grasseater

I'm waiting till next Thursday to take it into the mechanic. He said he's going to try and see if he can fix the short this weekend. My main interest in it was the low mileage, as I feel once the short or electronics are fixed, I'll have a good running lexus for at least another 50,000 miles. Every other lexus I find is 180,000 miles or higher for $2500+, no matter the year. What's the most something like this could cost to fix? If my net cost is under 2500, I think I'd still be happy.

I've been looking for a nice Lexus to buy. I found one with 140,000 miles but according to the owner, when he put a stereo system in the panel lights, headlights, sunroof, heater/ac and trunk were blown. (trunk doesn't open unless you use a little gadget he has) He said he replaced the distributor but that wasn't the issue and wants to get it off his hands. It's only 2g and I'm getting it looked at by a mechanic. My question is if this electric problem is the only problem, is this a good buy and is it cheap enough to fix? I figure a low mileage LS400 would be a good reliable car for a while as long as I can fix the dash lights and the heat and ac and sunroof. Any advice would be greatly appreciated, I'm going tomorrow to have the mechanic inspect the car.