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Lexus RX 350 Prices Paid and Buying Experience

3106 messages,  Last post on Nov 27, 2009 at 1:04 PM

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What is this discussion about? Lexus RX 350, Car Buying, SUV


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Re: I've never purchased a used car before... [stanglx718] by sxylxy
Jun 06, 2009 (7:21 am)
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Replying to: stanglx718 (Apr 15, 2009 4:21 am)

What did you finally decide?
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Re: Buying out a lease? [kyfdx] by sxylxy
Jun 06, 2009 (7:22 am)
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Replying to: kyfdx (Jun 06, 2009 7:19 am)

The car is a 2007 with 32K miles.
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Re: Buying out a lease? [sxylxy] by kyfdx HOST
Jun 06, 2009 (7:27 am)
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Replying to: sxylxy (Jun 06, 2009 7:22 am)

Well.. first... you have to decide if the car is worth buying out.. Then, assuming it is, do you still want to drive it for at least three more years?
 
You can get a good idea of it's current wholesale value, here:
Real-World Trade-In Values
 
Good luck!
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Re: remote start [rparis] by smr36
Jun 06, 2009 (10:25 am)
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Replying to: rparis (Jun 05, 2009 9:08 am)

"In cold weather areas, people like to start the car before getting into it so the vehicle will not be ice cold when first starting out on a trip."
 
    Thanks, I live in So CA so the idea didn't register.
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Re: remote start [smr36] by kyfdx HOST
Jun 06, 2009 (11:06 am)
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Replying to: smr36 (Jun 06, 2009 10:25 am)

Sure... rub it in..
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How do you find invoice prices? by beginnerbuyer
Jun 06, 2009 (3:06 pm)
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As the name indicates, I am a first time buyer of a car. I never needed one before as I live in New York City, but will now be doing country driving, sometimes in rough weather. After extensive research of what I consider to be comparable vehicles (Audi Q5, Infiniti FX 35, etc.), I'm negotiating on the 2010 Lexus RX 350 AWD. Color isn't too important, something dark, black or blue. Anyway, I want the premium package, the comfort package, and the navigation package. I'm finding that there is never a car that has EXACTLY what you want! You've always got to take a little less or a little more. In my case, it's a little more, including the remote start and the tow prep, neither of which I want. We all know the MSRP, which, in my case comes to $47,200. I consider that a starting price, but what would all of you experienced experts, especially Car Man, consider a good, or great, ending price? And how do you get invoice prices?
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Re: How do you find invoice prices? [beginnerbuyer] by newkid300
Jun 06, 2009 (5:04 pm)
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Replying to: beginnerbuyer (Jun 06, 2009 3:06 pm)

You should not have to take more than you want. Try Catena in Larchmont or Rallye in Glen Cove. They just got their June allocations. I am in the process of leasing a 2010 RX350 with Premium, Nav etc. comes to either 47666 or 48500 roughly on the MSRP. I got prices to buy of about $44300. I am leasing but those are the buy prices. Play hardball. I suggest internet contact to 2 or three dealerships. Tell them that you do not have time to play games. You want their best price and if they have it, you will buy the car from them. From whatever their "best" price is, you should be able to get few hundred more off. Try configuring the vehicle on this sited under "new cars." Put in the options you want and you will get the MSRP, invoice and what other people are allegedly paying for it. Good luck.
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Re: How do you find invoice prices? [newkid300] by beginnerbuyer
Jun 06, 2009 (10:46 pm)
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Replying to: newkid300 (Jun 06, 2009 5:04 pm)

I appreciate your advice, and will try "new cars" on this site right now. I didn't realize you could get different dealers to compete. I don't want to ask too many dumb questions, but isn't there some kind of central inventory that they all use to find your car, or does each dealer have his own exclusive inventory? Otherwise they will know, as you go looking for the same car from dealer to dealer, and if they were smart, they would try and protect themselves against that. Thanks again for your help.
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A Canadian buyer-lease or finance by skyice
Jun 06, 2009 (11:15 pm)
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I am new in this forum. I live in Canada. Today, I went to a local dealership to test-drive a used 2007 RX350 with premium package with 101k. The sale price is CDN$33K. At the end, the dealer told me if I lease a brand new 2010 RX350 is better than buying an used one. He told me about a security deposit program with Lexus, which will offer me a leasing rate as low as 2.1%. Every CDN$500 I deposit in Lexus will reduce 0.2% off the original 3.9% 4-year leasing rate. After I deposit CDN$4500, I can get 1.8% off 3.9%, which is 2.1%. This is the maxium discount rate that I can get. So, under the 2.1% 4-year leasing rate, the monthly payment will be $551 for premium package model WITH 10K down payment and the residual value is about CDN23k. After 4 years, if I decide to return the vehicle to the dealer, I can get my $4500 deposit back. If I buy a used RX, I will pay slightly less amount every month under 3.9% best financing rate they can offer. My question is, is it worthy to lease a brand new RX? I never did that before. So what should I worry about in the lease term? Also, if I go to purchase a RX in the US, can I carry the warranty over to Canada?
 
Thanks for your help in advance.
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auto broker by tyler70
Jun 07, 2009 (12:20 am)
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has anyone tried to buy a new car using the auto brokers? is it better than buying it thru the internet fleet dept ? I met someone and she bought a brand new 2010 rx in April with all fullly loaded, including the luxury package and head up display and navigation package for $46k including all taxes & DMV registration. I tried to look up the price for this vehicle with these options and the invoice for this vehicle is apprx $44k. Which means that she got it for apprx $2k off the Edmunds invoice price. One thing is that she paid off the veh and there is no finance. but even with paying cash for it, it is still too good to be true, but there is no reason for her to lie to me. she even gave me the infor of the auto broker she used. can anyone answer this for me. ?

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