Pics of my "new to me" 250k mile 1999 GS300

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10-18-12, 10:07 PM

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Hi! I recently traded my 98 e39 BMW for this 99 GS300. It currently has a whopping 250k miles but seems to be running strong...much stronger and smoother than the problematic BMW that I traded it for

Anyway, while browsing through the pictures on this forum, I believe "CptCrunch" used to own this car before the last owner. "CptCrunch," if you see this post, I'd really appreciate it if you could tell me whatever history you know about the car. I plan to do some preventative maintenance on it, but if some work has already been performed I'd really like to know

Anyway, here she is...needs some cleaning up but it'll be a nice and comfy daily driver

Quick wash and interior shampoo'ed before I took her home last night...

After a quick detail at the local car wash

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Here's the car I traded to get the Lexus...it looked nice but ran rough (I just couldn't bare to spend more and more money trying to resolve the issue)

That's funny, I traded a 97 e39 BMW 528i for my 99 GS300 also. My BMW looked almost exactly like that, just a different color. What a coincidence.

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10-19-12, 06:04 AM

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cleannn look man! def alot better maintenance wise from bmw to lexus lol. i cant remember the last time i took my car to a car wash EVER~! hahahahaha

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10-19-12, 10:55 AM

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Ian i had no idea you joined this forum too?

Damn Mustang Guys!

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10-19-12, 11:09 AM

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front right tire looks a little low lol

other then that, nice trade. Can't wait to see the progress.

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10-19-12, 03:21 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by a1yola

Here's the car I traded to get the Lexus...it looked nice but ran rough (I just couldn't bare to spend more and more money trying to resolve the issue)

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Originally Posted by SoicyGS300

That's funny, I traded a 97 e39 BMW 528i for my 99 GS300 also. My BMW looked almost exactly like that, just a different color. What a coincidence.

The same story here... had two E38's and really hard time with each of them...

First one ('96):

Second one ('00):

(yes, those are really two different cars

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BTW, your Lex looks very very clean

Do you plan any further mods?

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10-19-12, 04:35 PM

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Very nice GS with those miles... Becareful going through those car washes... Just get some new headlights and your Golden... Nice pickup boss

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10-19-12, 04:37 PM

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Hey ian, i still got the carfax when i bought the car. Pm if u want it.

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10-19-12, 07:04 PM

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Originally Posted by BayAreaLex

If you are going to have any car with 250K miles, the GS300 is the one. It's just getting starts ;-)

Thought I see that BMW on cafords?

Yup, cafords is my "home" lol! I'm sydewaysix on there. What's your name on there??

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That's funny, I traded a 97 e39 BMW 528i for my 99 GS300 also. My BMW looked almost exactly like that, just a different color. What a coincidence.

Yea, even with all the miles this Lexus has, it still runs way better than my bimmer did!

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cleannn look man! def alot better maintenance wise from bmw to lexus lol. i cant remember the last time i took my car to a car wash EVER~! hahahahaha

I usually don't either, but it was getting late when I picked up the car and I needed to get it somewhat cleaned before presenting it to the wife lol!

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Ian i had no idea you joined this forum too?

Damn Mustang Guys!

Ismael, yea bro, I just joined too! We mustang guys need reliable and comfortable DD's

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front right tire looks a little low lol

other then that, nice trade. Can't wait to see the progress.

Yea, it was low for sure. Thanks for the compliment!

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Originally Posted by michal5000

The same story here... had two E38's and really hard time with each of them...

First one ('96):

Second one ('00):

(yes, those are really two different cars

)

BTW, your Lex looks very very clean

Do you plan any further mods?

Nice bimmers! But Japanese cars are just way easier and cheaper to maintain!

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Very nice GS with those miles... Becareful going through those car washes... Just get some new headlights and your Golden... Nice pickup boss

Thanks bro! I'm really liking it right now. No more car washes moving forward for sure...especially since the car is black!

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Hey ian, i still got the carfax when i bought the car. Pm if u want it.

Yea, I could use it for sure. PM me withy the info. Thanks Ray!

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10-20-12, 01:57 AM

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Welcome and congrats on the GS

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10-28-12, 04:35 AM

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Get that tint fixed man, car may not look like it has 200k miles but that tint does, lol. Also don't use windex on tint ...

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10-28-12, 05:26 AM

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Congrats on your new purchase.

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10-28-12, 05:39 AM

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Nice pick up bro, and the good thing is you got a heads up with the history of the car...wish you all the best, keep us posted.

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10-28-12, 10:31 AM

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Thanks fellas! I just ordered a bunch of parts for it with the plan of making it reliable again. I don't really plan to mod it much, just want to bring it back to being a clean and reliable daily driver. If anything, I may get some coilovers and new wheels, but the current setup will work for now.

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