KA8

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Yes they are reliable. My beater LS has 255K miles and still runs like new. Bought for $1600 and spent about $700 in parts alone with labor done by myself. Love these cars as daily. These cars are reliable but can be a pita if you cannot troubleshoot and repair most problems yourself.

LsG86

I agree if u can do most of the repairs yourself, these cars are pretty easy to maintain and easy on the wallet. Believe it or not I actually purchase a 91 Ls400 for $1300 from a co worker and the car only had 120k on it, it just needed a good cleaning and tune up

MngreLMatt

As far as I know, this is not true. Although it does make a fun fairy-tale. If I had to guess, even with perfect maintenance and easy driving I'm sure that car is on its 2nd transmission at least. As far as the engine goes, it wouldn't surprise me if it was the original given it was properly maintained.

These cars are great. I don't want to take away from what others have said on here, just trying to keep things realistic so we don't wrongly pump up a car that can speak for itself just fine.

Good luck on the search,

Matt

LsG86

I will say this, about two years ago I saw an ad on Craig's list for a white 2nd gen LS, the price was dirt cheap(I think less than 1000), I looked at the pics and the pic of the odo read over 470,xxx miles! I though that was impressive considering the ad said the car still runs. The car did look like it was neglected and had cosmetic damage.
If a Ls400 has been maintained properly its entire life, I believe they will go 300k on the original engine and tranny easily, and mabey even 400k and beyond.