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Thoughts on buying a 2009 with service history

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Old 01-23-18, 11:23 AM
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Default Thoughts on buying a 2009 with service history

interesting that i always here about the bullet proof reliability of the ls460

sold my ls430 year ago, have an rx now with no issues

looked at a 2009 today and pulled the history and its a laundry list of issues one after the other

is this common over 10 year of ownership?
Old 01-23-18, 11:53 AM
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Do you have the VIN? I'm curious as to what-all went wrong, because my 2008 has been essentially bulletproof for both Toyota Design as a company/airport car for the first few years in Cali, then the second owner here in TX for another five or so.
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Originally Posted by mikesrx350
is this common over 10 year of ownership?
I'm coming up on 11 years of ownership and 120,000 miles, and other than partial replacement of control arms, zero problems.

Of course that doesn't include the peeling drip rails and delaminating wheels, but that's cosmetic only.
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170,000 miles on mine, very few issues, still drives like new. I consider them to be one of the most reliable vehicle on the road, capable of driving like a new car with hundreds of thousands of miles on them.
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laundry list of issues
Vague. Can you be specific? I'll chime in with my laundry list: two bushings, two mufflers and a water pump. This on an '08 with 205k kms (125k miles).
Old 01-23-18, 08:48 PM
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Yeah what sort of items are you talking about?
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