jakemjfoster

@steve2006 no under seal or a brush in the boot pal. Since I last commented I’ve had the car in the air and had a look underneath, all seems ok (usual surface rust of a car spent time at the coast but nothing with alarm bells ringing) and I’ve had a few mechanic heads looking in the bay and it looks good there too. Obviously only time can tell what will happen. I’ve also since installed HSD coilovers and had the pleasure of getting a feel for the condition of the suspension components and the install went a lot smoother than some modern cars. Even the split pins that lock the castle nuts on the wishbone were removed without breaking! I’m still nervous at the back of my mind about the whole situation, but as far as things go so far, the cars doing fine. Again, thanks gents for offering your help and advice. Would definitely recommend this forum to any other Lexus owner.

Thank you gents. I didn’t purchase the car via ebay transaction so I doubt I can leave feedback.

Thanks @rich1068 I appreciate the reply. Obviously reading a thread like this and his conviction reports I’m not feeling too great about the situation. I’m not the most clued up on regulations and buyers rights either.

Hi all, I recently bought this car on Friday 23rd October for £1350. I feel very uneasy about my decisions after stumbling upon this thread not even a week later. I asked the seller why he had the car and he’d mentioned that he was a trader. I didn’t think anything of it as I was more interested in the car than his back story, but I’ve realised the car was never registered in his name and the logbook had (who I assume to be) the previous owners name on. He also asked me if I’d like an invoice upon handing the money over and I declined, he also then stated that “I will just say the car is sold as seen blah blah blah” which I now assume to be his attempt at reading me my rights of purchase under FCA regulations. When driving to get petrol for my journey home, not even two miles away from his house, I’d gone slowly over a speedbumb and the drivers coil spring snapped. I had to make the journey home from Dudley to Rotherham with that in mind! Umar had also promised me he was going to send me a reader for the sat nav unit that wasn’t working, I got a phone call 3 days later saying that wasn’t going to happen anymore (luckily I’d picked one up from a breaker by this point so it wasn’t a problem). I plan to fully restore the car after wanting an LS400 for some time now, I’m an automotive painter by trade so the bodywork isn’t a problem for me. After seeing this post I’m obviously very cautious as to whether I’m going to be able to drive this car relatively stress free until I decide to put it away for restoration. I’m hoping it’s going to prove as mechanically sound as described. Any additional information or opinions based on my experience would be welcome. Many thanks, Jake.