Lexus cars and trucks

October 31, 2009

Buying a 1993 GS300

Filed under: Uncategorized — admin @ 3:01 pm

Same as the person that is buying an earlier model LS. I’m buying a car
from Florida. It’s a 1993 GS300 w/  95,000 miles. I’m having it checked
out at the dealer today (Lexus) then I’m going to have them do the 90k
service w/ timing belt and water pump. Doesn’t need the water pump, but I
from the school of "while your in there you might as well do the pump
too". Anyway, is there anything else that I should be aware of from the
vehicle. The lexus service people say that I shouldn’t worry about buying
a GS with this kind of mileage. We have most of the service records thru
55k and various misc. items from 55 to 95k. But it didn’t have the 60k
(tune-up) or 90k (fluids/Timing) which I’m going to do today. It did have
a recall which was performed in 1995 for the lower ball joints. Other than
that, this car is pretty sweet, even for a 1993.

Where are Lexus people going on the net for great prices for parts (if I
ever need them)?

Thanks,

Don

dkowa…@mediaone.net

Links

2 Comments »

  1. Go for it.  My ’93 GS300 read 173,000 Km on the odometer this morning.  It
    just keeps going.  I have replaced a rad and heater hose in the last year.
    Just do the maintenance, put gas in it and buy replacement tires as needed.

    John

    "Donald Kowasic" <dkowa…@mediaone.net> wrote in message

    news:dkowasic-1806010653410001@192.168.1.100…

    - Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -

    > Same as the person that is buying an earlier model LS. I’m buying a car
    > from Florida. It’s a 1993 GS300 w/  95,000 miles. I’m having it checked
    > out at the dealer today (Lexus) then I’m going to have them do the 90k
    > service w/ timing belt and water pump. Doesn’t need the water pump, but I
    > from the school of "while your in there you might as well do the pump
    > too". Anyway, is there anything else that I should be aware of from the
    > vehicle. The lexus service people say that I shouldn’t worry about buying
    > a GS with this kind of mileage. We have most of the service records thru
    > 55k and various misc. items from 55 to 95k. But it didn’t have the 60k
    > (tune-up) or 90k (fluids/Timing) which I’m going to do today. It did have
    > a recall which was performed in 1995 for the lower ball joints. Other than
    > that, this car is pretty sweet, even for a 1993.

    > Where are Lexus people going on the net for great prices for parts (if I
    > ever need them)?

    > Thanks,

    > Don

    > dkowa…@mediaone.net

    Comment by admin — October 31, 2009 @ 3:01 pm

  2. In article <DjSY6.47723$uR5.5337…@news20.bellglobal.com>, "John"

    - Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -

    <john.all…@sympatico.ca> wrote:
    > Go for it.  My ’93 GS300 read 173,000 Km on the odometer this morning.  It
    > just keeps going.  I have replaced a rad and heater hose in the last year.
    > Just do the maintenance, put gas in it and buy replacement tires as needed.

    > John

    > "Donald Kowasic" <dkowa…@mediaone.net> wrote in message
    > news:dkowasic-1806010653410001@192.168.1.100…

    > > Same as the person that is buying an earlier model LS. I’m buying a car
    > > from Florida. It’s a 1993 GS300 w/  95,000 miles. I’m having it checked
    > > out at the dealer today (Lexus) then I’m going to have them do the 90k
    > > service w/ timing belt and water pump. Doesn’t need the water pump, but I
    > > from the school of "while your in there you might as well do the pump
    > > too". Anyway, is there anything else that I should be aware of from the
    > > vehicle. The lexus service people say that I shouldn’t worry about buying
    > > a GS with this kind of mileage. We have most of the service records thru
    > > 55k and various misc. items from 55 to 95k. But it didn’t have the 60k
    > > (tune-up) or 90k (fluids/Timing) which I’m going to do today. It did have
    > > a recall which was performed in 1995 for the lower ball joints. Other than
    > > that, this car is pretty sweet, even for a 1993.

    > > Where are Lexus people going on the net for great prices for parts (if I
    > > ever need them)?

    > > Thanks,

    > > Don

    > > dkowa…@mediaone.net

    Bought it…. I did the 90k service w/ timing belt and water pump. It
    needed the ball joints replaced again. Not bad, just 1/4" play. Only
    $325.00. I replaced the CD player with a rebuilt 12 disk unit. But, the
    car is very sound, actually drives better than the 99 300M that I had a
    few years ago.

    Don

    Comment by admin — October 31, 2009 @ 3:01 pm

RSS feed for comments on this post. TrackBack URL

Leave a comment

You must be logged in to post a comment.

Powered by WordPress