2000 with 240k Miles - Too Much?

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Guys looking at a nice 2000 that has 240,000 miles on it. Miles are mostly highway and it's one owner. Nice paint & $8,500.

I'm looking at it for an "in-town" Highschool car.

Does it have too many miles to consider it?

Or I can look at this one, that could double as a family car. Problem is it's too nice for my high-schoolers. It's a very nice 2 owner '01 with 170K for 13,800 (High).

http://houston.craigslist.org/cto/4282149316.html

Thanks Much
 
Sorry - I forgot to mention that I am perfectly happy getting a FJ60 or 80. The problem is there is a shortage of them in Houston. The 60
Would meet my needs for a High-school
Trainer but they seem to run at a premium to Fj80's & early FJ100's because they are classics.
 
Are the HS-ers paying for the gas? Haha I mean because that would add up! The the safety of these vehicles is unparalleled


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Are the HS-ers paying for the gas? Haha I mean because that would add up! The the safety of these vehicles is unparalleled
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Yep - They are paying for gas. But they only drive in a 5 mile radius.

I just love LCs.

Any thoughts on the LCs in question?
 
ChrisJosiah said:
The the safety of these vehicles is unparalleled
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I think that's a stretch. If they run into something, sure. But the size, handling, and braking ability make running into something much more likely.

A lot of it depends on local road conditions. I love my LX out on the open highway, but I find it to be a tense experience in heavy traffic, especially with passengers.

I think an E46 3-series BMW would be a fantastic first car. Tons of active an passive safety, and that car will teach you everything you need to know about vehicle dynamics. Save the 3 ton trucks for after those lessons are learned.
 
I was referring to accidents... Have you seen some of the posts from people on here after accidents. It doesn't matter if it was a role over or fender bender everybody always walks away.
But I do agree a 6.5k lb vehicle is quite heavy. But I know my wife learned to drive on a lx470 and now has great handle on how vehicles drive.

But I would have loved a LC in high school :)


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It's a perfectly good truck to learn on. Very forgiving, just tell your kids not to be dumb asses when they're driving. I learned on my LC and it's kept me very safe so far. My choices were actually between a 2000 LC and an 05 E46 M3. I went with the LC cause it's more obnoxious :flipoff2:
 
8500 seems high. I got my 98 with 195k miles for 7300.

My father drives a 00 with 250k miles and minus the clear coat fading on the hood its in good shape. You just want to make sure that it was taken care of in a previous life. While the LC wont leave you stranded things still need attention.
 
asking prices are high, but if you can get them to negotiate then maybe, but i'm guessing they won't budge much. i'd keep looking.


dang lucky HS kids if you ask me! personally, as much as i love Cruisers i'd be giving my kid (correction: helping my kid buy himself) something that had limited seating so they can't pile the whole neighborhood inside and a manual transmission so they actually learn to drive. with a family full of HS teachers, we've seen way too many accidents involving teens piling up in a large SUVs and getting into accidents, a few of them fatal. sadly, i've also seen the worst results of what happens when an auto trans allows drivers to pay less attention to what they are supposed to be doing, and that the increase of bad drivers is directly related to the decrease of manual trans vehicles being sold these days. :steer:

single cab tacoma 5spd an option?
 
highonpottery said:
asking prices are high, but if you can get them to negotiate then maybe, but i'm guessing they won't budge much. i'd keep looking.


dang lucky HS kids if you ask me! personally, as much as i love Cruisers i'd be giving my kid (correction: helping my kid buy himself) something that had limited seating so they can't pile the whole neighborhood inside and a manual transmission so they actually learn to drive. with a family full of HS teachers, we've seen way too many accidents involving teens piling up in a large SUVs and getting into accidents, a few of them fatal. sadly, i've also seen the worst results of what happens when an auto trans allows drivers to pay less attention to what they are supposed to be doing, and that the increase of bad drivers is directly related to the decrease of manual trans vehicles being sold these days. :steer:

