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2006 Gs 300 or 2007 last 460l

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Old 06-19-19, 03:15 PM
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I am in the market for a daily driver. I’ve had 98 Gs, 08 Gs and a 15 Gs fsport. I looked at 2006 Gs 300 and 1 owner for 5500 with 139k all maintenance records I had it looked at the Toyota dealership no leaks, engine is clean, no leaks or cracks on none of the suspension black on black navigation ML system. The Ls is a 2007 ls 460 l with the comfort package 149k for $7000 1 owner Navy blue tan interior it drives real good feels fast. She showed me all her service records about 30 pages all together.
I’m looking for a daily driver For trips back and forth to Ohio and to work. I heard about the engine problems in the Gs people said to stay away from them but the people i know with the Gs 300 haven’t had any problems. Let me know
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Originally Posted by Shawnmack
I am in the market for a daily driver. I’ve had 98 Gs, 08 Gs and a 15 Gs fsport. I looked at 2006 Gs 300 and 1 owner for 5500 with 139k all maintenance records I had it looked at the Toyota dealership no leaks, engine is clean, no leaks or cracks on none of the suspension black on black navigation ML system. The Ls is a 2007 ls 460 l with the comfort package 149k for $7000 1 owner Navy blue tan interior it drives real good feels fast. She showed me all her service records about 30 pages all together.
I’m looking for a daily driver For trips back and forth to Ohio and to work. I heard about the engine problems in the Gs people said to stay away from them but the people i know with the Gs 300 haven’t had any problems. Let me know
LS for sure.
Old 06-19-19, 05:39 PM
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This is a no brainer....LS all the way. Just make sure to have a through inspection done.
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The LS is a nice highway cruiser! Very reliable! They do have 2 majors faults, when buying one make sure the previous owner has replaced them. Check the service history.

1. the front suspension bushings, they all go out, there are cheap china bushings on ebay that are not bad.
2. The ABS and ABS module, these are very expensive!


The 07-up GS350's are great also with very few issues.
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I took the LS to the shop today to have it looked at and it will need brake pads front and rear, 2 front rotors could be warped , also it had a dent on the trunk and it will need some hood struts. Going to look at a 2010 Gs 350 AWD with 145k for 8k Dark grey with black interior with ML
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Originally Posted by Shawnmack
I took the LS to the shop today to have it looked at and it will need brake pads front and rear, 2 front rotors could be warped , also it had a dent on the trunk and it will need some hood struts. Going to look at a 2010 Gs 350 AWD with 145k for 8k Dark grey with black interior with ML
2010 gs350 awd is very solid! Just make sure the water pump has been replaced, if not its only $87 for an aisin brand and only take 2 hours to swap out.

If it wasnt for the stupid priced ABS pump/module for the lexus Over $1,500, and the crappy suspension bushings on the LS those things would be tanks. Easily dip into 300-400k miles. They run identical engine and transmissions as land cruisers/sequoia/tundra's.
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I went with the 2006 GS it was cleanest maintenance was kept up on it the Tech at the Toyota dealership said everything was real good compared to the other 2 I asked him about the carbon build up he said he sees a lot of the 2006 with well over 200k. Its going to be my daily driver only thing I’m going to do is tint windows.
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