Valuing a 100 series Landcruiser?

[aphil]

I would weigh the cost of fuel savings against one-time sales tax/registration costs. It will take a couple/few years to recoup that on a new(er) car.

Yes, I considered that. I will have to move to something like a 2011 accord or Camry, which should cost less than the sale price of my cruiser. I've estimated my fuel savings to be about $1400 - $1800/year which is significant. That doesn't even include the fact that maintenance and repairs will be cheaper on a simple sedan like a accord or camry as well as much less frequent on a 2011 model with under 60k miles. My old acura I drove for 5 years to 170k miles and only had $250 in repairs over that time period.

I bought the cruiser due to the fact that I did not drive much and I was sick of losing so much money due to depreciation as it sat in my garage for most of the year. The Cruiser holds it's value incredibly well - especially if it is rarely used and kept in pristine condition. I had no idea that my job situation would change and that I'm going to be driving 20k miles a year for the ongoing future.

It's quite frustrating, as I LOVE this SUV, but smooth easy, hi-speed interstate driving is not what this was made for :-(

 

[slacker24-7]

No way you can keep it and get a cheaper commuter car is there ? For 15 years I drove between Russellville and Little Rock daily putting over 800 miles a week on my vehicle just to work and back. I bought a cheaper civic and racked up the miles and saved my cruisers . I truely love my 100, you may well regret the sale , but ya have to do what ya have to do ...

 

[sickspeed]

No way you can keep it and get a cheaper commuter car is there ? For 15 years I drove between Russellville and Little Rock daily putting over 800 miles a week on my vehicle just to work and back. I bought a cheaper civic and racked up the miles and saved my cruisers . I truely love my 100, you may well regret the sale , but ya have to do what ya have to do ...

^ this would seem to make more sense and you'd put fewer miles on both vehicles.

Otherwise, I think you'd be hard pressed to get the 11-12k you're hoping for. I watch LC/LX values quite closely and there is certainly no shortage of people asking high dollar for the trucks but what they're actually selling for is much different. I've seen multiple great condition 2005 LXs with 180k miles sell for 10-13k in the last month. I think private party on your truck is probably 9-10k and dealer retail is probably the 11-12k. 200s are dropping too, which has had some effect on 100 pricing. With 40, 60, 80s rising in value, 100s have become a bit of a value proposition. Good luck.

 

[87warrior]

It's quite frustrating, as I LOVE this SUV, but smooth easy, hi-speed interstate driving is not what this was made for :-(

This might be the first time I have heard somebody say this. Smooth, easy, interstate driving was one of the reasons I bought the 100. They are thirsty rigs and I'm sure it's only a matter of time before each tankful costs double what it does now.

Good luck with your decision. You have a nice Cruiser and somebody will undoubtedly pay +$10k for it.

 

[DuckLN]

Im at $8,900 on yours

 

[studawg]

We may be looking for that, but we account for 1% of the buying population (or less)

but the general public buyer values gadgets and tech and wants Nav

I was talking about buyers of 100s specifically, but the general public decreasingly opts for NAV because they are using their phone for that.

 

[YodatheLC]

I paid 17k for my 2004 with 108k. It was a southern truck with zero rust, in stock format. We negotiated for almost a month, the truck was originally listed for 19,500. I knew I had to have the steering rack and CV boots replaced. I also added another thousand off the price for an incomplete service history. Having said that, I know I still overpaid for the truck. But you will find that people will being willing to pay for the right LC in their price range.

 

[mstakacs]

Keep it and buy a Civic for work. See, that was easy. I bought a 2004 LX470 with 222,000 on it January 2016 for $10,850 with literally everything done at the dealer by original owner. It now has 254,000 miles on it. My commute is 50 miles round-trip. How did we put 32,000 miles on it in a bit more than a year while we still drove the FJ40 every day too?! I have never driven this much in my life. We love love love our Land Cruisers - FJ40 (10-12mpg), our new-to-us FJ80 (13mpg), and the LX470 (15mpg) and the red-headed step-child Alfa Romeo GTV6. I figured since the cars are paid for, who cares about gas prices? I just feel safer with the kids driving big hunks of steel instead of a tin can. Now, my son's bucking for an FJ60. "You know dad, to complete the series".

 

[RyanStl]

I bought my '02 with $135K miles for $11K a year and few months ago, and that was a fair deal for me and seller. It did not have all the maintenance you put in, but tires were fairly new, so if same year and the mile difference I would consider yours with the maintenance about same as mine with me putting in maintenance money myself. Being two years older hurts, makes if worth slightly less for me.