New Here Concerned about buying at 90K mile
10-03-15, 03:19 PM
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New Here Concerned about buying at 90K mile
hey guys i'm a new member here, and I honestly registered here because i'm not quite sure what to do.
I'm 26 and finally ready to buy my first decent car. Woohoo! haha. Option number one is a red/maroon 2006 lexus IS350 with 90K miles on it. The craigslist posting can be seen here.
https://longisland.craigslist.org/cto/5234554791.html
Today the owner who is a very nice 50 year old man, drove 20 minutes to my town because I wanted my mechanic to look at everything. He plugged it in and did his thing, took it for a drive all the good stuff and he gave me the nod. I took it for a spin and fell in love with it. I've been driving beaters my whole life and am going from a 1999 dodge Dakota with 230K miles on it so something much better. The car was beautifully kept on the inside. The owner is selling it because he has 2 other cars for the family and just cant afford to pay for something that's sitting on the driveway going nowhere. He works for a reputable company around here, and for the last 2 years has been bringing his company car home with him everyday and really has barley used the lexus and its time to go. He had no problem driving out today to meet me, my dad, and the mechanic. The only thing that needs a little fixing is one part of the vinyl in the front in which the owner stopped at Lexus on his way home with he warranty stuff and ordered a new piece so it could be fixed in a week. I'm just worried about the 90K miles and how these cars hold up. It was even nicer then the pics showed and I prefer black but I really need a car soon and I cant let that be a deal breaker.
Option number 2 would be to pass on the privately owned lexus, and save money for 2 more months to go after a 2009 infinity G37X with 66K miles on it from a dealership which can be seen here
http://www.liautofind.com/web/used/I...York/24752037/
It is listed at 13500, so i'm guessing best case scenario i'd get it for 12,500 and I only have 10,500 right now. I love the look, I love that it is 3 years younger with almost 30K miles less as well. The issue I have is, not knowing if a 3 year and 30K miles difference in the infiniti compared to the lexus is that big of a deal. IDK if I should hold off and suck it up driving this crappy truck for 2 more months and then spend all I got on the infiniti. I mean if the Infiniti will last 5 years longer then the lexus maybe I should hold off. If 30k miles isn't a huge deal then I think I would just buy the lexus save the extra few thousand dollars and call it a day.
I know i'm all over the place here and idk if this place is like other forums where i'll get the tl;dr posts lol but hey I gave it a shot. As I stated the lexus really caught me off guard at how nice (for me anyway) it was today, and on the way to meet the guy I didn't think i would like the color, but I ended up liking it a lot more then previously thought and its growing on me every minute, but if the smarter more practical thing to do is try and get that infiniti then i'll do that both cars are awesome. I just worry about passing on the lexus and then missing out on both cars haha
ANY feed back is much appreciated
I'm 26 and finally ready to buy my first decent car. Woohoo! haha. Option number one is a red/maroon 2006 lexus IS350 with 90K miles on it. The craigslist posting can be seen here.
https://longisland.craigslist.org/cto/5234554791.html
Today the owner who is a very nice 50 year old man, drove 20 minutes to my town because I wanted my mechanic to look at everything. He plugged it in and did his thing, took it for a drive all the good stuff and he gave me the nod. I took it for a spin and fell in love with it. I've been driving beaters my whole life and am going from a 1999 dodge Dakota with 230K miles on it so something much better. The car was beautifully kept on the inside. The owner is selling it because he has 2 other cars for the family and just cant afford to pay for something that's sitting on the driveway going nowhere. He works for a reputable company around here, and for the last 2 years has been bringing his company car home with him everyday and really has barley used the lexus and its time to go. He had no problem driving out today to meet me, my dad, and the mechanic. The only thing that needs a little fixing is one part of the vinyl in the front in which the owner stopped at Lexus on his way home with he warranty stuff and ordered a new piece so it could be fixed in a week. I'm just worried about the 90K miles and how these cars hold up. It was even nicer then the pics showed and I prefer black but I really need a car soon and I cant let that be a deal breaker.
