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Wise decision! Well done. You can enjoy your studies and look forward to driving a beautiful car in-between! Very pleased to hear this news.

If this is just a case of the sliding pins becoming seized then you can easily check these beforehand. This shouldn't be happening every year, maybe he is using the wrong grease or too much. Possibly the dust boots are worn a let in more water than when they were new.

May be the mods could rename this IS-F/RC-F Club forum?

you could try adding some Redex injector cleaner in the tank first. I use this about every third fill up,never had any fuel problems. I had a Mark one LS I bought to rob for spares, after standing unused for a year the fuel pump had siezed up, I stripped it and filled it with Redex on assembly, it never stuck again.

If it doesn't turn at all then the key hasn't been cut properly,if cut properly it should turn in the key barrel with or without transponder.

Hi JPJsavage, I just bought my dream car an LS 400, and just after a month or so it looks like the starter motor has packed up same problem as described in this thread but not LPG. Can you give me the contact details of this mechanic in Sandbach so I can somehow get the car to him to fix for me as his £250 repair cost sounds more reasonable than the several hundreds I am seeing around...Thanks in advance for your help..

Got a delivery date of 6th November - which is about an 11 week wait.

Absolutely! Open to all. More the merrier.

Why dont you try waiting a little until a 12 plate Premier comes up? It should be the same as a 62 plate Luxury give or take

Yes George ,the impact on the environment is diminished every hour that the Lexus LS400 is still available for use and we see no benefit from the government in rebates or anything else.They lauded the change to deisel fueled engines a decade ago but now claim they are dirty enviromentel scabs and Boris (future PM?) intends to tax them for the same reason in London. The need to hang onto beuatifully designed robusttly engineered cars as always been the domain of officianado's and the members of this club can truly call themselves that and bask in the knowledge we were always right when it came to identifying quality.

I am a bit of a tree hugger by nature...yet I have owned almost 200 cars , many of which were big engined or high performance...I think this is where quality of life etc...needs to balance environmental concern....yes, if I was seriously serious, I wouldn't have a car...or I would drive an old cinquecento or the like..(of which I have owned several...smart cars, the lot)... Yes, I CHOOSE to drive a sub 30 mpg car...but I drove it responsibly and by keeping an old car on the road, I contribute less to damaging the environment than if I bought a new Prius every three years. The real damage to the environment is caused from cradle to grave, with the most being done in the mining of raw minerals, assembly etc...I have never owned a new car, never will...for this very reason....four of us going to Edinburgh or Glasgow or the like from dundee is still cheaper than four train tickets return....not an environmental cost given, but if public transport was easier to use and cheaper, I would....but why would we when we can sit in air con splendour, in a car that cost peanuts, has done most of the damage to the planet it will do before it turned a wheel, and is so beautifully made it could run, and run, and run, thus negating the need for my myself or any of its subsequent owners the need to contribute to this needless supply created by manufactured demand that seems prevelant in the west Incidentally, just watched al gore's an inconvenient truth and have never seen global warming discussed in a calmer, more rational, more terrifying manner...very worth a watch...an honest American politician?....I wonder how the world would have changed if he had beaten bush in 2000.... He introduces himself by saying, hi, I used to be known as the next president of America..... If you have interest in these issue I implore you to watch this...no knee jerk stuff, very little schmaltzi Americanism, just easily understood analogy, well delivered speech....fascinating...

@Allan, what not even in 'sport' mode lol

I love Jags and Reality is it's very jag like as in you know the nigh on 290hp is there but you just waft...and it's an absolute pleasure to drive...it has what I call a tactility to its build integrity...you can feel it's been superbly built and the feeling of driving a car that was designed, engineered and built to be the best is, nice.... The wafty drive I suppose helps the mpg which for a big, heavy car has been great...never less than 20 mpg, 22-24 mpg with town driving only...24-28 mpg when it's over a mixed week and about 35 mpg on long runs with cruise on...and air con...and stereo....pretty remarkable,for a 20 year old v8...and I have never owned a car with more space behind the wheel..no wonder the yanks loved them...I have a car that cost £46k in 1996, would cost over £90k to replace from today's lexus range..(top of range is 600 now), cost £1300 all in and is not in significantly worse condition from new, with a matching driving experience....what was I thinkng about wanting to sell it...I think next will be the similarly under appreciated ugly bug sc430....a grand tourer to OWN and enjoy...not a testers favourite either, but I bet they are fantastic day to day... I am, clearly, converted to the lexus way....

You are a wise man. Most of us who aren't thinking of getting rid of our cars are worried about what we'd replace them with, so my advice to anyone who doesn't have to get rid of one is: DON'T! Yours has a better history than many. And it's not going to lose much, if anything, in depreciation from now on. It might even be worth more!

George, you've made the right move there mate. You'd have regretted it once it had gone. I've no intention of selling my 2000 mk4. Couldn't see me driving anything else while it's still going strong. Nearly 15 years old and 130k. Just run in. Nicest car to drive ever.

Did have this noise after changing the rear discs with Pagid one's. Had to grind part of the lip down on the hub plate ( dunno it's proper technical name) that was rubbing on the inside of the new disc. Also it's worth bending back the metal splash cover thingy behind the hub as it can touch the disc and cause a grinding noise.

Andy I know what you mean about people I spend £15 a week on going to the gym and people say that's a lot then they spend £7.50 a day x 7 = £52.50 a week on cigarettes

I know that my mechanic here in Sandbach would be able to sort this out for you. He has quite a bit of experience with these cars and also with LPG systems. Let me know if this is something you'd like to follow up and I'll post his name/number etc. I know that Angel123 has also used him and can vouch for his service.