LS400

October 20, 2017

Spotted this on eBay,Great condition but very expensive.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1997-LEXUS-LS400-ONLY-43-788-MILES-FROM-NEW-/232529455743?hash=item3623d5ea7f:g:JVIAAOSw43hZ6Mgz

ambermarine · October 20, 2017

Very tidy but not complete there is a plastic cover missing from the engine compartment that sits forward of the Battery ,

It might sound like I am being petty but these things are important when the car is classed as complete, the other aspect is the wheels are not the original spec .

I have a mark 4 with less mileage and in similar pristine nick but I doubt it is worth any were near 8k, the reason being there are plenty of good examples for a lot less.

It might get the price if it was the last of the breed on the road other wise it is what someone is prepared to pay .

Bluesman · October 20, 2017

44 minutes ago, ambermarine said:

Very tidy but not complete there is a plastic cover missing from the engine compartment that sits forward of the battery ,

It might sound like I am being petty but these things are important when the car is classed as complete, the other aspect is the wheels are not the original spec .

I have a mark 4 with less mileage and in similar pristine nick but I doubt it is worth any were near 8k, the reason being there are plenty of good examples for a lot less.

It might get the price if it was the last of the breed on the road other wise it is what someone is prepared to pay .

Not petty at all, if they are describing the car as 100% complete and it's not then it can't be 100% OK. £9K is way over its value. They will have it on sale at that price for a long time.

dendonc · October 20, 2017

50 minutes ago, Bluesman said:

They will have it on sale at that price for a long time.

Not neccesarily, but, what might hold it back from reaching that price is the fact very few people these days know anything about an LS400, probably never heard anything about them.

1 hour ago, ambermarine said:

the reason being there are plenty of good examples for a lot less.

A car in that condition as well as rust/corrosion free MOT history are simply extreamly rare examples in the context of coming up for sale, maybe you could point us all in the direction of the cars you mention for sale!?

As far as a car in that condition being for sale I dont remember ever seeing one since 2008 when I first went LS400

cruisermark · October 20, 2017

This seller has sold LS400s of this standard before.

I think the right person will come along and pay the price - I remember about a year ago a low mileage Mark 4 was sold by a dealer £12995.

Just as recent as last week a low mileage Mark 4 was advertised for £7k - the advert was barely live (on eBay and AT) for a few days.

dendonc · October 20, 2017

6 minutes ago, cruisermark said:

This seller has sold LS400s of this standard before.

In that case he must know the market 'reasonably' well so I guess he has a fair idea of what it can fetch, its advertised on eBay & now here, it also comes high up on P1 google on search, see link

https://www.google.co.uk/search?client=opera&q=lexus+ls400+for+sale&sourceid=opera&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

dendonc · October 20, 2017

Also & relevant to 'cost'....check out the prices of some of these old 'classics'......22k for that jag (top add).......who on earth would pay that for a heap of jag scrap....hmm I guess a fan would...

https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/cat/3/

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Malc · October 20, 2017

4 hours ago, Eame64 said:

Spotted this on ebay,Great condition but very expensive.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1997-LEXUS-LS400-ONLY-43-788-MILES-FROM-NEW-/232529455743?hash=item3623d5ea7f:g:JVIAAOSw43hZ6Mgz

I think that neither original wheels nor a Toyota Battery ( shaped to fit the space in the Mk3 ) detracts from it's appeal very much when thinking to pay that ridiculous price

Malc

dendonc · October 20, 2017

Heres a 1967, 49K miles & garunteed to turn over if you corner at more 15mph

£12750

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C821338

ambermarine · October 20, 2017

If I am to seriously take as read some of the foregoing comments then my complete 36km in better nick than the example we are discussing should be worth at least 12k ,better not tell the wife.

Bluesman · October 20, 2017

2 hours ago, cruisermark said:

This seller has sold LS400s of this standard before.

I think the right person will come along and pay the price - I remember about a year ago a low mileage Mark 4 was sold by a dealer £12995.

Just as recent as last week a low mileage Mark 4 was advertised for £7k - the advert was barely live (on ebay and AT) for a few days.

Cant find it in completed sales. Can you post a link to it?

dendonc · October 20, 2017

1 hour ago, ambermarine said:

should be worth at least 12k ,

They were not as easy to get in 2011 when I bought this one, not as easy as 2008 when I got my first (I think), the rarer or hard to come by things are the higher the price.

Heres another LS at 5k

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1995-Lexus-LS-400-4-0-auto-1-Owner-From-New-Only-51-000-Miles-/152736797411?hash=item238fd292e3:g:uS0AAOSw1BlZVPh3

Malc · October 20, 2017

really not quite sure what all the fuss is about ........... it's quite well proven that whatever the miles on the Ls400, even several hundred thousands, you are probably going to be buying a really good car with many years of life ahead.

If you want to keep your car in aspic and never use it to it's full advantage, and enjoy the pleasure it will give you, then by all means pay many many £000s and do that.

But for me the joy is in using the darned thing ............... now exactly 200,000 miles, bought it at about 123k miles June 2011 at £1400 ....... minimal maintenance costs to date ........ she's BRILLIANT

Malc

Tinonline · October 20, 2017

I think 400s are undervalued. This one is a bit over the odds although some alterations are permitted missing bits are not acceptable at premium price.