Ls430 Park Assist

MrADeveci · September 2, 2005

From MikeLS430

How much was yours, dipstick? (and what mileage, premium pack?)

Mike, just press the "reply" button ! not Report !

MikeLS430 · September 2, 2005

Would be pretty wary of spending that much money on an Ebay car, call me old fashioned!

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How much was your dipstick? (and mileage, premium pack?)

dipstick · September 3, 2005

Twere in bargain territory. £15740, 89k, premium pack, 2000 X plate, silver.

But that paintwork thing would have driven me mad in a week.

Pyrex · September 10, 2005

I have a 2004 430LS which currently has 54000 on the clock.

It is used extensively in and out of London, and to the Burbs, mostly 20+ mile trips.

I have just persuaded it to do an overall mpg for the life of the car of 21mpg. with an average of 25mph.

It took about 3 months to get it from 20.9 up to 21....

Oh yes and it has all the beeps and piccys..I turn the beeps off because the motorcycles would drive you mad!!!!

lazyoaf · September 16, 2005

I have a 2000 on an X LS430 Premium Pack. Had it 3 months now. 73000miles, Silver, FLSH and never get more than 23 MPG as an average in a week though.

The speed limiter kicks in at 157MPH on mine (M6 Toll Road late on a Sunday night). Which was verified by my RoadAngel speed display.

It came with NO service history but I tracked all that down in a few weeks and 400 miles later over 2 weekends Id got a new service book and travelled to all the dealers who'd serviced it and got all the stamps !!

Paid £16000 with 6 months warranty from an independant dealer. Had to get the drivers window runners fixed (not uncommon apparently) but the wheels were all refurbed in the price (why cant Lexus make wheels that dont rot?) and both side mirrors were replaced (again not all that uncommon). After 1 month the CO2 sensor failed, that was £260 fitted but the warranty took care of that. And a week later the double glazed offside door window got condensation between the glass, looked horrible, cost £245 but again the warranty covered it (after a fight !!).

So far very happy with it, although the satnav is NOT as good as my last Beemers despite what everyone tells you. The lex at this age does not have postcode entry which is rubbish on a car costing £50k new, but the worst bit is that the voice is NOT through the sound system and at speed with the music up loud you cant hear it very well - and the DVD update discs are 2 X that of BMW (Ye Gods !!), but otherwise its great. No parking sensors was also very very mean of them I agree. Worse is that it has absolutely NO phone provision in it and its not Tiptronic - what were they thinking? - my mates got a 1999 Omega with satnav, standard fit parking sensors, and a standard fit sim insert integrated phone ! I mean if Vauxhall could do it ............

Leeds Lexus had done 3 of the services and they gave me a copy of all the work done at those (30k 40 k and 50k). I was surprised to see the amount of stuff it had needed over and above service items, door seals, a boot lock, aircon recharge and a dozen other bits, certainly puts paid to the stories that Lexus cars never fail !!

Overall its a great car, I bought mine to see what all the fuss was about and Ill keep it 1 year as I do with all my cars, but the cost of ownership will be very high and that means its competing secondhand with lots of others out there and measured in that way (ie at the 5 year old level) and taking into account its "odd" looks and that repair list and my experiences of repairs, theres plenty of other stuff out there......you pays yer money and takes your choice......

reincheque · September 17, 2005

It came with NO service history but I tracked all that down in a few weeks and 400 miles later over 2 weekends Id got a new service book and travelled to all the dealers who'd serviced it and got all the stamps !!

After all the effort, you should probably change your handle from lazyoaf... :P

djp