costal_cat
New member
Hello everyone,
I have not been on the portal long and have never owned a Land Cruiser. I have a 4WD VW Westy Syncro with a TDI conversion that I take off road a lot. I was at Overland Expo East a few weeks ago and started thinking I needed a second vehicle with more room for the family. Everyone I talked with said look at a 100 series. I did not really think I would look so soon but as fate has it a buddy of mine that as a car lot and I have purchased a couple of vehicles from for my wife called me and said he had just gotten a trade on a 2003 Land Cruiser. It has 160,000 miles 130,000 by the original owner. I picked it up last night to keep for the weekend and test drive. I was thinking about taking it to the Toyota dealer for a check up but I thought I would ask the forum if there was anything I really needed to check out...
It is all stock and really clean. It has some BF Goodrich AT 285/65 R18's on it. Interior has the wear you would expect for 160,000 and the exterior looks garage kept. The person that traded it in went for a Mercedes Diesel 2011 seemed to want something smaller and better gas milage..
He had it listed for 15,500. I have been talking 11,500 - 12,000 with him. The sub woofer is shot and the passenger seat heater appears to be out but other than that it drove great. I'm about 1.5hrs from his place so I got a good drive on it last night.
Here is a picture any thoughts suggestions would be great. I'm not in a rush but it is a color I would want and seems well cared for and looks to be a great vehicle but I dont know a thing about them...
I have not been on the portal long and have never owned a Land Cruiser. I have a 4WD VW Westy Syncro with a TDI conversion that I take off road a lot. I was at Overland Expo East a few weeks ago and started thinking I needed a second vehicle with more room for the family. Everyone I talked with said look at a 100 series. I did not really think I would look so soon but as fate has it a buddy of mine that as a car lot and I have purchased a couple of vehicles from for my wife called me and said he had just gotten a trade on a 2003 Land Cruiser. It has 160,000 miles 130,000 by the original owner. I picked it up last night to keep for the weekend and test drive. I was thinking about taking it to the Toyota dealer for a check up but I thought I would ask the forum if there was anything I really needed to check out...
It is all stock and really clean. It has some BF Goodrich AT 285/65 R18's on it. Interior has the wear you would expect for 160,000 and the exterior looks garage kept. The person that traded it in went for a Mercedes Diesel 2011 seemed to want something smaller and better gas milage..
He had it listed for 15,500. I have been talking 11,500 - 12,000 with him. The sub woofer is shot and the passenger seat heater appears to be out but other than that it drove great. I'm about 1.5hrs from his place so I got a good drive on it last night.
Here is a picture any thoughts suggestions would be great. I'm not in a rush but it is a color I would want and seems well cared for and looks to be a great vehicle but I dont know a thing about them...