S4Cruiser
SILVER Star
It's been maybe 8 years since I sold my 80 series and I've regretted it ever since. While I've enjoyed driving nice new cars over the past few years, the practicality / functionality of Land Cruiser suvs drew me back in.
I've been sleuth searching for a year or so and a serious buyer over the past few months, knowing my S3 lease return is in November. Patience appears to have paid off as a very nice example LX popped up in Raleigh late last week. I was the first to respond to the add and after viewing/driving it I put down a deposit...for close to asking. It's that clean.
2007 with 110k miles and shows like it only has 30k. Decent service records from Lexus and Toyota dealerships plus recent ones performed at a Raleigh indy shop. It's lived it's entire life in NC. Purchased new from Johnson Lexus in Durham. Current owner has only put 14k miles on it in the past 3.5 years.
Super excited to daily drive this and being able to camp / attend events without bring truck trailer 40 sreies and the rest of the house with us (sometimes ability to bring lots of s*** is a curse). Pick it up tomorrow.
First order of business is new tires (baseline fluids is a given too). Since it will be my daily driver I 'think' I'm leaning toward the Michelin Defender LTX in stock size - 270/65r18. I considered the KO2 but they are an E rated tire and don't want to really sacrifice comfort for an AT that I likely won't need or use. Convince me if I'm making a poor tire choice!
Second order is headlight upgrades...potentially. I haven't ever driven one of these at night so not totally sure how decent or poor the lights are. Assuming I might be disappointing after being spoiled with the lights on my S3. I'm considering retrofitting with either the Morimoto DS2 5.0 or the Morimoto Mini H1 7.0 plus new OEM glass housings.
Pics...more when I bring it home tomorrow!
I've been sleuth searching for a year or so and a serious buyer over the past few months, knowing my S3 lease return is in November. Patience appears to have paid off as a very nice example LX popped up in Raleigh late last week. I was the first to respond to the add and after viewing/driving it I put down a deposit...for close to asking. It's that clean.
2007 with 110k miles and shows like it only has 30k. Decent service records from Lexus and Toyota dealerships plus recent ones performed at a Raleigh indy shop. It's lived it's entire life in NC. Purchased new from Johnson Lexus in Durham. Current owner has only put 14k miles on it in the past 3.5 years.
Super excited to daily drive this and being able to camp / attend events without bring truck trailer 40 sreies and the rest of the house with us (sometimes ability to bring lots of s*** is a curse). Pick it up tomorrow.
First order of business is new tires (baseline fluids is a given too). Since it will be my daily driver I 'think' I'm leaning toward the Michelin Defender LTX in stock size - 270/65r18. I considered the KO2 but they are an E rated tire and don't want to really sacrifice comfort for an AT that I likely won't need or use. Convince me if I'm making a poor tire choice!
Second order is headlight upgrades...potentially. I haven't ever driven one of these at night so not totally sure how decent or poor the lights are. Assuming I might be disappointing after being spoiled with the lights on my S3. I'm considering retrofitting with either the Morimoto DS2 5.0 or the Morimoto Mini H1 7.0 plus new OEM glass housings.
Pics...more when I bring it home tomorrow!