I didn't want to buy another car. Really. But after seeing the condition and the price I was offered to buy it, I would have been a fool not to. And what's more, this is THE Lexus that started it all for Lexus. Also, the 1990 was not offered for sale in Canada..we didn't get it until 1991.
This vehicle was a one owner car. Purchased new by a Dr. and lovingly maintained by he and his wife until a recent stroke prevented him from driving it further. The wife did NOT want to sell it, but they only needed one car now. They taught their kids how to drive in it and they had so many fond memories of the car. It was almost part of the family she said and had been a fixture in their lives for the last 20 years. She had tears in her eyes as she signed the ownership over. I asked her to keep it and NOT sell it to me. I even offered to keep the car maintained for her if she wanted to keep it. But she declined saying that it was time to move on. I assured her it would be going to a great home and we'd be the caretakers of this fine car.
She had offered it initially for sale for $5,000. Although the mileage is high at 325,000kms, it's not high for this particular model of car. They easily go well beyond 500,000kms worry free. The condition of the car was fantastic and it drove with nary a squeak or rattle. Very, very impressive. No rust anywhere and only a couple of door dings that will come out easily and 3 speakers that need replacing along with the power antenna. That's all that was wrong with it. Since this is Windsor and Land of The Domestics, apart from us, nobody even looked at the car the whole time it was for sale. I had kept on eye on the ad, and the price kept going down and down. She had my e-mail, and finally offered the car to me for $1500. Yes...$1500. I sorta felt guilty buying the car for so little knowing how much it meant to her. Anyways..here are some pics. This is even before I detailed the car. This is how I took delivery of it.
