Originally Posted by 430SLOwner

Dealer discussing his assessment of the car and current values

Originally Posted by 430SLOwner

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TidiiIVzt8 Dealer discussing his assessment of the car and current values; Values discussed at 12 min 52 sec with a few miles (over 100,000 and up to maybe 200), and at 5 min 50 sec and at 6 min 50 sec with low miles (below 100,000)

Originally Posted by LS430FL

I still don't quite understand the market of these cars at all. Don't get me wrong I love the LS430 I had two of them one that I drove to 190K miles before I got my LS460L. However, I can't understand the premium these cars command. Regardless of how reliable these cars are they are still 15 years old. Who would pay such a large premium for a low mileage example. It's only worth a premium to some with low miles. Once you put any kind of mileage on the car at all it turns into just another LS430 like the 1000+ for sale already. To me paying $20-25k for one of these seems like a quick way to loose a $15k+ in a matter of months depending on how much you drive. The premium low mileage LS430's have to be one of the fastest depreciating 15 year old cars out there once you start putting mileage on them. These are not collector cars, they are a mass produced 15 year old sedan. So strange to me.