Ls400, One Year On

[trooper00]

After 12 months and about 10,000 miles I thought I'd scribble a few notes on how it's gone so far.

Depreciation: Probably around £2,000 which is about what I expected

Other costs: Service including new brakes (discs front, pads all round) £660

And petrol of course. I average about 24 MPG on my drive to work and about 32 MPG on a good run. Perfectly acceptable.

Problems: Steering wheel that doesn't return to programmed position.

Warped front discs (common problem I believe)

Paintwork needs reviving

Driving: Fairly comfartable and fairly quiet. I've had more confortable and quieter cars but the Lex is fine. Performance good but handling is best not mentioned!!

Over all I'm satisfied with the car and will certainly keep it another year.

[M.IQBAL]

i had a BMW 7 series - lost 5K in 18 months!!

which car is quiter than a LEXUS?

[trooper00]

Two grand is fine and next year it might be less than that as the car is obviously worth less.

My S-Class was certainly quieter than my Lex but the LS is still very soothing. Last Sunday I drove for nearly 8 hours stopping once for petrol and I had virtually no fatigue.

One thing though is that although the top speed is meant to be 150 mph I don't feel comfortable doing more than 120.

[steve2006]

150MPH I wish we had autobahns!

[Paradroid]

Performance good but handling is best not mentioned!!

I saw a video on Youtube of a car show comparing the latest Merc S Class and Lexus LS. I really like the looks of the new LS, but through the cones you could see it leaning over a lot more than the Merc.

Your LS will be the same I guess, set up more for comfort rather than optimised for cornering :)

[steve-bedford]

My Veyron feels far more stable at 150MPH than the LS.

The KA is starting to run out of steam at this speed and there doesn't feel like it's got much left.

[trooper00]

Veyron! Cool! B)

I'm happy that the LS is set up for comfort as that's one of the main reasons I bought it. I wanted to be soothed as I drove to work :)