You are the perfect person to bounce this idea off of, since you understand land cruisers and LX’s. Here’s the deal – My wife’s 2006 LX 470 has 167,000 miles on it. Looks wise, it is literally like it’s out of the show room. Not a scratch, leather inside is perfect, etc. we have kept it perfectly maintained and every service has been done at the dealer since brand new. Always a Brentwood car until us. We are due to have those air shocks replaced, which will be a couple thousand dollars or so. With the mileage, though I know it is very low for those models, we are almost wondering if we should go ahead and trade up to the newer one. We are definitely not just looking for something to buy, but rather just trying to think what makes the most sense. The dealer really wants ours, naturally because I’m sure he can sell it quickly due to the condition and how it’s been maintained. We were looking at a 14 with 60,000 miles that is $47k. The dealer has offered us 14 for ours, which I feel like I could get more if I sold it out right. I know that is very expensive and, again, more than we would normally pay but my wife is set on staying with that model. And, it almost makes sense to go a little bit more and get 60,000 miles versus getting 100,000 miles right off the bat. If we are going to trade down in mileage, we need to make it enough to justify the difference.

I get a little excited about the newer technology but worry is regret getting rid of one that’s been perfect maintained. Part of me thinks we either trade it right now before we get closer to 200,000 miles or we need to decide to keep it and run it into the ground.

So, what’s the scoop and what would you guys do?

Thanks! Justin