Sounds like you got a good deal.
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I just joined the club with a 2002 LS430. Its black on black, probably base model with 16 inch wheels.
Its quite an upgrade from my 1996 Avalon.
And I seem to have gotten a good deal but I have yet to fully go over her. Its got 159,000 miles with recent timing belt/water pump/tuneup. No dings, a few chips on the leading edge of the hood but great interior/drivers seat. I got it for 9600.00 from the second owner. He said he replaced the front wheel bearings at 100,000 or so and the ac compressor.
I am very happy with it so far, the one issue is an airbag light on the dash. i really like the torque and smoothness.
At this sub 10000 price I couldnt even find a good camry or accord. people looking for a lexus want lower miles and people looking for a regular car go straight to the camry/accord and assume they cant even get a better car or it will have expensive maintainance. The lexus has all the parts readily available though- ill be doing the work myself so that is huge for me.
Its quite an upgrade from my 1996 Avalon.
And I seem to have gotten a good deal but I have yet to fully go over her. Its got 159,000 miles with recent timing belt/water pump/tuneup. No dings, a few chips on the leading edge of the hood but great interior/drivers seat. I got it for 9600.00 from the second owner. He said he replaced the front wheel bearings at 100,000 or so and the ac compressor.I am very happy with it so far, the one issue is an airbag light on the dash. i really like the torque and smoothness.
At this sub 10000 price I couldnt even find a good camry or accord. people looking for a lexus want lower miles and people looking for a regular car go straight to the camry/accord and assume they cant even get a better car or it will have expensive maintainance. The lexus has all the parts readily available though- ill be doing the work myself so that is huge for me.
Last edited by svlexus; Dec 22, 2010 at 10:25 PM.
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Welcome to the forum - very nice price. The LS is a great used car. My biggest worry will be what to do for an encore when and If I get rid of my LS.
Check out that airbag light asap. It will be interesting to see what you run into on it - hopefully its just a relatively minor fix required.
Check out that airbag light asap. It will be interesting to see what you run into on it - hopefully its just a relatively minor fix required.
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yeah man check that light out... im still kinda new on this forum too but from what i can see they have everything here. NO JOKE. 2001 LS430 Blk/BLK I just hit 159900 today, lol.... good luck with yours... aint had a problem out of mine at all, just regular maintenance keep ur oil changed and keep riding clean and smooth
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