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1997 Lexus Lx450 Diff Locks Like Land Cruiser on 2040-cars

US $10,900.00
Year:1997 Mileage:148632
Location:

Midway, Utah, United States

Midway, Utah, United States

I bought this Lexus in 2006 and have loved this vehicle. We bought a Sequoia and then sold this to my business but we hardly use it so decided to sell it.  
Factory Diff Locks
Engine and transmission strong and solid.  No shakes, drives straight, alignment is great.  A/C cold. 
Antenna works.  Stock disc changer does not work.
Just noticed that one rear door lock is not working, will need an actuator.
New brake pads, rotors and calipers all the way around 6,000 miles ago, cost $1000.
Head gasket (fairly common issue with these) was done at 106,000 miles by a local Toyota mechanic
I have receipts for these repairs and records for most of the past 8 years since I bought it (had 70,000 miles when I got it) including oil changes etc.
The body is in good shape.  The only rust is on the running boards which is common.  I keep them touched up but they don't look perfect up close.
The paint looks great from 10 feet but when you get close you'll see some scratches here and there.  The worst part is the hood, which had some apricots from my tree dry on and chipped some of the paint where the sap stuck.  Not really noticeable until you get close.  Overall it's in great shape. The interior is in good shape - no staining on carpets etc.  Some cracking starting on front seats but overall good for age.  Driver visor hangs a little but not enough to get in the way.  The driver door button that turns off the interior light - when closing the door it doesn't push it in enough so I keep a small piece of rubber on it then it's fine (see photos).
Stock Michelin tires are in good shape, about 1/2 tread left.
Feel free to call me if you'd like to ask more questions: 801-598-0766

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Is A New Kind Of Lexus Hiding Under That Radical Skin?
When the now-outgoing Lexus IS generation was launched back in 2006, the company would not have been wise to bring the compact luxury sedan to be driven by journalists to a track like Driveway Austin Motorsports. Taking along a BMW 335i for comparison loops would have proved an ill choice as well.
Our own Jonathon Ramsey found the current-generation Lexus IS250 to be fairly nimble over a tightly wound autocross course, when he drove it back-to-back with the prototype version of this 2014 IS a few months ago. Our track for testing the fully realized version of the IS350 F-Sport meanwhile - again with the 2013 version along for competitive driving - was on a circuit designed to string together recreations of some of the best tracks in the world. Laguna Seca, bits of the Nürburgring and sections inspired by Imola and Ferrari's Fiorano test track all make for a far more enticing road course than you'd expect to find plunked down in a nondescript area a few miles east of downtown Austin. Critically, this environment highlighted what strides Lexus has made in the sport sedan race with its new IS.

2015 Lexus RC F

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I didn't get a chance to drive the Lexus IS F until 2009, two years after the car had gone on sale, but I still vividly remember the day it happened. Having piloted almost every other vehicle in the Lexus lineup at that point, I was stoked to finally get some wheel time in the V8-powered, flared-fender muscle sedan, but fully expected the car to offer a quick, sanitized and ultimately un-driverly experience. Lexus built well-screwed-together, comfortable, quiet, reliable luxury cars for the timid, right?
As it turned out, I was 100-percent incorrect. When the premium brand's lauded "skunkworks team" crammed that massive V8 into the innocent IS, and then tuned the thing for competent hot laps at Fuji Speedway (F = Fuji, if you haven't heard), they seemingly forgot every brand value that Lexus had curated over the previous 20 years. It was raw and loud, had fast-twitch reflexes and a penchant for power slides, and it went unyieldingly across the road surface like a racecar cut loose from the paddock.
As far as Ur- models and origin stories go, the IS F and Lexus F has a pretty compelling, if new, set. A backdrop against which the sequel, this 2015 RC F, must inevitably be viewed. Sure, the otherworldly LFA may have intervened as the second F model, but the RC carries forward an evolution of the 5.0-liter V8 thumper, some shared body and chassis constructions, similar in-your-face design and a ticket price that's squarely in the mix for premium buyers with a hankering to smoke tires.

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It's no secret that MyFord Touch has had its share of problems since being introduced, but the most recent reliability survey from Consumer Reports shows just how much this infotainment system has affected Ford. Just two years ago, the automaker was in the top 10 for the institute's reliability rankings, but since then, it has tumbled to the second-lowest rung just above dead-last Jaguar. In addition to MyFord Touch, CR also attributes a handful of new products that have had issues right out of the gate.
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