Looking for some free advice

[PDoyle]

He he, so I'm looking at buying a used LX570 or 200 series soon.
Question is, would you buy a very low mileage truck from around a large city?
I found a 2008 with 30k miles total and looks clean for around $30k, and it's white. It's around 3 hours away from where I'm at around NYC.

 

[Jeffwouldgo]

I would at least have it up on a lift to check for signs of rust.

 

[PDoyle]

The used car dealer sent me 3 pics of the undercarriage. Didn't look too bad. But the salesman is taking the pics.
What are the negatives? Suspension, brakes, the motor idles more?

 

[Reckless]

Buy it if no to little rust. I paid more for mine with 100k miles 3 years ago. Don't worry if you have to fix little things.

 

[tominboise]

I bought a 2008 with 69k on it two years ago this week. I paid $34k for it. If the one you are looking at is clean and rust free, no title issues, it sounds like a good deal to me. Is this an LC or an LX?

 

[PDoyle]

It's an LX. Not sure how rust free it is. The only good thing about this so far is, it is closer to me than any other I'm interested in so far.

 

[PDoyle]

One thing I'm noticing looking through carfax reports is at about every 20k miles brake pads get replaced.

 

[ArnieC]

City life is hard on cars. Northern life is hard on cars. I would rather have a 130k mile rig that spent its whole life going 80 in west Texas for 3 hours at a throw than one that was on the eastern seaboard and spent its whole life short tripping, idling, and banging around in stop and go traffic.

 

[PDoyle]

Yes I'm thinking the same. The more I look at the used trucks on the market the more I want to buy the newest year I can. Which is looking like a 2013.