YACT: Mint '95 ES300 w/ 72K miles for...

[thawolfman]

...$10,000 - My uncle has it and hardly ever drives it, so I spoke to him last night about maybe buying it off of him. I dunno if that's a good price or not....haven't done too much research on the car just yet.

It's pearl white w/ tan leather interior. Said it used to be a Lexus Dealership car, then was sold to a couple who hardly drove it, and they sold it to him...I'm debating on whether or not I should try to push him to sell it to me, or if I should just stick with my '92 Lude?

Thx...

-Ben-

 

[RossMAN]

I would stick it out with your 92 Lude because add another $6k and you can buy a BRAND NEW Honda Accord LX (assuming you find a loss leader ad).

How reliable has your 92 Lude been so far?

 

[KingNothing]

check Edmund's True Market Value...10k is dealer retail for the car you describe. Of course, I'm gonna say stick with the Prelude because it's cheaper and more fun to drive.

 

[EXman]

need some wheels on the Lude then you ES300 is just a Camry and a total 180 degrees from a Lude. nice car though

 

[BigSmooth]

Lexus depreciates pretty slowly, so they're not a superb value on the used market. For instance, you could get a newer '97 Infiniti I30 which is a direct competitor to the ES300 for about the same money.

Still, 72K miles on a '95 is great. If it's truly mint it's not a bad deal.

 

[NutBucket]

Take 3 grand and get a H22 for the 'lude. Then you'll forget all about the ES300. And don't forget wheels like someone already mentioned

 

[thawolfman]

Probably gonna stick with the 'Lude since I wanna get an apartment hopefully after Christmas, but more likely after graduation in May...

The Lude's been as good to me as I am to it, so as long as I keep up with scheduled maintenance etc then she's all good~

Thx for the input!

-Ben-

 

[slycat]

no brainer...stick with prelude.

 

[PoPPeR]

I've driven a 96 ES300 and a 91 LS400, the LS400 is more fun and more powerful, but more of a gas hog since it's a V8. The ES300 is boring as hell to drive, it's when I drive that car that I truly believe my friends saying "lexus's are for old people." As far as reliability of course, a Lexus is as good as anything else you'll find.