one of the recalled vehicles. The only site that will have accurate info is the one from the manufacturer. https://www.toyota.com/recall

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Thanks. Is this website like up to the day??

sf_frankie said:

Recalls are vin specific. Could be that that particular 2018 ES350 is not one of the recalled vehicles. The only site that will have accurate info is the one from the manufacturer. https://www.toyota.com/recall

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Nope no recall.. This car is 4k under the KBB fair price.. A bunch of people must have looked at it and thought this car is the opposite of a pussy magnate.

Meast21 said:

Thanks. Is this website like up to the day??

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Probably not. It’s probably off by a week at least. Call your local Lexus dealer and give them the vin and ask them if there’s any open recalls or campaigns.

GrassBurner said:

It's a dressed up Toyota, and Toyota makes quality cars. If it's still under warranty, go for it. I'd lowball them since it's been on the lot so long. They might have too much into it to let it go to auction. Don't pay more than Bluebook.

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4k under the KBB fair price.

sf_frankie said:

Probably not. It’s probably off by a week at least. Call your local Lexus dealer and give them the vin and ask them if there’s any open recalls or campaigns.

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This recall is from Nov 2020 so I should be good to go.

Meast21 said:

This recall is from Nov 2020 so I should be good to go.

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You’d be surprised. I’ve worked on cars that had recalls open for years and years. If it’s not listed on the website it’s probably fine. But having an open recall would be a good thing in your case if you read any of my previous posts.

sf_frankie said:

You’d be surprised. I’ve worked on cars that had recalls open for years and years. If it’s not listed on the website it’s probably fine. But having an open recall would be a good thing in your case if you read any of my previous posts.

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Yeah I will prob just take it in the next year to the Lexus dealership and get a synthetic oil change and make sure the do a MPI.

Meast21 said:

Yeah I will prob just take it in the next year to the Lexus dealership and get a synthetic oil change and make sure the do a MPI.

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Good call. The earlier you do it the better. And I’m serious about the donuts. People shit on service advisors day in and day out. A small gesture of kindness goes a long way.

$8,000 on a credit card for a car down payment?

Get a financial advisor.

And a Murano.

tangerinegreen555 said:

$8,000 on a credit card for a car down payment?

Get a financial advisor.

And a Murano.

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An instant $8000 credit balance on a card will likely ding your credit score enough to kick you out of tier 1 auto financing rate and raise your loan rate.....he better crunch the numbers on this one....best of luck

They only let me do 3k on a credit card and 5k bank draft when they drop the car off... I'm paying the car off in 2 months so I don't care anyways.

Meast21 said:

They only let me........... snip......

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Who talks like that?

Meast21 said:

They only let me do 3k on a credit card and 5k bank draft when they drop the car off... I'm paying the car off in 2 months so I don't care anyways.

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If you can afford to pay it off in 2 months then why did you wanna make an 8k down payment on a CC?

Meast21 said:

I'm thinging about buying this 2018 Lexus ES 350. I have two questions
1.) Do car dealerships accept credit card payments of 8k for down payments??
2.) Car I'm looking at sat on the lot for 6 months, is this bad for the car??

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get a convertible




way cooler

lexus is just a name bro, mercs n bmw better imho


my family member has a lexus, he went from a convertible to a lexus and so on etc etc etc




some people own rocket cars n dragsters n shit ... get one of them

smoothJoe said:

lexus is just a name bro, mercs n bmw better imho


my family member has a lexus, he went from a convertible to a lexus and so on etc etc etc




some people own rocket cars n dragsters n shit ... get one of them

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Oh ya... German sedans are way more well known for reliability than Toyota. It's the extra 13 steps it takes to take off one bolt that really makes bimmers, and mercs shine

srh88 said:

Oh ya... German sedans are way more well known for reliability than Toyota. It's the extra 13 steps it takes to take off one bolt that really makes bimmers, and mercs shine

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i just bought a jetta tdi with 38k. so far it's easy to work on. got a oil and fuel filter change to do pretty soon. i hope it's not too bad. lol. (knocks on wood)

srh88 said:

Oh ya... German sedans are way more well known for reliability than Toyota. It's the extra 13 steps it takes to take off one bolt that really makes bimmers, and mercs shine

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I thought that was anything made after 1990...