foeix

I am in the market for a Non-Nav 07+ GX470 with less than 100K miles. A unicorn Sport without Nav would be a home run.

Currently scouring Autotrader, Ebay, Craigslist and Carfax.

Happy to fly anywhere in the country for the right truck.

Any tips or tricks for finding a good truck - or other places to look?

Or if you have one shoot me a PM...

NTH

Always do a PPI. It's only a few hundred bucks but will save you some headaches.

wnyjazz

I use www.cargurus.com and www.carsforsale.com a lot.

Dallasguy1

I picked one last year '07 80k miles for 16500 no nav, super clean and clean carfax. Had to refinish the wheels paint was bubbled up.

LoneHiker

Be sure to factor in the location when pricing your GX. Rustbelt GX's can have significant corrosion.

You can tune your craigslist searches to cover a fairly wide area using the "include nearby areas" and "distance" settings, that's how I found mine. You can set up the search exactly the way you want it, then drag the link to your desktop (or bookmark the page) so you don't have to re-enter the info each time. You can also do that for many different geographic areas, and drag each link to your desktop. It's a quick way to scan a large area daily.

My GX was listed on both Craigslist and Cargurus.com. I found cargurus to be a pretty decent site for car shopping and price comparing.

BradTank

I never use the Navigation on mine and it's really dated now, but I wouldn't let that feature be a deal breaker for the right one. If nothing else, the backup camera feature is nice.

HDavidB

I just bought the same vehicle last Friday, got it in time for our Thanksgiving long weekend.
07 No Nav, 129,000 kms ( roughly 81,000 miles ), very clean, no accidents, Ash Blue.
Drives better than my 06 GS 300AWD !!

Ohhhh.. wheels have the exact same issue ( bubbled up ).
Next weekend, refinish wheels and install the trailer hitch plate.

Forgot to mention that I wasn't specifically looking for a NON-Nav... I just called my buddy who deals in used cars and originally got us our GS300.
I'd prefer to have the backup camera and BT built in.. why do you want a NON Nav ?

mtrain

I recommend using searchtempest.com. It searches all craigslists across the country. You can order them by nearest city or by date posts. It was really helpful in find my rig.

chiph9

Can you reply to this so we know you're not a bot?
Thanks.

Chip H.

mtrain

Chip,

I'm not a bot. Here's my GX that I purchased out of Portland, OR back in August.

My GX

chiph9

Thanks. Your wording was pretty close to some sales bots I've seen before and I just wanted to check.

Nice looking GX. I don't see enough Nautical Blue Metallic ones around.

Chip H.

NMBruce

I use searchtempest.com all the time. I found mine on cars.com, just lucky enough to be the first caller and the guy was nice enough to let me see it before others. I had to go from southwest CO to CA but it was worth it. Non nav are out there, just be ready to jump on one if you find what you want. If you got friends in other cities, see if they will check cars out for you.

I now have a nice Kenwood DNX893s in the truck and next year, I hope to replace speakers and wire up the system direct from the hear unit.

mstrsltr

Hey Chip!

I'm looking at a GX up in the Northwest. How's the undercarriage on yours looking? What with the constantly wet, coastal weather that it lived in for years.

Thanks!

chiph9

I think you meant to address mtrain. I'm in Texas and have zero rust.

Chip H.

BlackCat81

Cargurus app works wonders.