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I contacted the seller through Kijiji, he is selling it for his elderly neighbor who had an offer of $14,000 and turned it down.
Let's not forget we are talking Canuck bucks at 15 K.
That's about 10 K in US dollars. I just paid 9500 USD for a 05 car with 106 K if the condition and options are right I think that's a good price.
Year: 2001
Color: Black
Mileage: 123xxx km's
Package (ML or UL): C - F package(JDM car, would be considered UL)
Price: 7500
Date Purchased: Nov 2018, had to wait till mid dec 2018 for car to arrive in canada
Condition: auction grade 4(personally i would give it 7 out of 10 stars
Complete Lexus Service Records?: nope
Private Party or Dealer: Dealer How Long Did You Search? a month - ish
City & State: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Source (eBay, AutoTrader, Cars.com, etc.): JDM connection's online intransit section.
When it arrived i had to get 1 of the wheels repairs(bent lip, wouldn't hold air, removed the boy-ricer bodykit that was on it, had to order a rhs door mpx module from a wrecker in dallas to get the windows to work, replaced the inner and outer tie rod ends, replaced hood struts, removed front tint(cops here have a hardon for front tinted windows) and i have to do the zero-point calibration still.
Last edited by omniman69; 01-04-19 at 01:32 PM.
Reason: added more info
Let's not forget we are talking Canuck bucks at 15 K.
That's about 10 K in US dollars. I just paid 9500 USD for a 05 car with 106 K if the condition and options are right I think that's a good price.
no doubt she looks really nice! I paid $7000 Cdn for my full load UL 2004 with 302000kms, it was also one owner fully Lexus serviced.
IMO still high for a 12 year old car even with that low mileage.
Year 2003
Color silver
Mileage 124,000km
Package (ML or UL) Tom's Celsior UCF31
Price 14,000 CANUCK BUCKS
Date Purchased May 24,2018
Condition auction grade 4B
Complete Lexus Service Records? Yes
Private Party or Dealer Auction
How Long Did You Search? 4 months daily
City & State Japan, but she lives in Edmonton, Alberta. CANADA
Source Authority Imports *highly recommended
I've seen complete Celsior badge sets on eBay, shipped from Japan, price varies. Just the tail badge seems to run around $50.
Don't know about the rest of the crew here, I always keep an eye out for other examples of a car I have recently purchased. There does not appear to be any LS430's tooling around the area here. I have not seen one since I bought the LS a week or so ago.
Thus badges as a Celsior may make folks scratch their heads a little bit. I also tend to think that Toyota established the Lexus brand simply to extract more money from our wallets. I have always felt that Toyota cars are the best, period. I shall also note that Toyota dealers tend to be the worst.
I realize there are many threads on this topic but looking to find out what folks who bought in the past few weeks paid for their LS430. Please reply back if you can. Thank you.
Year
Color
Mileage
Package (ML or UL)
Price
Date Purchased
Condition
Complete Lexus Service Records?
Private Party or Dealer
How Long Did You Search?
City & State
Source (eBay, AutoTrader, Cars.com, etc.)
2001 pearl white ML package
200k miles
Fair condition on the exterior excellent condition interior
Complete Lexus records
Paid 2000$ for it. I think I got a pretty fair deal. The fuse box in the trunk drivers side was acting up when I got it. Ordered 1 off eBay for under $200. Installed it and all the weird problems went away. There's still a few little gremlins that I need to take care of but overall I feel I got a steal of a deal for what the car is.
Like I've said I paid $14's in Oct '16. 06 with 80k.
I discovered an error in my ways that makes me feel a whole lot better. When carfax (on my phone) said my '06 was worth $4800, I said enough is enough, let me fact check them. Went on kbb and it basically said 7,000 to $8,200, wholesale. All this time I thought I suffered depreciation rivaling a brand new car. Carfax is a fraud. Think of zillow for homes--sure the number we see makes us feel good. Then go to realtor.com and see a 30% difference. I think it's because of what the sites are oriented for (buying or sellling). Same here with carfax, seems they really lowball.
Year: 2006
Color: Mercury Metallic (silver lol)
Mileage:180,000 miles
Package (ML or UL): Just regular premium package, smart key, and 18 inch wheels
Price: $5,650
Date Purchased: March 27, 2019
Condition: Interior: 9/10, Exterior 8/10. No peeling clear coat or major issues with paint. Interior is in amazing shape and no issues with the leather. The car drives like new and feels so smooth. The owner told me that the only difference she notices between how the car currently drives at 180k miles and when it was new, is the noise levels in the cabin.
Complete Lexus Service Records? Complete records from day one. All service done at dealer for the first 10 years, indy shop after that. Transmission was replaced by the dealer at 150K miles with records to prove it.
Private Party or Dealer: Private party (one owner)
How Long Did You Search? 2 days. My old car got hit by two different drivers in 2 weeks and I got really lucky finding a good deal in very short time.
City & State: Raleigh NC
Source: Cargurus/CL listing
2002
Black with beige interior
170k
ML
$1800
March 2019
Small piece of oxidation on front hood. Interior driver seat has a few peeling issues but no holes.
Was well taken care of, not every record but majority...about 80%
Private Party
Off and on for two weeks
Fort Worth, Texas
Found on FB Marketplace
Year 2003
Color silver
Mileage 124,000km
Package (ML or UL) Tom's Celsior UCF31
Price 14,000 CANUCK BUCKS
Date Purchased May 24,2018
Condition auction grade 4B
Complete Lexus Service Records? Yes
Private Party or Dealer Auction
How Long Did You Search? 4 months daily
City & State Japan, but she lives in Edmonton, Alberta. CANADA
Source Authority Imports *highly recommended
I can feel my wallet becoming lighter after seeing your car. We can't have what you have up there, not old enough for US importation. I use my LS for work, not sure I can live with RHD. I pile the miles on mine. I'll be going over to Tokyo in the coming months. Am a fan of Japan in general and I sell their products. Your great pics were worth repeating, I really like your car! My LS is a blank slate right now.
2002
Black with beige interior
170k
ML
$1800
March 2019
Small piece of oxidation on front hood. Interior driver seat has a few peeling issues but no holes.
Was well taken care of, not every record but majority...about 80%
Private Party
Off and on for two weeks
Fort Worth, Texas
Found on FB Marketplace
Year 2006
Color Metallica silver
Mileage 82350
Package (ML or UL) ML
Price $9500
Date Purchased 3-30-19
Condition Near perfect
Complete Lexus Service Records? No
Private Party or Dealer Dealership
How Long Did You Search? Month
City & State Redwood City
Source (eBay, AutoTrader, Cars.com, etc.) Cars.com
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rock chip oxidation can be easily dealt with.
If you car has no particular issue, you got some awesome deal
Thanks. No issues I know of, no codes either. In certain light the oxidation is seen...I have used a three step process worked a little but not much. Would probably need to do something deeper.