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I'm not sure I'm ready for rhd, but will have a look- thanks for all the suggestions!

@psmbfuer 👍 thanks, I think so too. @Sanney22 Yeah, I think in ok+ condition these get into "collector" prices and car sellers know there's an appetite for them. The service guy at the dealership was pretty surprised at the asking price especially after he looked up the Kelly Blue book, which...

@Gartenmeister sorry, didn't give it, but was $15k, 135K miles, 1 owner. A lot going for it, but my guess is it probably needs another $2-3k for steering rack, climate control issue and other small ticket items.

@psmbfuer Just wanted to follow up after taking a look at the truck.....Pictures were accurate. Rust was fairly minimal and not an issue, no paint job, which is the first I've seen up this way. I'm not sure if they did fluid films or probably just garage kept and not driven a whole lot given...

@psmbfuer I'll keep an eye out for duct tape! That is pretty sad and shady. It seems the used car market brings out the worst in people. The condition seems a little too good to be true for a Northeast car, so we'll see. Will follow up on what I find tomorrow. Thanks again for all the...

@psmbfuer Thanks for all the insight and info! That's super helpful- will be sure to take some type of hammering tool and a flashlight to have a close look/feel. Interesting take on the fluid film/coating. Will try to see if I can tell if that's been done. From my untrained eye it doesn't...

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Going to look at a 2002 LX tomorrow. The pics look a little too good to be true for a 20+ year old LX that's spent it's entire life in the Northeast. It doesn't look painted to me, so only possible scenario it was garage kept. I'm wondering if anyone can see anything suspicious about it...

Ive realized there's a lot of sharks out there. As hard as it is to walk away I think best to go with your gut.

I was eyeing this one too, but yeah thought the price was a little high especially based on my initial research into service records. Also something seemed a little off with the story and it seemed they sell cars regularly. I could be wrong about that, but when I briefly looked that was the...

@an Ha! thanks.....that's kind of what I figured... It's interesting because from what I can tell the car has been in FL for it's entire life and it's been serviced at the Lexus dealership at least once every year of it's 21 year life. It's a shame because pretty low miles and fair price. I...

a few more...thanks for any help here, it's much appreciated!

It seems all along the East coast it's not a matter of IF there is rust, but HOW MUCH rust there is... I'm curious if this would be considered too much and problematic?:

i did a quick check when I looked at it and there was some rust underneath, but it didn't look too bad. I was going to ask to have it looked at during the inspection. To be honest there were a few other potential red flags like lack of service records on hand, but I also didn't pursue too much...