Buying A Lexus Ls400 1996 Model

[donny-matt]

leus nottingham, cambelt will be £299 then you will need the service charge which is also a good price there.

google lexus nottingham. speak with louse .

[SteveLS400]

leus nottingham, cambelt will be £299 then you will need the service charge which is also a good price there.

google lexus nottingham. speak with louse .

I'd go for this now. I and others have paid considerably more.

[Dave Eight]

I had a very similar predicament when I bought my 97 Mk III just over a year ago. It was on a dealer's front for £2100 and very tidy, with 130,000 on the clock. The passenger and rear seats looked completely unused and the salesman told me the owner of the past 7 years was a racehorse owner who used the car to follow his horse box around the country.

Unfortunately, the guy had apparently lost the service history acquired during his ownership, but alleged that he had it serviced annually.

I had a good look around; the engine bay and interior were immaculate and, other than a few minor scratches on the rear offside wing, the body was good. I took it for a decent test ride, accelerated, braked, went up and down a couple of hills and everything seemed to work fine. I was then left with a choice: walk away or take a risk.

The lack of service history enabled me to barter the price down to £1650 and I took the plunge. 14 months later the only problems I've had were a rear suspension spring (£150 to replace) and two worn front tyres; it sailed through the MOT without a problem. It has a number of irritating faults common to the model: leaking boot seals, heated seats not working, back-light on stereo failed, memory settings for seats kaput, but it's still an awful lot of car for the money. I say go for it, most LS owners are responsible people who look after their cars properly.

[Dave Eight]

HI, just read about your irritating boot leak. I have a MK1 & MK3 that had the same problem. I found the solution after months of trying, including being shut in the boot while someone else hosed the car!! The water is coming in BETWEEN the two welded panels underneath the boot seam/gasket, because they are only spot welded and the water syphons up the bottom seam. Take off the bottom part of the seal and use some insulating tape to make a masking bead right across the bottom ledge, then put the beading seal back on top of it. It cured mine!!The telltale sign was when I took the edging seal off, underneath you could see signs of water & rust. Hope you get to read this and more so, try it! All the best,Dave8