wchain

New control arms ftw.

adamls2

Hell, i'll buy it! Did you know the LS is one of THE most reliable cars, ever?

08sgmis350

iTrader: (4)

Haha thank you for replies guys~ I already told my boss that im gonna buy it. He's gonna go buy new car then sell the car to me. I'll post when I finally buy it!!!

adamls2

Congrats on the decision!

RA032023

I have driven a 94, 96, and 99 LS to 200,000 plus and (knock on wood), have never had the kind of serious maintenance issues I had when driving mercedes. Tires, batteries, and gas is all.. Currently in a 07 460 that I bought with 40K on it, up to 65k now, and a 03 SC, but I'm out in West Texas where I seem do do 180-230 miles a day, all highway.
I'd take it now at that price range.

Kira X

iTrader: (24)

That's an insane deal. That's even cheaper than a lot of the newer LS430's I see for sale. I would buy that in a heartbeat!

KILLERGS4

Wow KBB is really low...

KBB.com
Trade-In Value

Excellent
$17,230
Very Good
$16,630
Good
$15,630
Fair
$12,830

but cars.com only shows 6 LS460 w/ over 100k... cheapest one is 26,995 with 160k...
http://www.cars.com/for-sale/searchr...102&mdId=21339

do it!

Valley101

Dealers do not use kbb. They just go by what they are selling for at the auction yard when you trade in.

Dranom

iTrader: (7)

Carmax uses edmunds.com
Its lower than Kbb

energie8

Why are people worried so much about the miles these days? there's more important things to look at first on the car before purchase than anything. Miles should be the last things you should be worrying about. But overall, that is a good deal that you've mentioned though!

FLYCT

When trading, a dealer will normally offer the lowest price he thinks he will get away with. They use KBB. Edmunds, and mostly Black Book in the Florida area. They will offer less than Black Book to start. They are trying to maximize profit any way they can

Here are Recent Auction results with LS460’s with over 100k miles


01/17/13 TX HOBBY Regular $24,600 117,658 Below BLACK 8G P Yes
01/29/13 STATESVL Regular $22,500 109,636 Below SILV 8G A Yes
01/31/13 ATLANTA Regular $23,000 100,427 Below GREY 8G A Yes


KBBTrade in
Excellent 16,937
Good 16,337

Private Party
Excellent 19,100
Good 19,302

Edmunds
Trade In
Clean 23,877

Private Party
Clean 26,229

Black Book Trade In
2008 LEXUS LS 460 $19,960 - $25,830

gregorynfp

Only consider the ACV or Actual Cash Value. Trade in Value is the combination of the new car discount plus ACV. Sometimes dealers will do courtesy trades allowing the owner of the trade in to sell it to a private party but take it in trade so the seller gets a sales tax credit and then sells it for same price but these days required sate warranties may be involved.

Black Moon

I just bought my 3rd LS with over 100,000 miles and have never had one issue in over 150k miles. I just paid 22k for a 2007 with 114,000 miles. Dealer started at 29k. Motor replaced with new one at 80k due to valve spring failure. If anyone hasn't changed valve springs I'd get it done soon or wait for failure and get new motor.

18k for an 08 is crazy cheap.