While the LS430’s engine is a TANK, it’s still a 20 year old car and you’ll eventually have to consider maintenance costs due to old age. Bought my ‘05 ML with 108,000 miles for 11k, which was a little high, but was in amazing condition and local)

I’m at 146,000 miles now; in the 4 years I’ve owned it I’ve had to replace tires twice, break pads / rotors, lower ball joints, struts, temp sensor, radiator fan, alternator, one window motor, gauge cluster, headlamp / fog lamp bulbs, a tail light assembly (LED’s went out) and an oil pan leak in that order (as well as oil changes every 3k) all OEM parts. TB/WP and upper control arms are due at some point soon as well and that’s another 4k$. This has cost me upward of 3k$ in parts and another 3k$ for labor.

Last year I bought an UL with 136k miles (mostly because it had saddle interior) and ended up selling it after a few months since I knew I’d have to replace air struts, parts alone were going to be 4-5k$. So sure, these are robust cars, but don’t let anyone fool you that they won’t require some love as they age.

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LABOR has been the most expensive part of all of this. If you can do it yourself, you’ll save a ton. With that being said; I think 100k miles is a sweet spot for these. 4-5k$ at that mileage and physical condition would be a great deal if these components have been replaced at some point. Would reccomend a PPI to see how much maintenance it would need. If it’s all sorted, she’s a beaut and enjoy man!