dreamon

Can someone please delete this topic? Few keyboard warriors slagging off a used car trader. I have dealt with this man a few times now and as far as im concerned, he is as honest and trustworthy as car trader can be. I would do business with him again.

Members being ripped off on a daily bases in Lexus dealerships paying ££££ for a smile why don't you start topic about that instead?

Mel

I just sold my 2002 GS430 and bought slighly older LS400.

MPG is slightly better on LS, but fuel costs are irrelevant in this segment.

Both cars are very very quick 0-60 and beyond.. i don't think there's much difference between the two.

Personally i find LS more relaxing to drive, but i miss roaring engine noise on GS.

Reliability wise both good. On GS make sure ALL the electrics work and go for the model with satnav. Test drive GS on rough road at slow speeds and also open it up on motorway. Check for suspension noise, seized calipers, wheel whobble, wheel corrosion and stone chips front end. Service history most important.

Useful information, thank you for sharing :)

Hello all. I just bought LS400 off "lexuschap" for £1000. Gutted to find this thread here, but the car seems OK for the money.

It's dark green colour with golden badges, private plates, 5 previous owners, mileage showing 135K backed with MOT history and service book.

Only problem i found so far is water leak in the boot (which Adam "forgot" to mention) other than that car came with full MOT.

As for seller, he seemed polite and straightforward. I would of knocked £200 off for "petrol money" if i knew about this thread before :D

PS: I would not recommend anyone buying a blue GS430 sport X861 XCD

I owned this car back in 2008-2009 sold it with 240K on the clock.

I says get rid of them both.. get Yourself GS430 and You get the whole new meaning of the word "SPORT"

:winky:

btw nice wheels mate..

Anybody here done this on MK II GS?

Regards

Mel

Nice colour. Really. But why the cloth seats??

Nice car mate B) Dissapointed to know such annoyn problems occur with 3 years old Lexus

Hi

At current prices a GS costs £25,000 less than an LS, the LS is just so much more... you have to sit in and drive the two to see the difference, the GS is a great car but the LS takes it a stage further, go and test drive one.....

In 2003 they face lifted the LS, it got different front and rear lights and wheels, the Premium pack (air suspension, rear air con, cooled seats etc) became standard, the sat nav was updated and it has Bluetooth and voice activation, it got a 6 speed gearbox instead of 5, and a few other things....

If you can afford it get the later one as it has more bits, get one with full Lexus history and check this with Lexus, take the car to them and get them to check it, it's not much and they will tell you it's history. Cam belts are changed at 100,000 miles or 10 years. It has a major service every 20,000 miles i.e. 20, 40, 60 etc, and a small service every 10,000 miles i.e. 10, 30, 50 etc. A full set of tyres can cost a lot so check them as well,

Good Luck

Pete

Thnx mate B)

From GS to LS :winky:

I've been more than happy with my GS so far.. its just.. i wanna know just excactly WHAT do You guy's mean when You say LS is more.. .. ..

Also-

Doing "homework" here i've noticed there's some improvements to LS430 from 2003??

Years ago i had similar problem with Saab 9-5 (automatic). It was indeed scary:) However i noticed something intresting- it happened Very rarely- maybe 2 or 3 times the whole time i owned that car- but cruise control was ON every time. Not active but just switched on.

You may also want to point out the fact that the gs430 was the fastest production saloon car in the world when launched in 2000 .... Not a usual trait of an old mans car

Wasn't it the GS400 (mk1) that Lexus said that about? Still don't think it's true though as surely the M5 was faster........

But yes the GS430 is surprisingly quick, remember test driving a mk3 one and despite knowing it had a 5.9s 0-60 it was still mighty impressive how much power it had :D

I believe Aristo TT will do the job for M5. At least on the straight road.

I WANT TO BELIEVE

Just wanted to let You all know about that all my collegauges think Lexus is an "old mans car"

Im not bothered with this off course.. i will not feel old in my gs430 even when im 60 :winky:

However one of them is driving Octavia RS and he really believes he can leave "old mans car" of mine in the dust.. as this statement wasnt amusing enough the other one really believes he's diesel mondeo has an "advantage" when accelerating.

Im not gonna race them.. maybe i shoud but i find it silly, really :D

These guys are qualified mechanics btw..

Just to share my joy with all of You there:

My first ever Lexus- MK1 GS300- owned for a year. In terms of reliability and comfort and looks and just about everything- one of the best cars i ever owned. When it was time to move on i sold it to my friend without a doubt in my mind..

So- my second (not last:) Lexus GS 430 from october 2000. Never tought its possible but it leaves my old pal MK1 far behind.

And You say LS is even better?? Even MK2 GS seems like it was not built on this planet:)

However

Can You help me whats the difference between SPORT model and standard?

I suspect an error in V5 as mine is 2000 model and it states SPORT AUTO (?)

Local Garage. I was not quite happy with job and they could not explain what parts excactly need replacing.

Front track control arms???

Thanks anyway Dave

Diagnostics report: both front track control arm rear bushes are worn & split

Can anybody help with part number/where to get please

Thank You