I recently purchased a 2006 GX 470 under the Lexus Certified Pre-Owned program. So far, we love it, and I will post a more comprehensive review of it later.
For the moment, though, my curiosity is piqued. In finding the car, I went to a lot of Lexus dealer CPO sites, and looked at a lot of cars on-line. One benefit of the Lexus CPO program is that one is able to view the car's Carfax report on-line. In reviewing the Carfax reports, I noted that most of the vehicles had been registered to the original owner, and then acquired by the selling dealer from an auction, prior to be entered into the CPO program.
Question is, does anyone know anything about these auctions? My concept of auto auctions is a smoky place where people pack differentials with sawdust before push-starting the cars and running them through the auctions. Clearly, if they are selling one-owner Lexus cars, my concept is dated and wrong.
Maybe we'd like to go to such an auction. Are they open to the public?
Dave
