rev up your engine today I'm gonna talk about one of the most popular and perhaps the
best built SUV that you can get for the money this is the lexus rx350 2009 11
years old but under the hood take a listen as I start it up still
runs like a top and as smooth as can be will turn that off now it's even
quieter then put it in gear look at this no shaking smooth the silk who was it a
hundred hundred seventy nine thousand miles look at this the short term fuel
is just 0.8 and then sometimes it's zero when it's zero that means it's running
perfectly it's not having to add or subtract fuel I get some new cars that
don't even go that good when it's point eight that's 1/10 of 1% that it's
adjusting which is practically nothing you don't have a problem till you get
20-25 percent off this thing is just about as good as a brand new car but
it's 11 years old and there's 179 thousand miles on it
they don't give these things away this one was originally 38,500 oz still the
reasonable amount of money back then and it's not a race car it's a beautiful SUV
top speed 155 comfortable leather seats nice wood grain steering column lots of
room in the back this isn't some toy that has a tiny back seat you can easily
fit three people comfortably in a back seat of this thing and yet it's still
got a lot of trunk space it's got the nice top so nobody can see what's inside
and you got room for all kinds of things plus you flip these seats forward man
you got all kinds of room for carrying stuff if necessary they also have plenty
of power if you want to tow something but the main selling point
smooth engine and transmission it's got an ultra reliable v6 engine I've seen
this things with handsome miles on them and they still have the
original engine head gasket and the automatic transmissions are smooth as
silk in these things and the ride as you're going down the road there's nice
and cushy not for those fanatic people who really want more of a sports SUV
yeah the Acuras do have better handling than these do when it comes to an
overall ride put my rear end in one of these Lexuses I'll getting a ride to
California from Texas in a heartbeat I wouldn't think twice they are just so
comfortable of course being an 09 it's got old technology it's got an mp3
player and it's got a small screen but hey it's a lexus this stuff still works
even though it's 11 year old my wife's 18 year old lexus everything still works
on that too it's got one of those six CD changers they still work perfectly fine
everything on it still works from the cruise control to the security system
that still works this baby still has the original struts on it and it rides fine
contrary to what the dealer told my customer when he went there tried to
sell them all new struts for thousands of dollars this car does not really need
that done that's how well-made these things are they can last and last and
yeah you're gonna pay more for one there's no doubting it but if you
amortize what you pay and how many years or decades
you can drive these things they're still a bargain when you put together an ultra
reliable Toyota v6 engine that puts out 270 horsepower with the extremely
reliable five-speed Automatic Toyota transmission lasts a long time and get
decent gas mileage for what they are they're a heavy SUV this particular one
gets about 24 miles a gallon and on a highway yeah no great shakes today for
the ride and the luxury that you have do you really care about a few miles per
gallon I don't my wife's Lexus it gets about the same it gets about twenty-four
twenty-five miles a gallon when you're driving it on a highway
it's the reliability and comfort that makes these things popular you can
five ten hours I used to do that in other cars myself forgot my watch Lexus
when that used to get sore my back and get sore I'm driving I tell my wife hey
look no more sore neck or back ever since we got you there Lexus I can just
drive and try and drive and I'm an old man so you think I'd be falling apart as
they get older and not be able to drive further than I used to when you consider
the relatively high price of these things the RX series through history
they solved over 2 million rxs at the price that they cost now considering
that Volkswagen sold millions of beetles and they were cheap little cars
Toyota sold millions and millions and millions of Toyota Corollas the fact
that they sold millions of these things says volumes about how the vehicles are
made how long they last and how much people actually like them and yes even
if you follow Scotty's advice and buy used one to save money they still have
extremely high resale values because they're so popular and they can last so
long there's nothing wrong with buying one of
these things used if it's got 100,000 miles on it I had a customer five years
ago by one with a hundred thousand miles he's still driving it today it's got
250,000 miles on it still has the original engine the original
transmission the original air-conditioning system their solid
built vehicles no take this particular one look AHA it was made in Canada
Cambridge Ontario in the same place my toyota was made you're gonna save you
but watching our videos hi Scotty I says bike Japanese cars made in Japan well
Canadians also make excellent cars the Cambridge Ontario for quite some time
I've seen no quality control problems with them what so ever
Canadians thought to make I was like I had a Ford when I was a kid that I
bought that was made in Oakville Ontario that thing ran and
and ran Canadians know how to make cars cars people always like to have the Windsor
v8 engines and it Ford Mustangs just where they were made Windsor Ontario
that's why they called them Windsor v8 and in a case of this Canadian made
lexus rx350 the proof is in the pudding this thing still runs like a clock
customers had no real problems with the thing and for an 11 year old car you
know it's dirty we had a dust storm last night it's still pretty sharp looking
something that's 11 years old even the wheel are in pretty good shape so
when you drive one of these things around you just feel solid and safe even
an 11-year old one it's got a hundred and seventy nine thousand miles on it
it's just so smooth you come to the stop sign hey are things shaking no they're
not shaking even in an old car like this and yes they're not race cars but 270
horsepower you step on the gas hey isn't that slow so now you know the truth
about these rx350 and lexus has sold quite a few of them even though they're
rather expensive in this case you actually do get what you pay for and
here's some bonus questions and answers target Robbie 64 says Scott I really
appreciate what you're doing the time to answer my bootys questions what's your
advice on purchasing a used first car a lot of junk out there I don't wanna
caught in the trap of a money pit yes you absolutely positively want a really
reliable car just stick to like looking at Toyota Camrys Toyota Corollas Honda
Civics and Honda Accords if you want a car if you want to ask UV same basic
stuff Toyota's Honda's you're always gonna get a better deal going through
any of those things like car trade or Craigslist you go to a dealer they got
cars if they're popular like that and everybody knows they're good cars they
charge way too much money most dealerships are charging two to three
times what they paid for a used car to sell it to you because generally they're
financed so that realize if you're buying a used car and you have the cash
you wanna buy from a private individual because nowadays the dealers they don't
care about cash they say same price cares your credit well come on now if
somebody's loaning you money and your pay
by the month you're gonna pay more than you should if you pay cash and if
they're not gonna deal with your dealer just say I'll go buy it from a private
individual because a lot of them will not deal with cash they won't give you a
better deal that says it's the same price because for them they get a
percentage of the sale price and they don't want smaller percentage so they're
gonna say it makes no difference well I deal with people like that well
look at Craigslist Auto Trader all those things you never know what you're gonna
find I just had a customer yesterday
bought a beautiful f150 had sixty thousand miles on it just absolutely phenomenal
for twelve five it was an auto trader and it was an older gentleman who
couldn't drive it anymore and his son was selling it and the guy everybody was
happy he got good money for it but the other guy got a truck with sixty
thousand miles on that look brand spanking new that an old man had driven
that had no dings no wrecks you lived out in the country so do you get they last
longer there because people don't bash into your cars as much in the country at
parking lots and stuff everything's alright open so some of those things are
just cream in here in Texas they don't rust so look for a private dea,l so if you
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