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I just bought one too for $500. Mine is white but it's also wrecked. But the car runs. I just need to buy a ffront bumper and so forth. Maybe another $500 worth.
I guess I got lucky today. I opened up the glove box and found a receipt for the set of tires with the owner's name prior to the PO I bought it from. The receipt was pretty detailed, giving me the individual's name and the place that did the work. A simple internet search yielded his phone number and I got to talk to him!
It was his wife's car and she drove it for 13 years before they traded it in last year. in 2012 he spent $2k on the car and the timing belt was done by the Lexus dealer in Orlando! He also said the crankshaft seal and the tensioners were changed too. Guess I can cross that maintenance item off my list!
I guess I got lucky today. I opened up the glove box and found a receipt for the set of tires with the owner's name prior to the PO I bought it from. The receipt was pretty detailed, giving me the individual's name and the place that did the work. A simple internet search yielded his phone number and I got to talk to him!
It was his wife's car and she drove it for 13 years before they traded it in last year. in 2012 he spent $2k on the car and the timing belt was done by the Lexus dealer in Orlando! He also said the crankshaft seal and the tensioners were changed too. Guess I can cross that maintenance item off my list!
As I said previously:
"With regards to the timing belt, yours is a non-interference motor, so the risk is moderately low of a severely costly breakdown. If the dealership thinks it was done 2 years ago (you can set up an account on Lexus' website and view all the dealer maintenance records for the VIN), I would just take one of the plastic cam covers off (the driver's side is much easier, as the pass. side requires removing the air intake) and do a visual inspection. If the belt looks fresh with no cracks, it probably was done fairly recently like they said."
There need be no luck or guesswork involved. You can view all that info for yourself without any detective work, as long as it was dealer serviced.
"With regards to the timing belt, yours is a non-interference motor, so the risk is moderately low of a severely costly breakdown. If the dealership thinks it was done 2 years ago (you can set up an account on Lexus' website and view all the dealer maintenance records for the VIN), I would just take one of the plastic cam covers off (the driver's side is much easier, as the pass. side requires removing the air intake) and do a visual inspection. If the belt looks fresh with no cracks, it probably was done fairly recently like they said."
There need be no luck or guesswork involved. You can view all that info for yourself without any detective work, as long as it was dealer serviced.
Yes - I read your earlier post and I understand this is a non-interference engine. I was getting prepared to pull the cam cover off when I went thru the paperwork in the car and noticed what I wrote in the post above. I will definately take your suggestion to sign up to view the maintenance records - great idea and thanks for the information.
Great looking car ! That Lexus site is awesome - I just re-registered and saw the records on my car. Back in 'the day', in about 2003 when we bought our SC400 (had about 120K miles, paid $6K), the site offered, if you could give them your VIN, to put a paper version of the owner's manual in the mail and send to you for free. I jumped on that one asap and got my free copy.
Now it looks like they still offer them for free, but it's a PDF version...
07-27-14, 06:45 PM
To do otherwise would be like worrying if Prom activities will be worth the cost.
