Thoughts on this GS please

[JeffL]

1 hour ago, The-Acre said:

Not withstanding the good info from you hybrid fans, I am planning to see the GS300 in Chertsey on Saturday.  Two owners, full Lexus history and 63k, and lower tax.  I'm still open to whatever else may come along of course.

It actually looks very nice, but of course a close-up inspection is required. I see the description says CVT box, I stand to be corrected, but I think you'll find that it is the traditional torque converter gear box and if I'm right, to my mind that is a far better proposition. I think maybe the current GS is CVT but not the 2005 year generation. It looks the same as mine which is a November 2007 reg and I've had it for 8 years out of its 10 year life and it's now done 65K miles. Love the car but have been thinking of changing to a facelift RX 450H 2012/2014 and had a test drive today but it seems very tall compared to GS. Think I might stick with the GS300 until maybe they bring out a more powerful NX (If ever!) Let us all know how you get on in Chertesy.

P.S. check the sun roof for leaks.

[mrdoofa]

For some reason they all show up as CVT, only the GS450h has CVT, both the 300 and 430 have a traditional auto gearbox.

I do like the 450h and the hybrid system is brilliant but extremely complicated and if it goes wrong it gets very expensive very quickly!!!

I have had a mk2 GS430 and that was a stonking car, I think a nice mk3 GS430 would be a great car too, hardly any slower than the hybrid but without the same worries and won’t cost any more to run than the LS430.

Here’s one on autotrader which looks good.

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201801012372756?model=GS 430&make=LEXUS&sort=sponsored&radius=1501&advertising-location=at_cars&onesearchad=Used&onesearchad=Nearly New&onesearchad=New&postcode=ls211dg&page=1