Peter_L

Well the buyer sent a recovery firm to collect the car on Saturday morning. He sent me a message later in the day to st he had received it and that he was very happy with it. He had already charged the Battery and got it running but said it needed a few things doing before putting it on the road. 

3 minutes ago, runsgrateasanut said:

Not all bids are shown when a bidder has a maximum bid level  his trumps the new bidder and the new bidder is not shown . Hence the increasing level seemingly by same bidder.

but maybe I don't follow what you are saying. 

 

Malcolm £1,270 was the sale price

Runsgrateas is correct. I was, of course, watching very closely and I got a notification on my phone every time a new bid came in. Nobody outbid himself. You need to understand automatic bidding to understand how it can look like they did.

I may suggest to the new owner that he joins LOC so he can keep you all up to date with the progress. I may even look in myself every now and then.  ( but I won't mention to him that some enthusiasts reckoned the car was worth less than £100). 😉

10 minutes ago, dendonc said:

Its up to £906.99 now, 7:50am, the last rush offers on ebay are usually within the last minit

Yes, you're right. I'm surprised to see so many bids (19) on this so early on. I've put over 30 items on eBay in the past couple of weeks and generally 90% o the bidding is in the last minute or so. The Lexus has attracted far more attention than anything else.

33 minutes ago, runsgrateasanut said:

I'm losing the plot - thinking the side lights are the indicators - must have had a flashback to my S class and the fact that I replaced side indicators which looked like the side lights.  Doh! bit worrying!  and I don't joke about dementia! 

up to £810 now, so some interest.

Yes, £810. But it was at over £1,000 earlier - until the bidder cancelled his bid! And it has 85 'watchers' so it could be interesting tomorrow evening.

11 hours ago, Malc said:

what Merc are you comparing it with ?

Malc

It's an old E220. Not as impressive as a Lexus, I'm sure, but it's a lovely ride. Drove down to Italy in it last year and was sorry when the journey ended.

8 minutes ago, lockeyboy said:

You just need to find someone who does and who you can trust. Plus you have the depth of knowledge of the users here to offset any "dodgy diagnoses"

I'm also a mechanical novice, but I bloody love driving mine!

and down south I'm sure there are several well experience lexus independents 

Oh, I admit that, having never driven (or even sat in) a  Lexus, I'd like to see what all the fuss is all about. But I guess I'll have to be content with my 13 year old Merc - that's luxury enough for me.

2 minutes ago, lockeyboy said:

I honestly don't think you'd regret it either

theres some work to get done but once complete the ride is exceptional. Most of the work would need to be done on any car anyway, and as malc has pointed out you'll never suffer from depreciation

 

 

Maybe if I knew anything about cars, which I don't....

2 hours ago, lockeyboy said:

£420 now

And rising....

Trouble is I may have to keep it myself now, just so I have somewhere to put my Lexus Owners Club stickers that arrived in the post today

1 hour ago, dendonc said:

If I were looking for one, which I am not, this is not a car I would be interested in, what you might not realize is that many parts for LS400 cars of that year can only be got from lexus as genuine lexus parts & the prices for that year are horrendous, depending on part. If I were on the lookout for an LS400 I would have few qualms about taking on a LS 400, 1995 and younger, with a good service record and 250k on the clock, 250k is nothing to them.

This one, no I would not go and look at it because it would need some Lexus mechi knowledgable person (plenty here) to even say what 'probably' needs doing as a necessity, hope that opinion is some use to you.

Thanks for your frank comments, dendonc.  I guess we'll be just scrapping it after all.

Thanks everyone for your comments. I know nothing about Lexus cars so it sounds like it's not something I want to take on myself. So is there anyone out there who wants to make me any kind of offer? It's in Woking, Surrey, if anyone wants to view it.

Registration number: L525DPK

• Vehicle make LEXUS
• Vehicle model LS400
• Date first used 14 December 1993
• Fuel type Petrol
• Colour Gold

I'm not sure. At this stage, I'm just seeing whether there's any interest from anyone who wants to take it as it is. Otherwise, I'll get it sorted and sell it as a working car. I don't know Lexus cars but reckon it should be worth £2,500 to £3,000 once serviced and washed so I guess we'd be looking for less than £1,000 as it is.

Hi,

I've been asked by a friend to find a home for a 1993 LS400 (Colour Gold) which has only done 65,000 miles has been lovingly looked after, in immaculate condition BUT has not been started in five years.

The lady who owned it averaged about 1,000 miles per year until she stopped driving 5 years ago. Since then it has been in storage in a dry garage so the outside is dusty but inside it's a beautiful car.

This will be a great opportunity for someone who wants to own a great car. So anyone out there interested?