check it. carfax looks good but could it have been in katrina? O.O xm reciever on trunk?

hard to see the condition of rear seats dim lighting imo.

https://www.cars.com/vehicledetail/d...1040/overview/

seems like a steal on a UL?

cheers

 

theres rust on one of the bottom corners of the doors, something seems fishy about this car

 

Yeah, that car is surprisingly clean and cheap. It's worth a look, but I'd have to go over that one with a fine tooth comb...

 

Which picture and which door are you referring to? Can't see much of anything with those pictures on my laptop but I certainly don't see any rust.

Here's my take: As always, do your due diligence before buying any car. Clean carfax for what it's worth. Carfax does indicate that the original owner lived in the same county (parish for you Louisiana folks) when Katrina came around. Judging by the amount of miles that the first owner put on the car though I'd bet he was out of the area when it happened. There was also no change in the oil change intervals or any other service noted at that time.

Looking at the dealer website indicates that they are not a fly by night operation. They specialize in used luxury cars and have a stellar Google rating. I highly suspect that if there was any rust on this car or other questionable issues that it would have ended up at some corner lot somewhere else. I'd certainly would be paying attention to the shape of the air suspension before buying this one. Might be a good deal for someone...

 

 

Good advice but it probably doesn't apply to this car since Katrina happened back in 2005...

 

The carfax warns about Katrina because this car was in Lousiana during Katrina - The rust is on the inner passenger door in the last picture...

 

If it was in Katrina and is still going strong now, I wouldn't worry about it. If it has rust though, that would be an automatic deal breaker for me... too many other LS430s out there to even consider one with rust on it.

 

Amazing car, amazing color combo, amazing mileage, amazing price - AND PCS

 

I didn't say that it wasn't. I was only pointing out that you are very unlikely to be able to smell any mildew in the ac/engine filters from an event that happened 13 years ago.

Hard to tell if that's rust on the bottom of that door but it certainly merits looking at if you are a potential buyer...