Alright /o/, I've just returned home from one of the worst

>>16390640
Was some mechanic trying to kill them?


Thats kinda fucked up, even by 4chans standards

>>16390640
was the exhaust loud, or have a hole in it from what you could tell?

I drove my minivan like that for awhile after it's exhaust fell off right where the sliding door was at.

>>16390661

The sellers told me that they'd bought the car about a year ago from someone who flipped cars for a living, so any number of sketchy things could have been up with it.

To be honest, I feel kinda bad for being such an asshole about it but at the same time you can fucking tell when you're pulling in something that's not good air into your lungs, and it was genuinely scary to feel that sensation of breathing in completely useless air. It felt like breathing in fog from a fog machine but worse. It felt strange.

The saying goes "run, don't walk" from shit like this. I may as well have been motherfucking Usain Bolt as I tried to get the hell away from this pile.

>>16390669

That's the trouble, it didn't sound unusual at all inside or out. Maybe when I got on the throttle, but I was also pretty well focused on other things like not getting killed by the car. Didn't have time to soak in all the details.

Could it have been coolant fog coming up out of the vents? Bad heater core? I know if the valve cover gaskets are bad then you get oil smoke coming in through the HVAC in the ls400.

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>>16390640
>>LS400
>>$1000 OBO
>>"How bad can it be?"

>>16390640
You're a fucking retard, those weren't exhaust fumes, it's the heater matrix that's fucked and leaking coolant.

>>16391250
Also, unsafe to breath. I'd chalk it up to being asphyxiated.

>>16390640
Never buy cars from lesbos unless they're hocking a sweet forester xt

>>16390640
If they didn't tell you it's a literal death trap, you should call the police because they intend to do it to other people too.

>>16390818
$1000 sounds right for an average LS4000.

They cost so fucking much to maintain. A Cosmo is more reliable.

Somewhat related - I have a 2000 LS400 to sell, 150k miles. Interior and exterior in bad shape, but mechanically good. Tires and brakes are getting pretty worn... how would you guys price it?

>>16390640
Post text OP!

>>16392354
>interior and exterior in bad shape
>tires and brakes are getting pretty worn
you would be lucky to get 1500

>>16392354
how badly is it shaped?
the power of the of a VVT-i LS400 is great but really those cars are marketed for normalfags, you need to make it look clean in order to sell it.

>>16392352
>>They cost so fucking much to maintain. A Cosmo is more reliable.

what the fuck is this post?

>>16394425
it's obvious bait is what it is

>>16392722
This.
>>16390640
Post the screenshot text OP, or forever be full of shit.

>>16390681
holy fuck you sound like an overdramatic faggot

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>>16392352
>$1000 sounds right for an average LS400

You've been hanging around too many shitty examples neglected by their owners. In my experience, a Lexus under $5000 for even the earliest F10 is suspect and <$3000 means there's probably something wrong with it.

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>>16390640
How dare you make up this bullshit story to defame the Jesuscar of /o/ in such a blasphemous way.

>>16390640
I never understood the obsession with these cars. Sure, they were good when they were new, but they cost way too much for the kind of mileage you typically see. I bought a 2005 LeSabre, fully loaded, with 45k on it, for 5 grand. A quick scan of my local Craigslist finds anything in comparable condition, this Buick was fucking perfect, to be far more expensive. Some guy wanted 22 grand for a 99 with about 70k on it. One guy wanted 10 grand for a 2000 with 220k. The truth is, while the Buick isn't quite as nice a car, it's better on gas, probably just as reliable if you simply fucking take care of it, and if something does break, it's going to cost peanuts to repair.

Sounds sketchy, but you probably wouldn't even notice the effects of the exhaust fumes until you brothe it for at least 15 minutes, and even then if the windows were rolled down there'd be enough fresh air coming in that it wouldn't matter.

And besides how the fuck would exhaust be getting into the air system anyway? It would literally have to leak from the exhaust manifold in large amounts, and you'd have noticed that right away because the engine would have sounded like a fucking 2 stroke chainsaw being revved to all piss.

Sounds more likely that there was just tons of stinky shit in the vents and air ducts and you got paranoid for no reason and imagined you were choking on carbon monoxide. Go back and offer $500 for it and clean it up and enjoy the pinnacle of Japanese luxury.

>>16394533
>probably just as reliable if
Stopped reading.

A timing belt every 100k mikes is all an LS usually needs. Pls refrain from comparing your GMshit to the god-brand.

>>16394593
>brothe

>>16394614
This is autism in action. I had a 97 LeSabre back when I was a broke student and I drove that fucker for over 100k miles before it got rear ended, and all I ever had to do was change the fluids and the water pump went south once, which cost me all of 20$.

>>16394675
>hurrr Buick parts are cheap

So are Toyota parts.

>>16394473
This

>>16394702
I'm betting it isn't the price of the pump that he's worried about, which incidentally is about 10x as much, it's probably the procedure. You can do a water pump on a 3800 in about 20 minutes with a two sockets. I think the Lexus calls for like 6hrs in labor alone.

do you think the mechanic met them, found them as insufferable as they sound and was trying to kill them?

>>16394898
Probably because the Lexus is built with high quality materials as well as incredible manufacturing prowess. Meanwhile, the GM is made of Tupperware by drunks and niggers.

Although anecdotes mean nothing, it's great that anon had a positive service experience with a GM.

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>>16394614
Wow you're a dick.

Here's a picture of an anons odometer, not sure if he still comes to /o/ or not. 2000's Buick regal

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>>16395773
Wew lad.

>>16394533
>Some guy wanted 22 grand for a 99 with about 70k on it. One guy wanted 10 grand for a 2000 with 220k.

i don't know where you're coming up with these numbers, but you can get an LS430 for well under $10k. no one is paying $10k for an LS400.

>>16394898
>You can do a water pump on a 3800 in about 20 minutes with a two sockets. I think the Lexus calls for like 6hrs in labor alone.

this is because it's done at the same time as the belt/tensioners. the water pump is driven by the timing belt and is never a point of failure before the belt needs to be serviced.

it's more like 4 hours though.

>>16390640
>Wow you're such a douchebag asshole, nobody disrespects us like that
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