Gs 450H At 170,000 Miles.

[tonyricha]

Hi all, just thought I should post pictures of the GS after 7 years battling our motorways and all these miles.

[Lexmanic]

Nice motor looks as good as new

[addzLex]

Looks great, and clean too!

[Silver Arrow]

Looks brilliant, but the colour seems to mask the stone chips that Lexus is famous for lol

[tonyricha]

it is a great colour, doesn't show the fen mud where I live, not everybodys choice I know but having been a undertaker years ago I will never buy a black car!

[tonyricha]

just reposted this as I read comments re cream leather soon looking old and difficult to clean.

[royoftherovers]

Seems to be in excellent condition for 170,000 miles and very reassuring to read for us low mileage 450h owners.

Regards

John

[rai555]

Seems to be very clean car, looks gorgeous, especially inside. How you manage to keep leather fresh ?

[tonyricha]

Keep feeding it, leather care balm contains oils to keep it soft and supple, clean and feed it every month reduces cracking, if you look at the drivers seat there is come creasing on the bolster but nowhere is it worn through. Temperature changes are huge, very hot when locked up in the sun to below zero in the winter so the leather needs to be kept soft. Almost on 200K now, target 300K, still no issues apart from very slight oil mist from 1 front damper but no shame given the state of the fenland roads where I live.

[PGLex]

Great to see. i have a 300 on 150k, going to get a timing belt and oil change next week. My interior is almost as good despite wearing blue jeans every day.

Only problem i have is the wheels have lost lacquer and have a few areas of deterioration. going to try and refurb myself one sunny afternoon.

Few stone chips, but i did get a new bonnet on warranty about 6 months ago as i has two areas of bubbling paint that appeared to start on the back. This was agreed and a new bonnet was fitted.

[polymoog15]

Hi, on the 300 did you use normal unleaded or super also what engine oil did you use ?

thanks

[Hayne]

Hi Tony,

Lovely car.

Didn't you trade in your broken GS450h for a Mercedes?

I seem to recall you had a failed hybrid transmission pump.

Giles.

[tonyricha]

yes afraid so, still hurts looking back at these photos.

Mercedes although not so nice has turned out OK, so cheap to run in comparison and to be true another GS would never have been as nice as the old girl.

[Peter Whitaker]

Seems to be in excellent condition for 170,000 miles and very reassuring to read for us low mileage 450h owners.

Regards

John

Likewise - I just bought a 2010 GS 450h SE-L with only 9k miles on the clock !

Yours looks incredibly good inside for cream leather with that much use.

Very reassuring!