LUXOBARGE (sub5k) of the week/day

That 06 CL is cheap, really cheap. Incredible car to drive and surprisingly frugal

2.2 manual! That is amazing

polan wrote: »

it's only a 306hp V8 though, they've used that engine since the 90s

You're thinking of the M119 V8 used in the SL and S class until 1999 after which the M113 was used and is in the C215 CL.

The M113 is almost 30bhp less than the M119 but is considerably more economical. While it's 0-60 time isn't impressive as it's almost 2 tons, it's certainly not a slow car

Gone!

And a grand extra on the tax bill each year.
That 08 was worth swapping an engine into for the tax benefits alone. If it was a flooded car, it was worthless.

I quite like the way this ad is presented:
https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/lexus-gs450h-tax-oct-2017-nct-sep-2018/16456327

'07 GS450h looks like the owner keeps it pretty clean and they mention claying the car so they're familiar with proper detailing methods. Little bit of tax is always nice on a machine like this too.

eeguy wrote: »

If the road tax wasn't half the price of the car I'd jump on this!

The tax being half the price of the car is the main reason the asking price is only twice the price of the tax.

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

He only owns is since 27/07/2017 and mentions needing to downsize as he is getting a newer mortgage, I suppose could be legit but selling a car after owning it for less than 6 weeks would be a tad strange. Otherwise looks a good deal, I checked insurance for it, mine would go up about 35% for it, taking me over a grand.

Where did you get that from?

Seller has a Santa Fe for sale too.

It could just be the family wagon too, to be fair.

I saw a similar car in Blackrock a few weeks ago, could possibly be this one? (I've deleted pictures from phone, don't have advert saved). Chap was selling it on behalf of an estate/executor sale, was nice black 450h like that, same interior, mileage around the 100k I think; ful service history. Seller didn't seem keen to sell (got impression he was happy having the car to drive around in!). I saw it with a CEL on, googled the dash-message and it could have meant anything from a dodgy seal on the petrol cap to traction control issues.

I'd have gone back for another look even with the CEL, but ad was taken down 1 day later (maybe sold).

Whether or not this is same car, if this looks good otherwise, it could be worth investigating even if it did turn out to have a fault (would price the repair and make a call then). They're lovely machines if you can stomach the tax.