My first LX470 - 2002 with 24,930 miles ...

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cwmoser

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My Ebay purchase of a Lexus LX470 with 24,930 miles finally arrived.
Babied Santa Barbara, Cal car.
Previous owner put down plastic over floor mats.
Took 2 weeks to get here. Truck broke down.

Wow is she like new, drives great. Everything seems to work AFAIK.
It was the exact color I wanted and more low mileage than I was hoping for.

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This LX470 is to replace my 2000 Isuzu Trooper ... quite a step up even considering my Trooper is a nice vehicle too.
 
This California girl is going to become a Southern girl :-)
 
Yeah I paid a princely sum for her --- $23,500 --- but I looked at new cars and nothing tripped my
trigger like the LX470's I test drove. When this 24,000 mile example came up on Ebay and
in the exact color combination I wanted, I had to have it. Every other LX470 I looked at had
over 100K miles. A month ago I made an offer of $18,000 for a 2004 LX470 that had 110K miles,
exceptional maintenance history, been in an accident deploying airbag but was nice, but was
silver color - ok but not my favorite. Dealer refused my offer and wanted $19,300. This one
is a much newer vehicle, and its less expensive than anything new I looked at and still did
not really like.
 
cwmoser said:
Yeah I paid a princely sum for her --- $23,500 --- but I looked at new cars and nothing tripped my
trigger like the LX470's I test drove. When this 24,000 mile example came up on Ebay and
in the exact color combination I wanted, I had to have it. Every other LX470 I looked at had
over 100K miles. A month ago I made an offer of $18,000 for a 2004 LX470 that had 110K miles,
exceptional maintenance history, been in an accident deploying airbag but was nice, but was
silver color - ok but not my favorite. Dealer refused my offer and wanted $19,300. This one
is a much newer vehicle, and its less expensive than anything new I looked at and still did
not really like.
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Ha ha, that is great! you got the color you wanted, and the dealer blew the sale. The longer the dealer sits on that, I am sure the less they want to come down...
 
WOW!!!! Just wow, that is really super clean man congrats on your new ride.
 
LEX said:
All I got is ........WOW!

What are your plans with it?
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Plans? Baby this LX470. Going to be our primary traveling vehicle.


Did note a slight rattle sounding like its from the Drivers Door that started up on our second drive.
Gotta sort that out.

I note that it feels like I'm sitting much higher up than in my 2000 Isuzu Trooper.
I think I'm going to really enjoy this vehicle.
 
Shazam ! Looks like you did good ...
 
If you mod the suspension, can I have first shot at the AHC globes. I'd take the rear springs, but just replaced mine. :-)

If rattle is high up, might be loose wiring loom in headliner.
 
I had a rattle that drove me nuts in my LX470. I looked everywhere but couldn't track it. It was coming from the passenger side and I thought it was coming from the door. I finally had my wife drive it while I sat in the passenger seat and I realized the rattle sounded like it was directly above my head and not down in the door like I had thought. I had her pull over and checked the roof rack. Sure enough the front factory cross bar on the roof rack was loose. The nut was almost completely out. I tightened it down and the noise was gone. Something so simple and yet I almost lost my sanity trying to track it down.
 
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