Urgent: Carfax Question!

[nicksan]

As you know I am picking up my 2001 ES today.

I was doing a final review of the CarFax report, which came out clean, and I noticed something in the Detailed Vehicle History section.

This vehicle was a privately owned car manufactured in 12/26/2000.

The person sold his vehicle between 06/11/03 and 03/10/04, probably closer to the latter date since that entry says "Dealer Inventory, Vehicle offered for sale".

8 days later, on 03/18/04, they did a NYS Inspection.

Then 3 months later, on 06/11/04 it has another entry, the same thing as the one on 03/10/04 "Dealer Inventory, Vehicle offered for sale".

03/10/04 : Dealer Inventory, Vehicle offered for sale

03/18/04 : NYS Inspection

06/11/04 : Dealer Inventory, Vehicle offered for sale

I'm wondering about the Vehicle offered for sale appearing twice?

Just shuffling around the dealer?

I know that the particular Lexus Dealer owns another dealership about 10 minutes away...

Or were they just checking their inventory again?

I guess this means that the car was sitting on the lot for 4 ~ 5 months. Kinda makes me wonder why nobody snatched it up. It was listed at $26.5k so I don't know if the price turned people off...

Just trying to cover all loose ends.

Anyone have a take on all this?

Thanks

Nick

[jragosta]

As you know I am picking up my 2001 ES today.

I was doing a final review of the CarFax report, which came out clean, and I noticed something in the Detailed Vehicle History section.

This vehicle was a privately owned car manufactured in 12/26/2000.

The person sold his vehicle between 06/11/03 and 03/10/04, probably closer to the latter date since that entry says "Dealer Inventory, Vehicle offered for sale".

8 days later, on 03/18/04, they did a NYS Inspection.

Then 3 months later, on 06/11/04 it has another entry, the same thing as the one on 03/10/04 "Dealer Inventory, Vehicle offered for sale".

03/10/04 : Dealer Inventory, Vehicle offered for sale

03/18/04 : NYS Inspection

06/11/04 : Dealer Inventory, Vehicle offered for sale

I'm wondering about the Vehicle offered for sale appearing twice?

Just shuffling around the dealer?

I know that the particular Lexus Dealer owns another dealership about 10 minutes away...

Or were they just checking their inventory again?

I guess this means that the car was sitting on the lot for 4 ~ 5 months. Kinda makes me wonder why nobody snatched it up. It was listed at $26.5k so I don't know if the price turned people off...

Just trying to cover all loose ends.

Anyone have a take on all this?

Thanks

Nick

I can see why the price might keep it on the lot for a while.

You can get a brand new one for $31 K. I can easily see why $26.5 K for a 3-4 year old car with 25 K miles might turn people off.

[iammikey]

My co-worker ran her car on Carfax which did not show the major accident she was in. Consider how long it takes to do a major repair as well.

[Lexusfreak]

Agreed! The high price was most likely the main reason why the car remained on the dealers lot. nice, I'm suprised how expensive the "Lexus" extended warranty was! I purchased my ES from a Lexus dealer & they offered the "Lexus" extended warranty for $1,300 Canadian funds! That covers everything for an additional 3 years or 120,000 miles which ever comes first & I have just over 50k miles on her now. It does sound like the car is a "peach" however B)

[nicksan]

Check that.

The car was CPO and it came with 3years 100k mile warranty.

They were offering me extra coverage, 5 years 100k...but in fact the difference is only 2 years b/c it's not a piggy-back policy, it's effective from the date of purchase.

They wanted $2100 for that one and I kindly declined.

I got the car for $24k.

I don't think I got a GREAT deal, but just a "fair" deal.

Rides great.