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Hello-
I am new to the forum but wanted to get your opinions on my possible purchase.
First off, please know that I would normally scour these and other forums trying to get educated on the subject but timing has me in a crunch. So thank you in advance for the help.
I have been looking at buying a Jeep for the last month because I'd like to do some easy to moderate local trails (Southern California) and go camping with my wife and two children. In researching that, I found out about this site and Expedition rigs which seem more along the lines of what I'd like to do (driving distances and camping as opposed to trying to tackle extremely technical and difficult terrain). Anyhow, one of the executives I work with has a 2001 LX470 with 172K miles on it. It's in amazing condition and was used as a DD for is wife to haul the kids around. He's willing to sell it to me for $8,000 which seems like a good price but here are my problems.
1. He'd like an answer within the next day or two because he has other offers. (This is why I am posting without much research being done)
2. The high miles scare me, but it seems that these 100 series can run for a long time.
3. I've been researching Jeeps for the last month and am not familiar with the capabilities of a stock LX470.
4. I also don't know what types of modifications are most common or most needed and how much they cost.
5. I don't know what problems to look for, or signs of things about to go wrong
Any help you guys could provide would be great, thanks again.
I am new to the forum but wanted to get your opinions on my possible purchase.
First off, please know that I would normally scour these and other forums trying to get educated on the subject but timing has me in a crunch. So thank you in advance for the help.
I have been looking at buying a Jeep for the last month because I'd like to do some easy to moderate local trails (Southern California) and go camping with my wife and two children. In researching that, I found out about this site and Expedition rigs which seem more along the lines of what I'd like to do (driving distances and camping as opposed to trying to tackle extremely technical and difficult terrain). Anyhow, one of the executives I work with has a 2001 LX470 with 172K miles on it. It's in amazing condition and was used as a DD for is wife to haul the kids around. He's willing to sell it to me for $8,000 which seems like a good price but here are my problems.
1. He'd like an answer within the next day or two because he has other offers. (This is why I am posting without much research being done)
2. The high miles scare me, but it seems that these 100 series can run for a long time.
3. I've been researching Jeeps for the last month and am not familiar with the capabilities of a stock LX470.
4. I also don't know what types of modifications are most common or most needed and how much they cost.
5. I don't know what problems to look for, or signs of things about to go wrong
Any help you guys could provide would be great, thanks again.