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Old 02-22-22, 02:15 PM
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Originally Posted by AJT123
Oh I doubt it. 165k is nothing on an LS430 I'm sure it was quickly resold, especially how you keep your cars. I am a little surprised that someone that (now, at least) is as meticulous as you went almost double over the miles on a necessary maintenance item that could have resulted in a destroyed engine if it snapped. I take things to the limit, no way in hell I'd go 165k. 120-130, sure.

BTW seeping around seals to me at least isn't even a real oil leak lol, it needs to touch the ground. She's got plenty of time left with that ES.
The 165k was the LS400. Dealers here don't typically stock cars with mileage that high. The LS430 was higher mileage than Carmax typically sells.

So with the 400 and the 430 they were my dad's. If it had been completely up to me I would have done them...hence why I did it on the ES300
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Old 02-23-22, 10:27 AM
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Just show people how older cars do in small frontal overlap IIHS tests and they might want to trade up.
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