Hey guys, looking at a 2021 200 series with 100,XXX. They want ~69k for it. Price doesn’t seem unreasonable but I wanted to get you guys opinions on these newer LCs with higher miles early. I ideally want this to be my DD for over the next decade.
When looking at this without already owning a 2021 LC200 which I purchased new in Nov 2020 for $80,500 + tax I would do this:
- Get a 16+ for the looks, or a 13 to 15 which was the first upgrade of things like headlights, seems older makes less sense for me, unless i would not have the money
- In case of a 2018 or older, get one with less than 100k miles so it has likely not gone through a radiator failure yet (confirm at purchase a new radiator has not been installed yet, or they may have overheated it already and are selling for that reason - Why sell otherwise in my mind?)
- Anything 2019 to 2021 is good because it has the new radiator already. Still confirm upon purchase of an early build 2019 just to be sure.
- Based on above what is in (2013 to 2018 < 100k miles + 2019 to 2021), I would assume I can drive it to 350k miles and calculate Purchase price ($) / (350k minus actual milage). See which one has a good ratio ($/mile), however good condition upon viewing (no major interior damage, little rust on frame and KDSS) and driving (no strange noises, no major pulling, systems like 4lo/4hi and central lock working, everything else which can be switches on and off working...) is a go/no-go. Depending on your annual mileage and remaining between actual and 350k miles you may also discount certain vehicles. At say 20k per year and planned minimum ownership of say 10 years, that means trucks upto 150k miles are game (for the 19 to 21 trucks).
Anyways, have a well thought out logic. I often end up doing some basic calcs and write down criteria in an XLS to make up my mind.
Good luck finding what you want.
P.S. My son in law 2 weeks ago bought a 2020 Lexus certified LX570 with 55k miles offered for $67k at $64k. He is very happy with it. Has the potential to be build like this which has grown on me since i bought my 2021 LC200. I would be happy with either at this point and for an LX570 would use most if not all the makes/products used by Lexus in view of any future sale (short of the super charger and probably buy blue or grey or black so no need for a wrap). For my taste the LX570 2015 and older has an interior with wood style I really do not like. Cannot argue about taste. Many enthusiasts here with 2015 and older LX570 and seem to be very pleased with it.