I'm buying a new one because I've got lots of seat time in a 60, 70 troopy, 80 and 100. I test drove the 200 and loved it. If I were new to the LC world, it might be nice to rent one for a week or two extended test drive before pulling the trigger on such a big purchase.
Why are so many 16+ used as rental cars?
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Going rate is the same price as a Suburban on rental lots. So anywhere from $40-100/day. However, good luck finding them. They're usually only found in heavy ski destinations and only given out first to loyalty members.
I get why rental companies choose some Land Cruisers in their lots for their fleets. They basically depreciate the least $ for a car in that size. They are in the same class as Suburbans, GLS450 and the QX80. They get dumped for about 42-50k at auction after rental company dumps them but the LC200 is still going for 57-65k.
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FWIW I just ran a search of all 16+ 200s in the nation on Autotrader for $65 or less, and 16 of 18 were rental vehicles!! The last 2 could have been as well, but it didn't explicitly say they were. I doubt there's another model on the market right now that has a higher concentration of prior rentals on the secondary market. For those out there hunting for a used 16+, be careful and look out for ones right at the 40k mile mark because that seems to be right when they get dumped at auction.
Spot on. I looked at this 2016, previously a rental, sold at auction right at 40k mile mark. Condition was poor - rust on the underside, interior looks surprisingly very worn for a 1 year car, misc. plastic parts missing (USB outlet cover...), not to mention it looked like the dealer didn't even bother giving it a good wash.
For the amount of abuse some of your LCs took in Moab, I don’t understand why anyone would be concerned with buying a rental LC. I can’t fathom them taking any more abuse in the rental market than y’all doled out 
I wouldn't buy my own rig from myselfFor the amount of abuse some of your LCs took in Moab, I don’t understand why anyone would be concerned with buying a rental LC. I can’t fathom them taking any more abuse in the rental market than y’all doled out
HAH yah all kidding aside these things really can take a beating and keep on going! We have beatin on our rig for over 4 years now, going strong!
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For the amount of abuse some of your LCs took in Moab, I don’t understand why anyone would be concerned with buying a rental LC. I can’t fathom them taking any more abuse in the rental market than y’all doled out
I'd rather buy an enthusiast owned and maintained 200 from a member off this site than from a rental car company that didn't care about the service history and had likely hundreds of different drivers beating it on it. Sure they can take abuse, but I'd be willing to bet the rentals have more wear and tear and are worse maintained than the vast majority on this board.
Rentals take abuse from 100s of drivers. I am one of those drivers that do things to rentals that I would never do to mine
That said LC rentals have fabulous Maintenance history . Like Fleet vehicles they are maintained amazingly
As has been mentioned on this forum, a rental 200 2008 sold in Oregon. It had 200k worth of rental miles!!!! Let’s repeat : two hundred thousand abused rental miles. Fastidious Maintenance. Sold for $22,000
Most rentals are dumped at 35-45k by the owners
I have seen two with 100k miles + but they were not national chains. Small rentals
As @kreiten said, as much as I think he has the best LC pre 2016 on the forum, I wouldn’t buy his either
That said LC rentals have fabulous Maintenance history . Like Fleet vehicles they are maintained amazingly
As has been mentioned on this forum, a rental 200 2008 sold in Oregon. It had 200k worth of rental miles!!!! Let’s repeat : two hundred thousand abused rental miles. Fastidious Maintenance. Sold for $22,000
Most rentals are dumped at 35-45k by the owners
I have seen two with 100k miles + but they were not national chains. Small rentals
As @kreiten said, as much as I think he has the best LC pre 2016 on the forum, I wouldn’t buy his either
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I wouldn't buy my own rig from myself
That's funny and true. LOL.
I got one of those 16s you saw on auto trader... was owned by a corp but not a rental... 28k miles and absolutely spotless. Still had the kids iphones listed in the bluetooth I had to pay the asking price but they gave me 3k more than our suburban was worth.
I had to pay the asking price but they gave me 3k more than our suburban was worth.
I got one of those 16s you saw on auto trader... was owned by a corp but not a rental... 28k miles and absolutely spotless. Still had the kids iphones listed in the bluetooth
How did you know it was a corp-owned rental?
I for sure knew my '17 was an ex-Airport car rental lot as it still had some no smoking stickers in it, and mine had been wheeled by many before I did. Rear shocks were blown, cuts in stock Dunlops, skids had some light damage, and alignment was 10 degrees off.....all with just 16k on the odometer.
Wonder if I wheeled your truck before
