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Lexus engineers are more clever than most of us and there was a reason behind the LS400 looking that way. most will think mmh thats an ugly boxy looking tank but it was designed to be quiet, smooth, sprint from 0-60 quickly for a big luxury car of its size and year, and ability to travel at high speeds of 140-155mph without sounding strained and the actual design gives it a very low drag coefficient cd figure of 0.27 which is very impressive figure for a car built in the 90's. the LS400 built in 90' has the same drag coefficient as the Nissan GTR built in 2008. the low drag coeffient figure a car has the better it cuts through air resistance and travels at higher speeds comfortably. Toyota spent Billions of dollars on designing every aspect of this car in the 90's and yes things have moved on since then in terms of car design and in order for the LS400 to achieve this low drag coefficient figure it had to look that way. thats why its one of the smoothest quietest cars ever rolled out of a production line. Rolls Royce of the same era was not as quiet and as smooth as an LS400

Also when u insure it if u have accident u will not get full market value @ what car is it @ how much?????

try a different dealer. Looking at www.toyodiy.com there are definitely sub parts available, you don't need the whole unit. 55506-60010 for example has a description of LOCK ASSY, GLOVE COMPARTMENT DOOR and is available in 3 trim colours. I don't know if this is the piece you need, go to a dealer who will let you look at the exploded diagrams.

Well, beauty is in the eye of the beholder of course. Actually, I thought the guy's Ebay ad was quite funny! And you can't deny that the LS400 does look like a pimpmobile. Still, each to their own. I saw an 220D in a car park the other day and, after having had a good look round it, I have to say the term that came to mind was "bland". Just my personal opinion of course, other opinions are available. Brand loyalty is all very well but let's not kid ourselves.

CNC/CAD designer of cabinets/fitted furniture...the usual stuff is bedrooms and kitchens. Did a large job last year for McLaren at HQ in Woking. The day out there was mighty good fun!! Kept my security badge as a memento of the day .

I wouldn't waste much of my time on commenting on this guys attempt at humour -save for him dragging Stevie Wonder's name into the sales/*******/spiel-he may be blind,but he's got talent.

Luckily no sand up here yet .mines tucked away in his garage so keeps clean. It's good to post pics stu , makes everyone keep up and clean there's lol.

The LS only appears ugly if you are used to driving a streamlined biscuit tin

LS 400 is distinctive, and quite possibly a drug dealers motor, but I like the look, but never been stopped to see if I could sell any class A stimulants. I prefer it over 430 which looks like a gone-wrong Merc, but like the 460 as it is as distinctive as the 400. Mind you I do not like the new front end look of most new Lexus models, 450s, 200 etc, which look like a basking shark mouth with LEDs for modern bling. - Are they trying to out-do the Audi look these days!!!

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Hi David, and welcome to LOC!

I found it on google as well