A friend of ours had her 08 RL totaled last week. Her daughter was merging on the highway and didn't know what it was but saw a large object hit the road to the left of her and disappear. It turns out that large object were two tires coming off of and from the broken axle of a 10 wheel dump truck at highway speed. They reappeared by slamming into the trunk of the RL and pushing it into the back seat. Fortunately her daughter is fine but does have some knee pain, but the RL is done. I've seen pictures (don't have them or I would post) and you can definitely see the two large verticle impressions the tires made in what used to be the trunk. Essentially the trunk was smashed and pushed forward into the rear seat. After being hit, she was able to mostly keep control of the car and wound up finally stopping with the right hand side of the car against the guardrail.
With all that being said, I'm trying to help them find a roughly equivalent replacement RL. It was a 2008 RL with Tech package and about 75K on the odometer. I guess I didn't realize the RL was such a low volume seller but pickens are slim to put it mildly. I've looked at a whole bunch of local dealer sites, Cars.com, Autobytel.com, Edmunds.com, KBB.com and there is next to nothing local and only one or two within 200 miles of metro Boston. Actually there are 36, but she would like to stay within the 2005-2008 body style with mileage and cost considerations. Anyone have any other thoughts or suggestions? :scratch:
She is looking at MBs, (C and E class) BMWs, (5 series) Audis (A6) and Infiniti's (M) too but I am trying to steer her away from the German marques. I, personally, would never own a German marque out of warranty.
Thoughts? Ideas?
With all that being said, I'm trying to help them find a roughly equivalent replacement RL. It was a 2008 RL with Tech package and about 75K on the odometer. I guess I didn't realize the RL was such a low volume seller but pickens are slim to put it mildly. I've looked at a whole bunch of local dealer sites, Cars.com, Autobytel.com, Edmunds.com, KBB.com and there is next to nothing local and only one or two within 200 miles of metro Boston. Actually there are 36, but she would like to stay within the 2005-2008 body style with mileage and cost considerations. Anyone have any other thoughts or suggestions? :scratch:
She is looking at MBs, (C and E class) BMWs, (5 series) Audis (A6) and Infiniti's (M) too but I am trying to steer her away from the German marques. I, personally, would never own a German marque out of warranty.
Thoughts? Ideas?