"JCAlan" (jcalan)
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"JCAlan" (jcalan)
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*EDIT* I also feel like I should add that the previous owner also has a pristine LeCar that he restored, as well as many other “micro-cars” that he is looking to start a museum with. Clearly these are my people. I’ll be doing a fun post with my new dressed-up Land Crusher soon!
I have an opportunity to purchase a 2004 LX470 with 146,000 miles. It is pearl white and in excellent condition, I can’t find anything wrong with it (though I’m in the “love is blind” stage right now for sure). It is a one-owner vehicle that was driven by a local business owner’s wife. She dearly loved it and hated to part with it. It was serviced at the nearest Lexus dealership, no expense spared. They would have loved to replace it with a new one, but just couldn’t justify 90+ grand that they are going for now. Instead they spent a paltry 73 grand on a plebeian Yukon XL.
My plan of course is to hoard it. It would be an extra car, maybe a winter driver for my wife when her FIATA comes in. I figure it’s a rare opportunity to have a vehicle that I could enjoy for a few years and then probably still sell it for more than I paid for it.
I can buy it for what I feel is a Nice Price (tm), although I welcome from you all your opinions on what that should be. Plus I just don’t know a whole lot about them. What should I look out for? Inform me, oppo.
THANKS
Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
> JCAlan
09/30/2016 at 10:00 |
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Buy it
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JCAlan
> Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
09/30/2016 at 10:03 |
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Fair enough!
Luke's Dad Sold His 2000TL To Get a Sienna
> JCAlan
09/30/2016 at 10:05 |
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The only argument I could find is have you considered a newer GX with lower miles at a similar price?
(I love LXes. I’m not gonna even try to talk you out of it.)
Nibby
> JCAlan
09/30/2016 at 10:05 |
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Buy it and a gas station while you’re at it. They’re lovely, bulletproof things
HammerheadFistpunch
> JCAlan
09/30/2016 at 10:08 |
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Not seeing any downside
Captain of the Enterprise
> JCAlan
09/30/2016 at 10:12 |
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Buy it
ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable)
> JCAlan
09/30/2016 at 10:16 |
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Buy it!
ESSSIX GmbH - Accountant/Wagon Thumper
> JCAlan
09/30/2016 at 10:20 |
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do it, do it now!
Arrivederci
> JCAlan
09/30/2016 at 10:20 |
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I can’t think of a reason not to buy it.
Funktheduck
> JCAlan
09/30/2016 at 10:30 |
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I’m not even in need of another vehicle and would have little use for one of these. With that said, even in my situation I’d be tempted to buy. So, buy it.
Nothing
> JCAlan
09/30/2016 at 10:46 |
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Buy it. I’ve been looking at 80s and 100s for the past few weeks, so I’m not the right person to talk anyone out of buying one.
sm70- why not Duesenberg?
> JCAlan
09/30/2016 at 10:49 |
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These are fantastic vehicles. Buy it.
Benjamin Rolland
> ESSSIX GmbH - Accountant/Wagon Thumper
09/30/2016 at 11:04 |
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Lmfao
vicali
> JCAlan
09/30/2016 at 11:12 |
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Have you bought it already? You should.
osucycler
> JCAlan
09/30/2016 at 11:23 |
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I can’t talk you out of it, great vehicle!
Klaus Schmoll
> JCAlan
09/30/2016 at 11:27 |
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If she loved it and hated to part with it, why are they selling???? Story doesn’t add up! Beware of hidden gremlins.
Somethin' 'bout a truck
> JCAlan
09/30/2016 at 11:36 |
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These are all the reasons not to buy one:
Am I helping?
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JCAlan
> Klaus Schmoll
09/30/2016 at 11:36 |
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Definitely something to consider. I’m guessing because it’s twelve years old and even people who love their cars still upgrade them after so long. Good heads up, though.
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JCAlan
> Somethin' 'bout a truck
09/30/2016 at 11:38 |
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You’re doing it wrong. You are tempting me to spend money on the thing that I’m thinking of spending money on.
TJDMAX
> JCAlan
09/30/2016 at 11:52 |
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My girlfriends family has an 06 and I am going to buy theirs from them when they are ready to sell it. The wife had a mishap where she drove it over a small rock retaining wall and into a building window. The only damage was a scratched front bumper and hood, the windshield cracked so the night vision system doesn’t work, and the running board was bent. Really a tank of a vehicle.
They do require their timing chain be replaced around 100K so make sure that has been done. Other than that its the same 4.7L V8 that was in the tundra so finding parts for it won’t be a challenge.
Pistol Whipped Cream
> JCAlan
09/30/2016 at 11:57 |
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Check out Ih8mud if you have any questions. That is also a great place to start and see how this one compares to others that are out there. It sounds like a sweet truck though. An LX and a Fiata? I envy you!
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Klaus Schmoll
> JCAlan
09/30/2016 at 12:08 |
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Yeah, I can see some posh wifey not wanting to be seen in an “old” car anymore. Also some people still believe that at some made-up mileage cars suddenly become completely unreliable and utter death traps.
For former owner of my Honda sold a well maintained car shortly after 100k kms because he was afraid of big repair bills in the immediate future.
There’s still the possibility that they want to dump it before the CEL comes on again, or some other system decides to take the day off, before returning to normal service a day later.
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Somethin' 'bout a truck
> JCAlan
09/30/2016 at 12:33 |
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Really sorry. Let me try again.
Let me know if this helps.
nermal
> JCAlan
09/30/2016 at 15:29 |
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I’d wager $20 that the Yukon that replaced this gets traded in on an $80k Land Cruiser in a yr for a $30k loss.
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JCAlan
> Somethin' 'bout a truck
09/30/2016 at 16:58 |
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It did. I bought it.
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JCAlan
> Pistol Whipped Cream
09/30/2016 at 17:00 |
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Thanks! I’ll snoop around there.
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JCAlan
> vicali
09/30/2016 at 17:01 |
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I bought it already! New post coming soon.
interstate366, now In The Industry
> JCAlan
09/30/2016 at 19:27 |
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Congrats. I like these, even though i’m not at all an SUV guy.
LongbowMkII
> JCAlan
09/30/2016 at 19:30 |
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Well done.
RPM esq.
> Pistol Whipped Cream
09/30/2016 at 19:34 |
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Every time I go on Ih8mud I get Cruiser Envy and have an immediate urge to spend much more time and/or money than I have on modifications to my (very) humble FJ80. However, every good modification or repair I’ve ever done was hugely helped by Ih8mud.
Thus:
JCAlan
, please do go on Ih8mud for all your Cruiser info needs, but please don’t get into comparing your Cruiser to the lunatic builds/pristine museum examples people post on there, or you will slowly go insane.
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RPM esq.
> JCAlan
09/30/2016 at 19:34 |
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Told you so (see my other comment re Ih8mud).
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RPM esq.
> Klaus Schmoll
09/30/2016 at 19:36 |
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Not everybody wants to keep cars forever, even ones they like.
HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
> JCAlan
09/30/2016 at 21:42 |
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Yes, the lad cruiser for a man with a Pinky ring.
Spridget
> JCAlan
10/02/2016 at 13:32 |
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We need microcar pics.
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JCAlan
> Spridget
10/02/2016 at 13:34 |
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I. Know.
He promised he’d bring the LeCar out someday. We sold it new at our dealership, so I know our owner would go nuts over it.
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Somethin' 'bout a truck
> JCAlan
10/02/2016 at 20:33 |
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AMAZING!!!!