Stevie-Boy

When I bought my LS with 182k on the clock, the dealer said there was no warranty because of the mileage. Is that rubbish then, if I had a word about something does he have to sort it? Basically from the day after buying it, the orange brake warning light has been on the dash.

Top job to the LS, best colour too ;)

Congrats on your recent marriage too :)

I sometimes see another on my way to work and I give the guy a wave but nothing back so far. Think he might be slightly bemused by my antics!

Hi, what's your insurance like?!

I'm 37, so you're still winning :)

We could all pitch in and use it as a pool car. First one keeps it until the fault occurs then passes it to the next one, bit of a game to see who can keep it the longest.

What an awful advert, just glancing at that hurt my eyes.

why not? If you plan on doing more than about 20k miles then its worth it if not don't bother.

I've done 50k in mine so far - with no real problems

I would estimate my annual mileage at around 15,000 and if she badly bombed the next MOT in May 2013, good chance I would move her on as parts. From this respect, no guarantee I would reach the 20k sort of marker. No advisories this time around though so signs are good, touch wood.

Bought the manual and it's actually in nice condition with a cd or whatever in there too so thanks again for the tip.

Love this car, the point earlier on about once you've gone down this road, you're kinda gone is true. I fully intended to use the MX5 today just to keep it mobile and well, the Lexus is outside work!

I'm going to listen to the overwhelmingly conslusive view that I should not convert this lady and just enjoy her as she is, always good to ask for and receive advice from those in the know and then actually heed that advice!

Many thanks!

I'm enjoying this one so much that I think the idea to run it for as long as possible and then buy a fresher 430 and convert that to be a long termer is very sensible indeed.

True, I'm with Adrian Flux and they're used to dealing with mega modified cars so probably wouldn't be too fussed to hear it had lpg in there.

It's just for me really whether one of these with 182k miles has enough left about it to invest into.

OK so my LS400 has 182k on the clock and she runs lovely. Only niggle is the orange exclamation mark often flashes up which I think is brake fluid or whatever, aside from that, runs lovely.

As this car cost me £1500, would you guys reckon it would be a smart or silly move to invest nearly the same back into it for LPG?

I reckon it would pay itself back in a year and I guess at the end of the year when it's broke even, I'd have an asset and continued lower fuel.

Just she's not a young girl anymore and it might be seen as risky to invest that money back into the car at this stage in life?

Marvellous, I've dropped a bid in so will see what he says. The cover of the black book looks really quite scruffy so he shouldn't be expecting top dollar for it :)

Cheers Malc, am sure the guy said it had a new Battery in there but I'll pop the bonnet and have a closer look at that. I've only seen it do it the once which is annoying, I'm more of a do it or don't do it fan, not into intermittent stuff!! :)

Is the 97 the same as the 96 in terms of documentation?

I'll pop an offer in, thanks for that. Didn't know it should really have all of those black folders and things too!

Thanks for the tip, brakes were just done but for next time, I'll remember that :)

Just found the little box under the seat but it's empty. Had no idea that was there though!!

The passenger seat has a compartment?!

Not Noticed that yet, will go have a quick look now thanks!

It sure does, had a few admiring glances so far :)

Yeah loving it too, would like to find an owners manual for it, doesn't seem to have one anywhere.

Seems to get some admiring looks from people too, liking that :)

Wondering if this is some sort of feature or some sort of strange quirk!!

Parked the car this morning and locked it, was talking to someone and they asked why my front bumper indicators were flashing. Looked and sure enough, flashed a few times and then stopped, did it again and then stopped and didn't seem to do it again. No noise or anything, just flashing for a few.

Is this normal or strange? I've not looked again to see if it did it again yet.

I think they're such different cars, both will have their days :)

I think if I need to nip into town or something or buzz around somewhere with tight parking, the 5 is ideal :)

I went to pick up my daughter earlier and we all stood at the door just laughing at how big the Lexus is, it looked so massive :)

I think these cars are a bit of a secret really and it's pretty nice for it to be that way. I've always loved cars but had never heard of these until my friend at work talked about them.

Driving this car today and I'm just thinking 1500 quid, what on earth??!!

Hooked for sure, it's a whole new way of driving!! :)

Picked the car up this afternoon, love it! It's had a full valet so it looks the part and now I've had a chance to drive it myself outside of test drive conditions, it's just such a nice place to be.

The luxury factor just makes me laugh a bit, cruising along in this massive car sat back with my arm on the gigantic arm rest, I really love it already.

Filled it up before from low down, only came to 91 quid, was really hoping for some triple figure action for better comedy value :)

Front heated seats don't work, can these be sorted or generally once they go, they go?

It has to bottom out somewhere, I guess if the 430 starts eventually coming in at 400 prices, then what prices will the 400 be going for?!

I'll look forward to buying one of those when they are sub five or ten grand :)