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I enjoy being in Land/Range Rover's because of the elevated driving position.  I drove a 10 year old Vogue recently... - pretty tatty, and not particularly quiet.

My favourite is the Discovery, - nice air suspension also... - a friend at work has a Disco, - but my God, the amount it costs her to run, - suspension problems, steering problems, electrical problems, - it's never ending and ridiculously expensive... - but she's kept the car for many years because A she loves driving it, and B, it cost her so much new, and is worth so little now, she wants her use out of it!

I also drove a friend's brand new BMW M135i.. - nice car, but nowhere near as comfortable or pleasurable to drive as my LS430.  Madness when you consider the money he paid compared for his little BM compared the money I paid for luxury

hmmmmmm I was messing around with blutooth on my satnav the other day - i'll check that I didnt leave it on...  - no other gadgets.  Good shout ;)

It seems to me that it's not the key fob.  The fact that a drive in the car sorted it out, - makes me suspect that something (software wise) was reset.... - maybe i'm wrong... - I'll change the Battery and clean nevertheless, thanks.

The other thing is - these keys - so flimsy... the actual key which comes slides out... looks like it's about to fall away from the fob.. I was grateful it didn't get stuck in the lock !

I replaced the Battery about 8 months ago I think... - I used the car say every 3 - 5 days....

I have a intermittent squeak on the n/s rear, - only happens when I bank right... - i have had the bushes replaced... - still happens.  Any ideas?

About six months ago, my key fob remote failed to unlock the keys on my LS430.  I left it for 20 minutes, returned, and all was well.  

Last night, the same thing happened; I parked it up, - remote didnt lock the car.  Inside, the unlock button seemed to work, but the lock would not.  All the doors bar the drivers were already locked.  I left the car wit the driver's door unlocked.

Returned 2 hours later, - all doors locked, - remote key fob failed to do anything.  No response from car.  Light on key fob flashing when I press it.

I entered the car with the key, alarm sounded, put the key in ignition and drove off.  30 minute drive, parked, and everything worked absolutely fine again.

Can anyone shed any light on what the problem is/was?

£1,300 seems pretty cheap no?  I would've expected the cost to be 2 - 3 k?

And the car looks great btw!

BoJo Interior removal tools make the job easy, - without damage... - you can get that panel off easily in a matter of seconds :)

Four different budget tyres, dear oh dear.  That really does reflect the owners attitude towards the car.

They'll be loads of others :)

19 hours ago, Beejay55 said:

LX430 and getting an average of 24.6 mpg, and until I recently retired I was buying LPG near my place of work for 43p per litre.

Cheap  good value motoring !

 

That's a fantastic price - who was you buying it from?

How about a stainless steel job?  This one is very quiet and normal speeds, but has a V8 barble when you put your foot down

https://www.dcperformance.co.uk/uprated/fox-exhaust-backboxes/lexus/ls-430.html

Are you sure your speakers were blown, and didn't just need rubber glueing around the cone?  I did my subwoofer, - but I think the speakers in the door cards need the same treatment now.... - sure there's a tutorial for that around here somewhere..

I haven't had any trouble parking it, - supermarkets are easy as apple tart.  I do however try to avoid multi stories where possible, I've only visited a couple since owning a 430 and they were no trouble, but I can see that the smaller car parks definitely would be difficult!
Parking is very easy with the front and rear sensors and camera.
Bottom line is that I haven't found the size of the car to be problematic at all.  I've had no door dings either (touch wood) - so far!

That does look in gorgeous condition.  Think back 20 years and 20k usually meant that your car was approaching retirement :)

As you know, the brightness dial adjusts both the instrument panel and all the surrounding cockpit switches as one.  Personally I find this annoying as the instrument panel is so much brighter than the switches, - so the switch lights end up appearing very dull :(

The girlfriend's idea; place a piece of tinted film on the instrument panel. 

Simple but effective; I can now turn up the brightness to almost max and my instrument panel doesn't blind me, - which means that all my cockpit switches are nicely illuminated :)

Thanks for sharing your experience, everyone! :)

6 minutes ago, Ruud said:

Is this cold or hot? 

If it's cold it won't hurt to add some water up to the min/cold level

This is stone cold.

Unfortunately I do not have any coolant left - i've just ordered some.  I may top it up a little with water for the journey later whilst I wait for it to arrive... hope it'll be okay?

I have never noticed this before, - I have an important journey to do later which I cannot miss, - 150 mile round trip - so had me worried...

Just went to top up my screen wash and I noticed that my coolant level looked low.  Is this normal (see attached)??  Looks empty?  Wasn't that long since it was changed and the car is driving fine...?

I had the VSC light come on when my LPG run out and it switched to petrol.  INdependent garage just swtiched it off again (they told me that it was the lambda sensor in the exhaust which triggered it (for whatever reason)) and off it stayed for about 4 months.... then it came on again, - I just left it, and soon after I put a little petrol in, - it went off again, - that was about 3 months ago - and it's not come back.  

Don't know if that's any help at all, but it's all I can offer!

7 hours ago, stericker said:

I am to old for all that diving under the dashboard ! I bought a VicTsing Bluetooth FM car transmitter from

Amazon (£12.99) and it works very well. No wires !

Interesting, - is the quality (I'm thinking of the FM signal) degraded at all, or is it as clear as CD for eg?

I seem to remember reading that these cars are very easy to clock.  Being written off doesn't alter the service history, which, if there is any, should confirm the mileage one way or the other..., which, - at £9k... I'm sure a comprehensive history will be included!  

Those wheels look like they need refurbing also... they look like they've been chromed up... hmmmm 

On 19/02/2017 at 1:49 PM, The-Acre said:

Beautiful looking vessel!  I've had mine for exactly a year now and it's been faultless, and for a 16 year old it still drives better than most new cars I've tried.

Same here, - I've been in a number of friends, acquaintances and colleges cars since owning mine, - many of them new - and I wonder how they put up with the noise, uncomfortable seats, crashy suspension etc etc :D :D

On 20/02/2017 at 6:43 AM, Nessal said:

Thanks for your replys i must admit some are a little surprising RUST !!! It will definitely be 05/55 i like the small upgrades my search continues and i will keep you updated regards Alan

The tax on '05 is higher than '04, - something to bear in mind.

11 hours ago, toffee_pie said:

presidential quality driving

Yes - I feel like a king every time I drive it.

I am always put off by tow bars...