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Remember to ask for LOC discount if can get it..

No I don't agree that 3 should be replaced and why even stop at 3, why not all 6? They don't all fail at once and one failure doesn't affect others. These aren't VW/Audi coil packs that all fail together just outside the warranty period ;) Worth just reseating/cleaning the connector first.

Sounds about the same price as my plan. Mine is for 50K / 3 years and I think it was about £1300. My plan is administered by EMAC on behalf of Lexus - the dealership appear to have no control over it. I'm beginning to think the dealership servicing is very expensive compared to others brands - lots offer cheap packages to cover the first years

Hi Mark and welcome to the LOC, we are a friendly bunch and some of us even know how to pull them to bits and put them back together again, with of course the one bolt and washer left over. We recommend you spend a couple of mins looking over the rules of the LOC, we will be asking questions later. http://www.lexusownersclub.co.uk/terms-conditions/ Regards Mike.

Hi That's exactly what I did (I used to drive an A5). I've gone for the F sport (in blue) and yeah had two months now and am not disappointed in the slightest - it gets a lot of looks :-) My issue is I have gone for the premium Nav system and Lexus had to get one of their customers to get it working for me, additionally I have a Samsung S5 and the phone connects but it will not download messages. So my advice - go for the car but prepare yourself for possibly some software issues.

Hi Mark, No, the one I bought is from Cardiff, Ultra Blue, 26,000 miles, just got home with it now, big grin on my face!!!

I recently acquired a new 2015 CT, and spec-ed a downgrade to 16" on the basis of the many reviews I read. Consensus seems to be ride is better on the post-facelift ones, better still on 16" wheels, but still not on par with the class leaders. FWIW, I think the ride's pretty good on mine, so would recommend the downgrade to 16". It's certainly better than my old 2011 Prius ever was. 17" wheels on cars of this size are absurd.

Thanks Chris. I will be taking the car to the dealer as it is still under warranty... let them do the hard work! ;-)

Thanks for the info Steve.

I would add my support for fitting dash cams. About 2 years ago I witnessed a crash. By the time I had pulled over got out the car and walked back to them, the woman driver was in tears because the bloke was blaming her when it was clearly his fault. When he realised there was a witness he did back off a somewhat. My wife and I agreed that a dash cam would have made life easier because instead of filling in the forms I could have simply offered them the video. A little while later we purchased a camera and fitted it. Then, about nine months later a woman in a BM Wobbly changed lanes without looking and we collided. She got out of her car saying "Just because I made a mistake there was no reason to ram me". Then she claimed to her insurance company that I was responsible for the accident. The video proved it was her fault and that was that. Camera paid for itself. YAY! The first camera cost £12-ish but we have replaced it with a better one about £36-ish which has better night vision.

It's a sad world and typical of today's society, a while ago I clipped a Landrover's wing mirror when passing but stopped up the road and walked back to the other car. The back casing has cracked and fell off. Cost me £80.00 for a colour coded replacement but at least I can still sleep at night. I am getting also one of those cameras too many drivers now think indicating is an automatic right to pull out on motorways.

Welcome on board Mark! Get ready to not see another on the road for ages - if ever, excepts for meets!

Between 1990 and 2005, I visited India at least twice a month. If I had the required literary skill, I could probably write a book on the place. Malc and Jon have made two very valid points in; NEVER, EVER, drive in India and the fact that, although desperately poor, they are very friendly. I'll just pick two of the many driving stories I have: I wanted a car to travel 30 miles the next day, so I arranged a car AND driver at the desk in the hotel. I insisted that it had air-conditioning. 'Not a problem, Sahib'. Next morning, there was an Austin Ambassador-based taxi with 'Air Conditioned' on the side. When I climbed in beside the smiling driver, I noticed the heat was stifling. This was the conversation...... Me: 'Can you turn on the air conditioning please?' Driver: 'Sahib, it is not working'. Me: 'I asked for a car with air conditioning'. Driver: 'Sahib, it HAS got air conditioning - but it is not working'.............. On another occasion two of us wanted to visit an old fort about 40 miles from Delhi.......again in an Austin Ambassador taxi. We were soon in the middle of nowhere with not a soul in sight. The car coughed and steam belched from under the bonnet. We got out, the driver lifted the bonnet and it was obvious that the head gasket had blown. Our quizzical looks were met with 'Not a problem, Sahib'. The driver went to the boot and took out a bucket with minimal tools in it. He then undid the head bolts and lifted off the head. In the meantime, as if by magic, a crowd had gathered - I have no idea where they came from. We then noticed that the 'head gasket' was, in fact a piece of cardboard with 'Carnation Milk' still visible.......there was a split in it - the leak. He gave the bucket to a young boy with instructions to go and get some water. In the meantime, he went to the boot and re-appeared with another piece of 'Carnation Milk' cardboard, then using a knife and with the old gasket as a template, proceeded to 'manufacture' a new gasket. He dropped it in position then replaced the head. The head-bolt tightening sequence was instructive......starting at the front, he hand tightened the first nut - then torqued it using a 3ft long bar. He carried on till all nuts were fitted - this is the head tightening sequence in India :) The young lad had returned with, what looked like, a bucket of diluted mud.....this went in the radiator. Off we went to enjoy the old fort. We made it back to Delhi with no more technical problems. Happy days!

Because even though the ls430 is a nice car and I own one too, the ls400 is the best car ever made. Well that's what I think anyway.

The ls400 is a very complex car when it comes to reading faults. The number of ECUs is too much for generic code readers. However, you can get Toyota TIS Techstream mini VCi rather cheap on ebay and that works perfectly. Alternatively you can get the codes using the TCCS method. Bridging 2 pins on the connector and read the codes on the dash. On the earlier models this is achieved by counting the times a light flashes, on the mk4 you can get the actual codes displayed on the multi info display by pressing the 'function' button.

I like the colour of the car, what do you reckon to this badge?

http://www.powerbulbs.com/ found this company very good.