MQM

Just bought a black cherry/Grey 98 LS400...Very excited, very lucky for the mileage..I couldnt believe it, i asked them who owned the car before, it was owned by a 59 year old doctor with six other cars, so this car was never driven. It doesnt have the nakamichi or navigation, but its got enough for me.

Again very excited!!

gs400998

Congrats and welcome to CL.

Horta

MQM

You have one great car!! WOW only 17k. You have a Brand New Car....You are going to love it. Trust me, driving to the store or anywhere for that matter will never be the same.

I bought my 98 with 24k on it and have loved every minute. I've have it for 10 months and already put 15k on it. It really is a Dream Car.

Well Congratulations and Enjoy it.

Jerry

PS I dont know for how long you have been reading CL but if you just started keep reading. You will find ALL kinds of great info. If you want do yourself the favor of doing a search under my Name HORTA. You will find some good info for you 98.

Take some pictures when you get time...

MQM

Thanks everyone for the great replies! I plan to be a long time member

Richie

Sounds like you got yourself a deal of a lifetime there

Vik

Congrats !

I too bought 95 LS400 last week from dealership It was the only LS400 available in the entire state.
Mine has 83K miles (133.000 Kms) and exterior/interior colours are exacly the same as Horta's.

PS:
second-hand Lexuses are 2-3 times more expensive here than in US
1998 LS400 70-85K $aud (40-49K $US)

mikhailw

How much did you pay for the 98 with 17K miles?

MQM

29k plus tax

I think it was a good deal considering other ls400's i was looking at.

eDiddy

MQM,

Congrats, that was a great find. I can relate to how you feel. I picked up a '99 with 20k back in February. It was on the lot of a Benz dealer. The story was that it was some old guy's(like 80) winter car down in Florida. He got it back up here to the North to trade in on a new Benz. His loss, this is a wonderful car. I had to have it as soon as I test drove it.

After I bought it, I did bring it over to the Lexus dealer and had them look up the maintenance history. It was pretty clean. I also had the differential and transmissions fluids changed out shortly after I got it. Even though the car had relative no miles, the fluids were stiill 3-4 years old and I wondered about their effectiveness.

Enjoy the ride..

MQM

Thanks, as soon as i get a chance i'll stop by the dealer and do the same.

Horta

Hey MQM

I agree take it to the dealer to be serviced. I imidiatly took it if and had the 30k service done even though it only had 24k miles. Why the 30k service mainly because all the fluid were flushed out sence they were so old. At the same time if there are ANY imperfection of the car this is the time to hit the dealer up for warrenty repairs.

Jerry

HMCGARY

I just lost my 1998 ls 400 with 90k. the car was in excellent condition and insurance paid me well for it.
I am back on ebay looking for another one.

MQM

I have an uncle that lives in orland park, check out lexus of orland park i hear they have good service and a good variety of used ls's..

DL_C32

I spot a few good deal on www.recycler.com. One '98 LS400 with only 18M and NAVI system is asking for $21K. One '99 LS400 with NAVI system (don't know milage) is asking for $22k.
What should I looking for when I test drive LS400? Any particuler problems I need to watch for?
Appreciate your help.

azari

is that right?!!!!! A '98 LS400 with only 18k miles can be picked up for around 20 grands? WOW, that's amazingly good If that's the case, then my next car might as well be an LS400 of that vintage! But that's going to be in a while, and so the price will drop even more That's great.