Buying An Is250 Awd With 104,000 Km.

tomcat0347 · September 7, 2009

Hi! This is my first post here. I'm buying an IS 250 AWD with 104,000 km for $27,500.00 CAD and just wondering if the high mileage is a cause for concern. I'm getting it from a used car dealeership here in Toronto, Paramount Fine Cars. They are a member of Used Car Dealership of Ontario and I checked the internet I there are no complaints unlike the other dealerships. They deal with high end luxury brands, used, like mercedes, BMW's, Ferraris, Porches, Range Rover's, mostly high mileage that's why they can offer a good price. I checked around Autotrader and Autohound and most cars are around this mileage, for example, 2007 or 2008 with 65,000 or 75,000 km and around $29,000.00 CAD. I asked a friend of mine and he said cars nowadays are built to last 300,000 or 400,000 km so this is not an issue.

I guess with AWD, Nav, Luxury package, this car retails for over $50,000 CAD back in 2006. Should I be worried about a high mileage from Lexus? I'm planning to take it to a dealer regularly for maintenance and pulled a Carproof for Canada and US and all seems fine. Just want some opinions. Thanks.

clay1 · September 7, 2009

Hi! This is my first post here. I'm buying an IS 250 AWD with 104,000 km for $27,500.00 CAD and just wondering if the high mileage is a cause for concern. I'm getting it from a used car dealeership here in Toronto, Paramount Fine Cars. They are a member of Used Car Dealership of Ontario and I checked the internet I there are no complaints unlike the other dealerships. They deal with high end luxury brands, used, like mercedes, BMW's, Ferraris, Porches, Range Rover's, mostly high mileage that's why they can offer a good price. I checked around Autotrader and Autohound and most cars are around this mileage, for example, 2007 or 2008 with 65,000 or 75,000 km and around $29,000.00 CAD. I asked a friend of mine and he said cars nowadays are built to last 300,000 or 400,000 km so this is not an issue.
I guess with AWD, Nav, Luxury package, this car retails for over $50,000 CAD back in 2006. Should I be worried about a high mileage from Lexus? I'm planning to take it to a dealer regularly for maintenance and pulled a Carproof for Canada and US and all seems fine. Just want some opinions. Thanks.

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I would just have it checked out I don't see a problem. (See if it had the 60,000 mile service which is a big one $$) My 07 250AWD has similar mileage (60,000 miles US). I did however get an extended warranty which is only available if you get it before you hit 50,000 miles. I would say they only thing that would be better would be to get a certified pre-owned directly from a Lexus dealer with Lexus with coverage to 100,000 miles (160,000km) - at least that's how it works in the US