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A couple of questions while I wait for the Owner's Manual to be posted to me: 1) I thought you could open and close the windows and sunroof with the key's alarm buttons, how do you do this? 2) What's the Shift button for on the gear box gate and how do you use it?

If I remember correctly, the 430 they had didn't have a Sports pack and was marked.

Thanks for the link. I got back about 1.5 hours ago and it's lovely. :) Clear side repeaters are already on :) and after seeing a lot of silver cars with tinted windows on the way back I think I am going to do what I wanted to do last time and go limo black on the back windows and legal on the front.

You need to use your fingers to pull them from the back of the car towards the front and out. I changed my Series I and just changed my Series II and both were the same fit.

Today is the day! I'm finishing work at 12 and going to the gym, then should be on the road to Hove by 1pm. I hope the traffic isn't too bad on the way home.

That section is still there, but the GS 430 isn't listed. http://www.lexus.co.uk/used-cars/specifications-used.aspx

That's what I'm thinking this time and it might not look as severe against the silver bodywork.

I was looking at the gallery of the place I got my current GS 300 tinted and thought these were good examples: http://www.autoasylum.co.uk/images/Lexus_G...d_1xDark(2).jpg (It's a shame this wasn't the silver model.) http://www.autoasylum.co.uk/images/BMW_7_S...5xHP22CH(2).jpg http://www.autoasylum.co.uk/images/Mercede...TG_1xHP18TG.jpg More saloons here: http://www.autoasylum.co.uk/gallery1.html According to the Lexus file name this isn't even the limo shade on the back, yet look how dark it is. I'm thinking if the dark shade looks that dark with the black interior anyway, then I may as well go limo, which is what I wanted and didn't do to my current GS 300's rear side windows. Learn from my mistakes maybe. It's a shame there isn't a way to preview your car with different shade sample sheets temporarily stuck to the inside so you can see exactly how they will react on your car in real light conditions in front of your own eyes. Decisions, decisions. :duh: They're on annual shut down until 17 September anyway, so time to think about it.

Am I #4 then? I saw two Series IIs on the journey to look at the car, one green and one champagne, and I don't see them often where I live. The police used to have an unmarked black Series II GS 300 Sport, but I haven't seen it for a while and noticed they're now using BMWs.

I always thought air con used a lot of fuel and took power frm the engine. I wonder how my new GS430 Sport Series II will be affected with and without using it.

I like being special. :) With my Series I Sport, it was nice to have a car you don't see often. I didn't get it for this though, but it was a bonus. I'm still undecided about the shade of tints I'm going to go for at the back (the darkest road legal shade will be on the front). I like limo black on the back, but I'm not sure if it will look too severe or not against the silver bodywork or I could go for the next shade up, which I regretted doing on my Series I with tan interior, because it has got black interior which will give the perception they are darker and might look nicer against the bodywork. :duh:

I'm sure there was a thread on here a couple of years ago where someone had devised a solution for this sort of thing and included pictures. I can't find it though. I'm interested in the MP3/USB device, because I'm not keen on iPods. http://www.vaistech.com/vml.php

When I got my Series I Sport it had around 77,000 on the clock and within a year or two of owning it I had to get the ball joints changed, but I can't remember of the top of my head if it was upper, lower or both. I've also had to replace both the front springs, since the old ones snapped in half, and despite doing the ball joints and the springs I still get creeking sounds from the front of the car.

Hopefully this holds true with my new 2003 GS 430 Sport Series II I pick up tomorrow, it's five years old and has got just under 67,000 on the clock and has had one owner.

I've had tinted windows on my last three cars and would like to get my new silver Series II GS430 Sport tinted too, but am unsure how they will look on big windows and silver bodywork. I like the tints on my current black Series I GS300 Sport and the last silver car I had tinted had smaller windows than the GS430. Please can you post pictures of your silver GS430s with tinted windows and let me know the percentage of tint used, so I can see what different varioations look like. Thank you in advance! :)

http://www.lexusownersclub.co.uk/forum/ind...st&p=553576 Tidy. :) I'll second clear side repeaters, this was the first thing I did to mine and it looks so much better. Here are some details (posts 21 and 22 in particular): http://www.lexusownersclub.co.uk/forum/ind...showtopic=14955 As for tyres, the last two sets I've had are Falken, FK-451, which I had for about three years, and this year I fitted the FK-452. I'll really miss my Series I GS 300 Sport :( , she has been a great car for over four years, but I'm sure the Series II GS 430 Sport will make me feel better in time. :)

Thanks. I pick her up on Wednesday. Window tints are my first priority. B)

Thanks! As much as I love the Series I Sport styling, I realised that it looks a bit dated next to the Series II. Not only has the one I bought got satnav, when I got in to have a look and play I noticed it's also got the Mark Levinson audio package, which I thought was an extra. Hopefully it will treat me as well as my Series I.

Goodbye GS 300 Sport Series I, you've been good to me for over four years. :( Hello GS 430 Sport Series II! :)

Thanks! I thought it was a belt until someone I spoke to thought it might be a chain due to the high mileage intervals. I'm sure my Series I is due every 60,000 (it was already done before I got it). I'm set to go and look tomorrow morning and I hope it turns out to be a good example.

Thanks! I looked at that one, but it doesn't have the Sport styling that I want. Going back to the cambelt, is it 100,000 mile change intervals on the 430 because it's a chain instead of a belt?

Thanks for all the information so far. I want to look at this car, but I really want a black Series II GS430 Sport, around a 2003 model. Where are you seeing them because I can't find any black ones?

Change of plan. I'm not going to look at it until Sunday now, providing they've still got it. I am concerned about the touch screen though, because my dad's LS400 is on its third one (all before my dad bought the car).

That's the one. It's a two hour drive though, which is the closest one I've found so far. I found the black SE but I haven't found a Series II GS430 Sport in black. I love the Series II shape in black.

Yes. Why?