Option number 2 would be to pass on the privately owned lexus, and save money for 2 more months to go after a 2009 infinity G37X with 66K miles on it from a dealership which can be seen here
http://www.liautofind.com/web/used/I...York/24752037/
It is listed at 13500, so i'm guessing best case scenario i'd get it for 12,500 and I only have 10,500 right now. I love the look, I love that it is 3 years younger with almost 30K miles less as well. The issue I have is, not knowing if a 3 year and 30K miles difference in the infiniti compared to the lexus is that big of a deal. IDK if I should hold off and suck it up driving this crappy truck for 2 more months and then spend all I got on the infiniti. I mean if the Infiniti will last 5 years longer then the lexus maybe I should hold off. If 30k miles isn't a huge deal then I think I would just buy the lexus save the extra few thousand dollars and call it a day.
I know i'm all over the place here and idk if this place is like other forums where i'll get the tl;dr posts lol but hey I gave it a shot. As I stated the lexus really caught me off guard at how nice (for me anyway) it was today, and on the way to meet the guy I didn't think i would like the color, but I ended up liking it a lot more then previously thought and its growing on me every minute, but if the smarter more practical thing to do is try and get that infiniti then i'll do that both cars are awesome. I just worry about passing on the lexus and then missing out on both cars haha
ANY feed back is much appreciated
10-03-15, 03:37 PM
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90k is low mileage for that model year, get the Lexus service history, if everything has been done, no issues I would jump on it. I am not a fan of any Infinity product and just the sight of one sours my stomach.
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thank you very much for the quick reply. We did the service history and all has checked out, and you can just tell it wasn't driven hard by the owner and overall everything worked out perfectly. it really felt like an amazingly perfect vehicle maybe just because I've been in crappy cars all my life, but I've been a passenger in some $30,000 cars and I swear this car just felt mint.
10-04-15, 07:40 PM
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I would say go for the IS (the Infiniti is kinda boring looking IMHO). The G37 has 4 wheels drive which is a bonus during the winter but get a set of winter wheels and you should be OK.
As other said, check the services records and make sure it was well taken care of. Check closely around the water pump for side of leak and water pump's wear as the water pump tends to fail around this range of milage. Check for Timing Chain Cover leak while you are there.
Good luck.
As other said, check the services records and make sure it was well taken care of. Check closely around the water pump for side of leak and water pump's wear as the water pump tends to fail around this range of milage. Check for Timing Chain Cover leak while you are there.
Good luck.
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Thank you so much guys for the priceless feedback you guys definitely put my mind at peace and i should have the car in a week from now. I will deff be sticking around this forum.
And my apologies for posting in the wrong section!!
And my apologies for posting in the wrong section!!
10-07-15, 07:38 PM
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hey guys i'm a new member here, and I honestly registered here because i'm not quite sure what to do.
I'm 26 and finally ready to buy my first decent car. Woohoo! haha. Option number one is a red/maroon 2006 lexus IS350 with 90K miles on it. The craigslist posting can be seen here.
https://longisland.craigslist.org/cto/5234554791.html
Today the owner who is a very nice 50 year old man, drove 20 minutes to my town because I wanted my mechanic to look at everything. He plugged it in and did his thing, took it for a drive all the good stuff and he gave me the nod. I took it for a spin and fell in love with it. I've been driving beaters my whole life and am going from a 1999 dodge Dakota with 230K miles on it so something much better. The car was beautifully kept on the inside. The owner is selling it because he has 2 other cars for the family and just cant afford to pay for something that's sitting on the driveway going nowhere. He works for a reputable company around here, and for the last 2 years has been bringing his company car home with him everyday and really has barley used the lexus and its time to go. He had no problem driving out today to meet me, my dad, and the mechanic. The only thing that needs a little fixing is one part of the vinyl in the front in which the owner stopped at Lexus on his way home with he warranty stuff and ordered a new piece so it could be fixed in a week. I'm just worried about the 90K miles and how these cars hold up. It was even nicer then the pics showed and I prefer black but I really need a car soon and I cant let that be a deal breaker.
