Diary Of My Ls430 Part 3: 3 Months On And Welcome To 2014

[eekamaouse]

I let myself down during the Christmas break.

Travelling to a family event, a boy racer in his Mini Cooper came tailgating me on the A404(M) on the stretch leading to the M4. And, against my better nature I floored the accelerator, and watched the Mini rapidly become even more mini, behind me. I apologised to the LS430, reminded by the words of Peter Parker, "with great power comes great responsibility".

It is now early January 2014....and three months on since I bought the X reg LS430. So, I have had a bit of time to make a preliminary assessment on what I think of the car.

I honestly cannot stress enough how much that cliche "it's a lot of car for the money" applies to the LS430. After all the admiring looks and comments, the most common question asked is "I bet it's thirsty on fuel?" Well, yes - it's a 4.3L petrol machine....but make this sacrifice you will be richly rewarded.

So far, so brilliant.

[steve2006]

It's so tempting, I like to be waiting at traffic lights in lane one and get a "challenger" in lane 2.

Only once have I been beaten off the line and that was by an SC430 :)

There's nothing in the highway code about 0-60 times so I occasionally make the most of my V8.