93 gs300 with 177000 miles, bought with 151000 for $1500. 7/2007 when i bought it it had a hard vibration when braking. was told by previous owner that it needed a control arm, but ended up being front rotors so i replaced rotors and pads all around. replaced battery soon after, then full tune up, timing belt and water pump, since i bought the car it has had intermited electrical problems that arise every say 5 months.
when i got the car i could see it was abused, the rims were painted black, (car is black) windows were tinted all around with that wal-mart crap tint, original stereo was missing and a dvd player and tv were half !Removed! installed that worked only when it wanted to with the door panels cut up to put 3 6" speakers in eash front door panel, and the back panel cut to put 1 in each, there was a viper alarm system with remote start also half !Removed! installed that used to go off 2 times a week for absolut no reason then about a month after i had the car it stopped working. the carpets were painted (not dyed) dark brown, and a good portion of the interior trim was missing.
90% of the above problems have since been fixed or replaced and the engine and trans seem to be in great shape, judgeing by the way the car runs now i dont think i will have any major repairs till 210000 miles or more.
i always use full synthehic oil every 3000, and premuim gas
