Des@Cerritos

Wow incredibly low miles for the year. Whoever gets it will be lucky.

mtart

Ok, I must confess I just purchased this car form a neighbor of tiger woods in the Isle Worth community. He purchase the car new from Lexus of Orlando for his wife's 50th birthday. It looks show room new with a couple of very minor door dings, it has had the 70k miles (?)service water pump replaced and timing belt, new Michelin pilot a/s tires,9.1 nav update and I have found very few of this color anywhere (which makes it more desirable) in my opionion. I paid $20k


One more question, has anyone installed the Scocshe Bluefusion bluetooth kit?

scdroptop

iTrader: (1)

Good to know...that makes it on the higher range of what we have all told you. No paint work, I'm ASSUMING?

List it for $23k for quicker sale...$25k obo for some tire kickers to beat you down lower and hopefully you'll make a nice profit!

Sounds like you got a steal...either way to drive a luxury car for a while and turn a profit on it is ALWAYS a nice investment!

jimmyford1

I'm confused. This was done on a car with <15k miles? Perhaps I missed something.

Solman

I did the exact same thing to my 02 with only 29K miles. Timing belt is done by milage OR time. 8 years is a long time to go on a timing belt and if you are doing the belt you might as well do the pump. Tires should be changed for a greatly improved ride over the run-flats. and I too updated the nav dvd since the original was greatly outdated at 8 years old. I agree with everything listed.

John

PHXSC

Missed reading your owners manual.
Timing belt is a 7 year item, regardless of mileage. Water pump is optional, although wise to do it while you're in there. The car has been maintained correctly, it appears.

jimmyford1

I have an ES350...only wish I had an SC! It all makes perfect sense now. Thanks

LexusinTex

I am SC430 hunting and facing the do or don't timing belt on 2002-s with not nearly 90,000 miles.

Davenport Motors in Dallas, a very reputable Lexus shop, frankly told me the timing belt should last 10 years. A shop owner's wife has a SC430 2002 with 70,000 miles and he is going to wait until 2012 to do the belt, he didn't seem worried.

The last thing Lexus would want would be the timing belt to go out on a customer and have the perfect reliability record dinged, so I bet 7 years is the most extreme 1% chance or less of the timing belt going out, that way they avoid the possibility of being blamed for it happening before they recommend it.

Booya, ninja style defeat of Lexus dealer over-priced maitenance.

PHXSC

The engine is an interference engine, meaning that if the belt goes, you lunch it.
Toyota dealer will be replace it for $450, although that doesn't include the water pump, idler, and front seal. Those items are mileage dependent, while the belt is age and/or mileage dependent.
So, $450 vs. maybe $6-7k? Now you know the reason the repair shops told you to wait.....

LexusinTex

Nah, Davenport is owned by guys straight from Sewell Lexus, you know the Dallas auto dealer that wrote the book on customer service. They are a customer pleasing type mechanic shop, not the type to try and squeeze more money out of you. Through their experience they think the belts last 10 years, combined they have 20 plus years of experience working on these cars, they started the company after working in the Sewell service department. To Lexus in the United States, Sewell is mecca.

KaiserSea1

I changed my timing belt, water pump, etc at 7.5 years from build date, and 50K on the odometer. My car spent its life in the Florida Sun. The belt showed almost no sign of wear, a few hairline cracks. I did it because the selling dealer offered to cover the labor, and I knew it would have to be changed sometime while I owned it. I think expecting it to last 10 years plus is reasonable. I also changed out all the belts and hoses given I was only paying for parts. My cost was about $500. None of the parts taken off the car appeared worn.

SC4Hundred

According to some the timing belt will last more than 120k

scdroptop

iTrader: (1)

This is always a great discussion...similar to the one about tranny fluid intervals and coolant intervals, but obviously less severe. Toyo dealer would be best price. I also scan the internet for timing belt coupons and bring them to dealer to match.

I look at it as insurance. The manual says 90k miles...or 108 months which is nine years. ****One thing you have to keep in mind is that a lot of 2002's were sold early in 2001, which means they are nine years old, or 108 months or more. If your car is EITHER hit the mileage or close to the date, why not do it as good insurance? $1k of service to prevent $10k engine replacement? Sounds like a good investment to me!

Some year SC's were different intervals. My 05 is 90k/108 months

I compare this scenario to the hot water heaters sitting in your attic. They "usually" last ten years or longer. Recommended replacement is 7-10 years. You don't want those suckers to go out and leak and ruin/flood your house do you? My heaters are five years old in my attic and I plan on replacing them early as insurance because I don't want to deal with a flood!

Don't want to replace your SC engine if the belt blows? Don't roll the dice and replace it early or as recommended. Just my $.02

momssc

All I have to say is what about NEW belts failing?? No discussion about that!