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I'm in the same boat! I've found a couple of places with blue ones but I'm looking for a grey one! Let me know if you want the details of the places I've spoken to. Cheers John

Shaft, I was in a similar position to you and ended up buying a circa 100k mile car for significantly less than your £2k target, knowing that it needed the front suspension looking at but everything else seemed in top condition. I can highly recommend TM Engineering in the US for supplying Daizen bushes (they came in under a week for a total of around £85) but I haven't got around to fitting them yet and I intend to get new shocks and springs in the near future but they're going to cost almost exactly the same as Ford pattern ones! I don't necessarily think you have to spend a fortune maintaining an early LS400 as a little research can save you a LOT of money. At the end of the day I think Lexus dealers should be a last resort for parts (particularly in this country) and you should be prepared to buy parts from abroad and do the work yourself / use a non-franchised dealer you know to be competent (which in my experience is a difficult thing to find but no more so than finding a competent franchised one!!) My experience thus far (about 9 months of ownership) is that it costs me about the same to maintain as my fiancees Fiesta cost her (even when I did a lot of the work for her) as, although the parts are expensive, you need them significantly less frequently. To sum up, if you are confident with the internet and spanners then an LS400 can be run for little more than any other car of a similar age but if you insist on having Lexus badged monkeys work on your car then you're better off with a Corolla! Hope this helps John

Not being funny but have you checked the switch that turns of the remote operation (down by the steering wheel). This had me foxed for about 2 weeks as I'd not knowingly turned it off and had forgotten about it - must have nudged it by accident! Hope this helps John

I'd be interested in one for a Series 1 (which they also do!). Cheers JohnE