Jaidyn

Thank you for responding Sw03es i really appreciate the advice!

Thank you for responding both of you :-) I'm bringing along a specialist to look at the cars, i ended up not going with the es300 i originally posted about as the man had been dishonest about his maintenance habits his version of babying a car was filling it with premium once a month. Im looking now at es300 years 2000/2001 one for 3,500 and the other trying to get for 4k both are around 130k miles which i feel much more comfortable buying. the only thing that concerns me is how many 00's i see on LoC with issues.. I'm reading more on cars than i ever have in my life.. oddly enough i think I've learned a few things haha but this entire experience has me preparing to take an automotive course at my college just so I'm not completely in the dark about these things should work. i think I'm the only 22 year old guy who's never so much as seen the underside of a car on his own =/

Thank you for taking the time to read my post :-) Im looking to purchase my first car and I chose a 97' Lexus ES300 The owner said that it has 189,000 Miles. A fully upgraded sound system with JBL audio. a Double DIN and NAV functioning.. the one thing he said was it had a rust spot the size of a quarter under the back right tire? the leather is in amazing condition inside and the paint is pristine outside except for a bump on the hood which you can't see unless you walk by.. He said before i goto college in california ill need to get the oil changed but other than that it has new tires. and Wood trim on everything including the dashboard. i guess my only question would be am i stupid for looking into the car.. Is it a bad idea for me to buy a car with this many miles on it? He wants 3k for it but i was able to talk him down to 2,400 Dollars providing i buy it if he takes the day off of work to get the title transferred over to me. because with all of the glitz and glamour blinding me. i need to know that this car won't crap out on me in a week or a month. or even a year so long as i treat it with respect. what would you guys do? the veterans of the LOC