by Reed on January 22, 2010
Anything above 100K, I would be weary of, even for the LS430 which has historically been one of the best in realiability. 100K is a lot of miles to be driven if the previous owner had a lead foot, did not main well, or drove it in a lot fo stop-n-on traffic and rough roads.
With that said, if the LS430 was well maintained, it should run to 200K without issue. Some more, OPTIMISTIC, people here like to think that it will run to 600K without issues, but that’s being too unrealistic. Aim for 200K and if you get to 400K, it’s gravy, and 600k is just WOW…
by Reed on January 22, 2010
I am looking to buy a new car and can’t decide between the RX 350 and BMW X3. I am interested to know the maintenance cost between the two. I know that BMW has the 4 yr/50,000 miles warantee, but how much do I expect to pay after that? My friend own a Mercedez SUV and she said she spent about $500 everytime she takes it in for maintenance. I thought that was a bit crazy.
So any owner of RX 350 and BMW X3 out there to help me decide which one is a better choice?
BMW has the best maintenance program around. It is initially 4 year / 50k miles. You can purchase and upgrade for around $1300 that extends the plan for an additional 2 years and an additional 50k mile to make the effective coverage 6 year / 100k miles. It doesn’t get better than that. It will cover oil services, brake fluid flushes, belts, brake pads and rotors, Inspection Services and wipers. Otherwise the average oil service costs about $220 while the Inspection I service runas about $550 and the Inspection II is around $1200. Brake pads and rotors are around $600 per axle. The other nice things is that service intervals are only every 15k miles and the inspections I and II are at 30k miles and 60k miles respectively.
by Reed on January 22, 2010
i need an idea compared to other cars of similar class. How much maintenance does it need? Are there any regular problems? Are spares expensive?
well um depends on where ya live, where you take it..what kind of maintance you want done…there are alot of things to be maintained on a car…not all of them done at the same intervals…
by Reed on January 22, 2010
Maybe costly, no power and girly too.
by Reed on January 22, 2010
Any other suggestions or if you own a Lexus please let me know what you like about your car.
Lexus is a great car… will run forever and is very smooth on the road, get a price and do your research here before visiting a dealer
http://www.carsdirect.com/home
