Hi, My son is looking at a 1995 SC300 w/ 80K miles on it, 5 spd. we've had it checked by mechanic, but not a Lexus dealer. Seems solid and I gave it a drive, really liked it. Anything in particular we should look at that may be a trouble spot for this year/mileage on the SC300?

Thanks!

 

if it feals solid, it probably is. i also have a 95 5spd and the first thing i will tell you is that its a very rare car. In the world of toyota, 80k is just getting broken in. Make sure all obvious maintnence has been done, and make sure the Power steering pump isnt leaking. Buy the car!! I love mine.

 

Hi welcome to CL

Sounds like a nice buy. General things to look out for aesthetically are things like cracked/worn leather, torn door trims (near the speakers is very susceptable to tearing with age), blown instrument needles and various other displays. The 2JZ is usually a good motor though and these cars are quite reliable

Be sure to check out intellexual.net for more information and search the forums here, there's a wealth of information to be had

Hope to see pics of it soon!


Jose

 

Yes it sounds like a good find- hope to see you 2 on the site later with pics of the sc-

 

how much are they asking? looks like a good find!

 

Lets not get ahead of ourselves here. Lets just provide acurate info. While a manual transmission SC300 is a desirable vehicle to gear-heads and enthusiasts like us, it isn' t the car of choice to the masses. Also, while the 5sp is not as common as the auto, it is far from rare. Rare would be a UZZ32 active suspension Soarer, of which only 873 were ever made!!! That is rare. When you can find a manual trans SC3 on fleabay any day of the week.........not rare.

 

Congrats and welcome to the CL. Seems like the car is in wonderful shape. He better enjoy it. Not many kids these day respect when they are given cars and and just abuse them. I'm not saying that you're son will. But on a serious note, If you're son is at that ripe age of 16, does he have experience with a RWD setup car? A lot of people forget that they did produce some RWD cars, and the SC doesn't have any traction control of the sorts. Make sure he gets some seat time with it, not that I'm saying that he can not drive. The car can be a bit skittish in the rain. I would hate to see a future Lexus lover lose his first taste of a true car.

 

If it looks and with only 80K, you almost can't go wrong! So the real deciding factor here is how much is it going for?

 

Ditto that

 

go for it. dont let that car go.