Option number 2 would be to pass on the privately owned lexus, and save money for 2 more months to go after a 2009 infinity G37X with 66K miles on it from a dealership which can be seen here
http://www.liautofind.com/web/used/I...York/24752037/
It is listed at 13500, so i'm guessing best case scenario i'd get it for 12,500 and I only have 10,500 right now. I love the look, I love that it is 3 years younger with almost 30K miles less as well. The issue I have is, not knowing if a 3 year and 30K miles difference in the infiniti compared to the lexus is that big of a deal. IDK if I should hold off and suck it up driving this crappy truck for 2 more months and then spend all I got on the infiniti. I mean if the Infiniti will last 5 years longer then the lexus maybe I should hold off. If 30k miles isn't a huge deal then I think I would just buy the lexus save the extra few thousand dollars and call it a day.
I know i'm all over the place here and idk if this place is like other forums where i'll get the tl;dr posts lol but hey I gave it a shot. As I stated the lexus really caught me off guard at how nice (for me anyway) it was today, and on the way to meet the guy I didn't think i would like the color, but I ended up liking it a lot more then previously thought and its growing on me every minute, but if the smarter more practical thing to do is try and get that infiniti then i'll do that both cars are awesome. I just worry about passing on the lexus and then missing out on both cars haha
ANY feed back is much appreciated
I'm 26 and finally ready to buy my first decent car. Woohoo! haha. Option number one is a red/maroon 2006 lexus IS350 with 90K miles on it. The craigslist posting can be seen here.
https://longisland.craigslist.org/cto/5234554791.html
Today the owner who is a very nice 50 year old man, drove 20 minutes to my town because I wanted my mechanic to look at everything. He plugged it in and did his thing, took it for a drive all the good stuff and he gave me the nod. I took it for a spin and fell in love with it. I've been driving beaters my whole life and am going from a 1999 dodge Dakota with 230K miles on it so something much better. The car was beautifully kept on the inside. The owner is selling it because he has 2 other cars for the family and just cant afford to pay for something that's sitting on the driveway going nowhere. He works for a reputable company around here, and for the last 2 years has been bringing his company car home with him everyday and really has barley used the lexus and its time to go. He had no problem driving out today to meet me, my dad, and the mechanic. The only thing that needs a little fixing is one part of the vinyl in the front in which the owner stopped at Lexus on his way home with he warranty stuff and ordered a new piece so it could be fixed in a week. I'm just worried about the 90K miles and how these cars hold up. It was even nicer then the pics showed and I prefer black but I really need a car soon and I cant let that be a deal breaker.
Option number 2 would be to pass on the privately owned lexus, and save money for 2 more months to go after a 2009 infinity G37X with 66K miles on it from a dealership which can be seen here
http://www.liautofind.com/web/used/I...York/24752037/
It is listed at 13500, so i'm guessing best case scenario i'd get it for 12,500 and I only have 10,500 right now. I love the look, I love that it is 3 years younger with almost 30K miles less as well. The issue I have is, not knowing if a 3 year and 30K miles difference in the infiniti compared to the lexus is that big of a deal. IDK if I should hold off and suck it up driving this crappy truck for 2 more months and then spend all I got on the infiniti. I mean if the Infiniti will last 5 years longer then the lexus maybe I should hold off. If 30k miles isn't a huge deal then I think I would just buy the lexus save the extra few thousand dollars and call it a day.
I know i'm all over the place here and idk if this place is like other forums where i'll get the tl;dr posts lol but hey I gave it a shot. As I stated the lexus really caught me off guard at how nice (for me anyway) it was today, and on the way to meet the guy I didn't think i would like the color, but I ended up liking it a lot more then previously thought and its growing on me every minute, but if the smarter more practical thing to do is try and get that infiniti then i'll do that both cars are awesome. I just worry about passing on the lexus and then missing out on both cars haha
ANY feed back is much appreciated
Honestly i gotta say that you should AT LEAST test drive the G37 before going with the is350 just so that you dont have any regrets what so ever , if you do so choose to get the lexus. But whatever you choose, mae sure its what YOU like and not anyone else. Good luck in whatever you do!
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