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2000 Land Cruiser

Nick_Will

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In the market for a new vehicle and I've been searching through Sequoia listings and stumbled upon a 2000 Land Cruiser. Sitting at 386,000 miles, what should I expect looking at a vehicle like this? That's a lot of miles, so I'm curious what I should keep in mind when checking it out in person! Thanks!
 
I literally just bought a 2000 LC with 375k for 3k two months ago. So far so good. The engine and trans run like new but there are some issues. My AC compressor clutch took a crap, and all the lights on the dash came on which is common and prob a wheel speed sensor. Otherwise if you got in it and didnt know how many miles it had you would think it had 150. I just bought it for a third kinda beat around vehicle and they are just incredible vehicles. Mine came with EXTENSIVE maintenance records so a ton of stuff has been done already and timing belt changes on time which is important. I would say if it has decent maintenance records and drives well, you can really go wrong.
 
I am checking on all the information, such as maintenance records.

I haven't seen it in person yet as it's an hour away, but he's asking $4995 for it. They took it down for the time being, I guess they decided to get it detailed or something before selling. And I was mistaken, it has 368,000 miles, not 386,000; still a lot of miles!

Thanks for you responses, guys!
 
What are you looking to do with this rig?
Large build lift/tires/locker/sliders/bumper, etc for long trips into the backcountry? Daily drive it into the ground?

368,000 is a lot of miles. Maintenance records would probably sway me one way or the other if I was looking for a 100 series. A lot of other things get worn out in 368,000 as well. If compression is good and you have a good maintenance history, I see no reason it couldn't go longer. If you don't really have any maintenance history timing belt etc...you could be looking at a few thousands getting it up to speed, and at that point, you'd be better off buying a lower mileage better maintained one.
 
Essentially just a daily driver that will pull a small river skiff and kayak trailer at different times. It will pretty much be a hunting, fishing, and camping vehicle along with going back and forth to work. No major overland trips planned for it, but I would hope to build a drawer system in the back. I was originally looking for a good Toyota Sequoia and stumbled across this, so I wanted to check with the experts!
 
Not to make a sales pitch, but, we have an 05 with 440k. It was traded in a few years back by the original owner who did every service like clockwork. The dealer owners son started driving and has had it since. He recently upgraded to a new one. If it needed anything we did it. Has had all maintenance and recently a new evaporator core & condenser. I think its $9500. You can see every bit of history on it all the way back to the PDI. If I had the budget it would be mine. Has new factory exhaust also.
 

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