single cab tacoma 5spd an option?
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Sounds good on the surface, and my first car was a '77 Datsun pickup, 4 speed. But any ol' sedan will seat 5 with belts, and "most" SUV's will only seat 7. :meh: My daughter learned to drive on the '00 LC. Fantastic vehicle to learn in. relatively short wheelbase (shorter than a lot of sedans/minivans) and GREAT visibility. A little too heavy on the niceties, though. She's in an '03 2WD 4runner now. Seats the same as a sedan, has decent safety features, decent MPG's, decent handling/braking/power, and can haul her saddle and horse crap, and no 4WD to attract the wild boys... Cheaper than an 100, too. :cheers:
 
the price of both of those is high. The other thing to consider is that at those mileages, things are about to start wearing out. Adding up cost in a hurry (ask me how I know).

Teenagers might think of the 100 as a mom-mobile more than a UN African Transport vehicle.

100s definitely offer tank like piece of mind. I'd love for my wife and future children to ride in a Land Cruiser. But teenagers are a different story. The 100 is safe-ish, but I think it requires more skill to drive in an emergency situation than a better handling car. It is slow and big, but most of the accidents I had while in high school were my own fault. Thank god I wasn't in a 100 tank that could have caused more damage or harm to others.

Gas in a 100 is going to suck for them. I had a 96 Civic w/ 75k miles in high school. My brother had and still has a 2001. They both were super economical to run. 35mpg, all the latest safety features, not very fast, handled well, and light (2600lbs) so the odds of them killing someone else is a lot slimmer.
 
Haha I think this thread has become less about the 250k mileage and more about what you should buy!

;)

My 2 cents

I learned on a 1997 5spd Subaru legacy! Safe, good mileage, and relatively cheap!


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I'd get the 2001. Only 60 some thousand miles! It is a better value in the long run. I bought my teenagers a FJ 62 but paid less than either of those. Teenage kids around here are crazy about LCs
 
These two points really jump out at me. While I love the Hundy, I think HS kids are better served by a different type of vehicle. Namely a medium-large 4-cyl FWD sedan.

highonpottery said:
we've seen way too many accidents involving teens piling up in a large SUVs and getting into accidents, a few of them fatal.
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KlausVanWinkle said:
The 100 is safe-ish, but I think it requires more skill to drive in an emergency situation than a better handling car. It is slow and big, but most of the accidents I had while in high school were my own fault. Thank god I wasn't in a 100 tank that could have caused more damage or harm to others.
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I don't know if anybody has pointed this out already, but the guy from the original posted ad is advertising 17mpg city/22mpg highway. Do I smell something? Oh, never mind, it's just some bullsh*t.

If it were me I would say that 13.8 is maybe a tad high for an '01 w/170k. I'd either bash the guy down or, if not, go for the '00.
 
FlammableFishie said:
I don't know if anybody has pointed this out already, but the guy from the original posted ad is advertising 17mpg city/22mpg highway. Do I smell something? Oh, never mind, it's just some bullsh*t. If it were me I would say that 13.8 is maybe a tad high for an '01 w/170k. I'd either bash the guy down or, if not, go for the '00.
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I paid a lot less than that for a 2000 with 165k CA only truck.
 
Just to compare
Mint 2000 LX in kirkland wa. 101,000 miles 13900. People just take better care of their lx's the techs are more proactive with changing fluids especially ahc. My toyota service manager didn't even know the LC had ahc even though they serviced it for 135... . I could go on about the differences but coming from Lexus sedans and Sc's, Lexus is 9.5 Toyota somewhere around 5 in my experience.Good luck with your search, none of the west coast states use salt on their roads so no rust issues but beware of carlots passing on rusty vehicles in any state,Utah is well known distribution point for rusty cars from the east.Texas has a lot none rusty vehicles interiors suffer from the heat though. Bottom line crawl under that truck and do a visual if its covered with undercoating beware there could be rust hidden from view eating away the frame. I forgot about the nice new loaner car you get from Lexus if they keep your Lx for any time.
Peace out!
 
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