craigslist 97 LX450 AL

[derdog34]

Location

United States

Saw this one and messaged the guy back and forth. 110,000 miles is the best thing about it. Carfax shows originally from New York and 2 prior accidents on the front end. Drivers side has damage from gravel is what he said. The side cladding was screwed back in with self tapping screws. I offered him $8k due to the body work and new piece needing to be done. He did not accept. What do you guys feel is reasonable for this rig?
Lexus lx450

 

[jkcruiser]

Is it a New York City vehicle? Or just NY State? The former is a bad omen for the frame and various lower body panels as the city dumps siht tonnes of salt on the roads (google gowanus salt lot); the front end will no doubt have taken quite a beating from city roads.

On the other hand upstate NY is a different animal, it snows a lot but some municipalities don't salt often and the driving is much more forgiving.

The rebuilt transmission is a worry. Why would it need to be rebuilt at 110k? Possibly hard city driving or towing.

I'd pass. There's an 80 in WA state that's been (re)built by torfab asking 9.5k

 

[musthave]

I’d give 7K, low mileage isn’t the end all be all for the $

 

[SFCDiablo]

That's a "hard" 110k miles on that one. I'm in agreement with @musthave. Low miles does not a better LC make.

 

[derdog34]

Thanks for the replies. That's about what I was thinking about it. I didn't ask but was unsure why the transmission had been rebuilt.

 

[Mag71k5]

Its been up for months, I tried to get it but he became dodgy when I asked for extra information and then he wouldn't budge on the price. At the time he was at 14.5k

 

[Mag71k5]

Whats even more funny is that he left out the information about the front locker not engaging.

 

[derdog34]

Whats even more funny is that he left out the information about the front locker not engaging.

That's funny, I was not told that. Thanks for the heads up!

 

[holycrapitsjeff]

I contacted this guy a while back also. His responses were short and seemed kinda shady. Took a while before he would send me the VIN for a Carfax report. He never sent me the drivers side pic. Glad I passed.