Joys Of Being Driven In A Ls430

[arfur45]

Having recently been driven to airports and back several times in new s-class mercedes and audi A8s it was such a pleasant change to take a several hour journey in the back of our lexus.

There seems to be constant sniping from the German owners that a lexus is "boring","soulless" and rubbish to drive. Incidentally I don't agree.

However as a rear passenger the experience is vastly superior in an old lexus as opposed to a new German equivalent. The seats are far more comfortable,the leather is incomparably more soft and sumptuous and the air suspension ride is amazing.

My wife and I are in agreement that we will just use our own car in the future instead of hiring unspectacular German "minicabs".

[The-Acre]

Having recently been driven to airports and back several times in new s-class mercedes and audi A8s it was such a pleasant change to take a several hour journey in the back of our lexus.

There seems to be constant sniping from the German owners that a lexus is "boring","soulless" and rubbish to drive. Incidentally I don't agree.

However as a rear passenger the experience is vastly superior in an old lexus as opposed to a new German equivalent. The seats are far more comfortable,the leather is incomparably more soft and sumptuous and the air suspension ride is amazing.

My wife and I are in agreement that we will just use our own car in the future instead of hiring unspectacular German "minicabs".

Well said! I've never been a passenger in the rear of mine, I must try it one day.

[RgrWynne]

I went to London the other day with a business colleague , then on to Portsmouth. We did 633 miles in the day sharing the driving of my LS 430 2002 with 70k miles on the clock. I just had to try the rear seats and be driven ! It was wonderful, with reclining seats and adjustable massage control. It was a very comfortable experience for very little cost. Over the whole journey and we were not hanging about, my 72 year old colleague was a racing driver in his youth, we got 29.8 to the gallon , which I think is fantastic.

[Spacewagon52]

That is good mpg for a V8 4.3 litre. If you just consider a 4 litre V8 you immediately think sub - 20's like Jags.

My father-in-law was stopped by the police doing 90 mph in his Rover 3500 V8 - the officer was also driving a 3500S V8 Rover.

"Good afternoon sir. Nice car," said the policeman.

"I thought so until now!" he replied.

"You know sir, they can be trained to do 70 mph."

I digress!