I bought my '11 LC last May with 108K miles, and I love love love the thing now. But, for the past few months I've been thinking I wished I had bought something a little newer and with fewer miles. I did a thorough baseline on it over last Summer, and now I'm starting on making more permanent mods, stuff that will be harder to remove when I want to upgrade eventually. So about a month ago I started casually scanning the ads for a '13-15 with low miles (<60K). Everything within a decent drive (<150 miles) was either black (no thanks) or too many miles, or too rusty. Went to look at a '15 last week in Boston that only has 37K miles at a dealer, wow those guys were jerks, and the truck wasn't right.
Was eyeing a sweet looking white '15 all the way down in CT, but couldn't get a whole day for the trip. Finally got yesterday free, so I made the trip. Made the deal, drove it home last night. WOW what a difference.
Before:
After:
Truck was a trade-in at a BMW dealer in Greenwich CT. 45K miles, very pampered. I knew things were gonna go well when I popped open the left tailgate storage cubby and found 4 wireless headsets, still in the original bubble wrap:
The rest of the truck was just as nice. They were super nice, had already sent me over a dozen photos of the undercarraige, very little rust underneath, nothing of concern. I asked about putting it up on a lift so I could check the KDSS bleeders, but it was gonna be a long wait, so I did it in the parking lot, and they popped right loose, no problem. Also checked the recirc damper, cycled the 4LO and CDL actuators, even popped in my ODB-II reader to check for codes, none found.
Best part, as you probably see:
Yes, a fresh set of TRD RW wheels that are pristine, not a scratch. The 285/70R17 KO2's are also almost new, I measure 14/32" of tread depth (15 is new spec). Unfortunately, they did not change out the spare, so I need one more RW rim, in case any of your hoarders can spare one. The spare on the truck now has never been lowered, still has the whiskers. I'm not crazy about the splined lug nuts, and if I have a flat I think I'm gonna be screwed, since I don't think these lug nuts work with the OEM rims? Yes, no?
The truck also has this weird aftermarket remote system:
Not sure if I'm gonna use it much, but I will say the range is impressive. MUCH more than the factory remote for locking/unlocking and remote start. The fob also receives feedback from the truck, tells it if the locks did lock, or if the engine actually started. However, just like the OEM remote, as soon as you open a door, the engine quits.
So excited. I just wanna keep driving it. For some reason it feels much quieter and smoother than my older one, but probably because my wallet is a lot lighter now.
Was eyeing a sweet looking white '15 all the way down in CT, but couldn't get a whole day for the trip. Finally got yesterday free, so I made the trip. Made the deal, drove it home last night. WOW what a difference.
Before:
After:
Truck was a trade-in at a BMW dealer in Greenwich CT. 45K miles, very pampered. I knew things were gonna go well when I popped open the left tailgate storage cubby and found 4 wireless headsets, still in the original bubble wrap:
The rest of the truck was just as nice. They were super nice, had already sent me over a dozen photos of the undercarraige, very little rust underneath, nothing of concern. I asked about putting it up on a lift so I could check the KDSS bleeders, but it was gonna be a long wait, so I did it in the parking lot, and they popped right loose, no problem. Also checked the recirc damper, cycled the 4LO and CDL actuators, even popped in my ODB-II reader to check for codes, none found.
Best part, as you probably see:
Yes, a fresh set of TRD RW wheels that are pristine, not a scratch. The 285/70R17 KO2's are also almost new, I measure 14/32" of tread depth (15 is new spec). Unfortunately, they did not change out the spare, so I need one more RW rim, in case any of your hoarders can spare one. The spare on the truck now has never been lowered, still has the whiskers. I'm not crazy about the splined lug nuts, and if I have a flat I think I'm gonna be screwed, since I don't think these lug nuts work with the OEM rims? Yes, no?
The truck also has this weird aftermarket remote system:
Not sure if I'm gonna use it much, but I will say the range is impressive. MUCH more than the factory remote for locking/unlocking and remote start. The fob also receives feedback from the truck, tells it if the locks did lock, or if the engine actually started. However, just like the OEM remote, as soon as you open a door, the engine quits.
So excited. I just wanna keep driving it. For some reason it feels much quieter and smoother than my older one, but probably because my wallet is a lot lighter now.