Prices have come down a lot in the last few months following GX 460 Marketplace FB group. No one knows what tomorrow is going to bring in pricing or anything else for that matter. Much like buying a new computer jump in at some point and if now is that point so be it. Not likely you are going to lose much if you keep it long enough.
I still don't understand why people pay a premium for "low miles" on these.
Any vehicle low miles means something. Not what it was in the 70's where 50K was a lot of miles but the GX 460 at ~100K+ has had its share of valley plate leaks and timing chain cover leaks. And as already mentioned transmission issues. My 2013 Taco had 90K on it and at 11 years old some things were starting to crop up. Replaced suspension, AC and heater which is going to happen on pretty much any vehicle at 10 years or 100K. Mechanically it was sound but it was time. Especially from a risk assessment standpoint. If you are always where there is cell phone reception not a big deal. If you run solo in the bush outside of cell phone reception it can be a huge issue even life or death in the winter.
Agree it's more about the maintenance habits and owner behavior. But if you are planning to get something for the long haul, why not try to find a mall crawler off lease that has been dealer-maintained throughout its life right?
When I bought my 19 in November I took a week after test driving it to decide to buy it. Vetted it hard including researching the history and going back to check it out a second time. It was a 4 year lease traded in a Toyota a couple of months early.
Using the VIN was able to determine with mylexus website that it was maintained in Wayzata, Mn. in the summer and Texas in the winter. Therefore was owned by older snowbirds and all scheduled maintenance was performed according to the history. The home address on the GPS was in Texas, I took a picture of it with my phone and looked it up, it is a retirement community for 55 and older. Not that there's anything wrong with 55 and older or even 65 and older in my case LOL. The hitch receiver was clean so it was never used to tow. If it had been would have been a hard pass who knows if he towed in OD or not. Climbed under it and inspect the frame, no rust on the underside which would also have been a show stopper as well. So it hadn't seen road salt.
The sticker was in the glove box it was a Luxury fully optioned which is what it took for me to buy a GX. Despite being #2 on the list for the new 250 LC I've been on it since August when it was announced. But had a heads up on the 250 because I pulled the owner of the largest Toyota dealer in Northern Mn. out of the woods a couple of years ago when he was where he shouldn't have been.
It was $72.5K new a Luxury that was fully optioned. I got it for $40K all in almost half of what it was new with 40K on it. Sold my 11 year Tacoma after I bought the GX for 2/3 of what I paid for it new. The GX is one hell of a bargain in my book and does not incur the "Toyota Tax". They are not bulletproof but no vehicle is, and so far I consider at the top of the pile.
