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Hello - Wow was I surprised at how damn good this car was - This is my playful review which I hope you find balanced and fair. Its ok I asked the mods if I was ok to post. :)

I had my 400 MK3 for 6 years and it had 120,000 on when I bought it....I did another 90,000 of the happiest motoring I had ever experienced in 30 odd years of driving... The main reason I ended up going for a 460 was a bit of rust on the 400....around the arches and the windscreen....I paniced a bit over nothing....if I had the chance again....and know what I know now...I would have spent as much as it cost treat the 400 to a full Top Notch respray....and still own the best car I have ever owned. Fact is a friend of mine has always admired the car....and when I was set on a 460 I gave it to him as a gift.... the 460...was a one owner car with 9,000 miles on....I did not even test drive it....went on the train from Cumberland to Turriff....near Aberdeen....and drove it back through the night... I knew in the first mile I had made a mistake....but I thought wait a minute....this is a 460...ten years younger than my old 400....with only 9000 miles on....it MUST be Me. We set off for Venice a few days later....drove there non stop...took 26 hours from Cumberland....and every mile was full of thoughts of what a pleasure this would be in the old 400....and what a poor experience it was in this 460....BUT I still ...over the next year or so....tried to convince myself I was mistaken. What I didnt like about the 460 : Brakes are almost impossible to judge....like you have no real connection to them....terrible. Steering was a mystery....some days it was OK ish...other days it had a a mind of its own....over one bridge I regularly crossed ...it would dart around as if the Mysterons were driving it ! The steering also felt like an old car with worn out Track Control arms ....worn ball joints etc....wandered around over road irregularities....awful sensation through the steering wheel. Cruise control was so bad I gave up using it...and oh boy did I try to master it....but it mastered ME in the end....far too complicated for its own good. Wind noise around mirrors...tried the well known Internet fix by using a caulking gun on the trim etc....a little better....but still there....better if you put the windown DOWN a few mm ? Tyre noise is a given....and was expected with the quite frankly "Stupid" on a car like this ....low profiles rubber.... Engine lacked low down torque....needed to get it revving to make progress...again....in a car like this...Stupid IMO. Far too many gears....always hunting around... And Mark Levinson my arse....the 400 Stereo was better too. At this point I must again apologise to anyone who is enjoying their 460....I am not here to upset anyone....but to find someone who was a dissapointed as me.... in thinking he was trading UP to a 460....is a relief....I thought I had imagined the whole thing. Things I didnt like about the 400 MK3.....cant open the boot with the engine running.....that was annoying....but thats IT. Again..... just my opinion.....but that 400... is one of.....if not The Best Car ever made.....and to think you can waft around in one... for less than the price of one years depreciation on any new car on the market....well....quite frankly.....if you dont have one....your Crackers.....err...hang on....I havent got one right now.....excuse ?...need a Jeep for the muddy Hounds to jump in the back of. Things I liked on the 460....the looks....it is a Great looking car....with a great interior.....and the rear view camera was a Godsend. Sorry for long post lads....but hey lads......who else would listen ? ?

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If anyone with an LS430 is considering fitting a camera (assuming you're not lucky enough to have a factory one) don't even consider it unless you have even more patience than a saint. When I fitted one to my MK1V it was fairly easy, but finding a way through from the boot to the inside of the cabin on a 430 is a nightmare, mostly due to the various bits and pieces behind the back seat. Lots of knuckle skin to be removed, followed by a stiff neck and aching back. Still, the image from a system that only costs £19 is just amazing.

Hi, I've just bought a Lexus IS250 SEL 2006 in blue with the cream/beige interior. Pick it up next week and looking forward to getting to know it. I think I've got a good one, as although it's 10 years old, it's what I wanted, one owner and FSH. New exhaust, refurbed wheels and overall excellent. Fully loaded with the Satnav and Mark Levinson audio, it even has the rear sun blind! Looking forward to giving it a polish before driving up to Scotland from Cheshire for a few weeks work. Should throw up any niggles! Pic to come of course.

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Ive been told both the LC500 and LC500h will make it here but of course the hybrid will be leading in terms of sales. Not many people who want this type of car though but atleast it'll drop like a rock so I can get one when im having my mid life crisis

Maybe you should change your profile pic if you hated the 460 so much lol....

Sorry for twittering on about this 460 lads....but I was so so suprised and dissapointed with this car......but no....no accidents..., ten thousand miles ....one owner....all Lexus dealer history.....I bought 5 new tyres almost immedietly .... the same as fitted standard to the 600H....thought they must be the best and quietest perhaps for the Hybrid ?... Bridgestone Turanza's .....and still the steering was very vague indeed. The cruise control was wonderful on the 400....used it all the time...but the 460 used radar scanning and would brake up the car for you in various situations...very disconcerting. I sold the 460 after a year or so ... and bought a fantastic car to drive that I could jump my two Hounds into the back....a 2013 VW Touareg V8 Diesel.....5 thousand miles. but that was the most unreliable car I have ever owned. I look for my old car every day on ebay.....P939 UHR. Anyway....I will say no more....I do sincerely hope all the 460 lads on here are enjoying their cars....it was simply not the car I hoped for.

Gorgeous looking car Dale, good luck with her, don't neglect the 400

Refreshing and honest - yes.......but still only an opinion. I owned a 400 for 15 years and loved it. Three years ago I changed to a 460. Compared to the 400, I find it an improvement in almost every way. My big gripe, initially, was the tyre noise on the 19" rims. Recently I changed tyres from Dunlop Sport Maxx to Dunlop Maxx - problem solved. As for the Cruise Control.......it's the same as the 400 and, in fact, every Toyota and Lexus. I find it very easy to use. Brakes - as good as the 400 Steering - ditto. You paid all that money for a car and didn't do a test drive? You see, opinions are like a...holes - we all have one :)

I know what you mean as regards the 400. When mine is eventually recycled to become a dozen or so washing machines, I'll be in a quandary choosing which car to replace it with. To me, my mk4 represents the pinnacle of driving pleasure. I guess I'd have to go for a late 430 to come anywhere near close. Mercs, Beemers and Audi's are definitely out.

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Dougie, your car is the newer 2nd face-lift circa 2011 which has the more angular bumper, dark headlamps with DRLs, clear indicators on the rear, different wheel design etc. There was an earlier, more subtle face-lift in late '09 which introduced the "L" reversing lights amongst other things. This'll be the one ahmedali44 is referring to. Along with making the exterior changes for the 2011 model year, Lexus saw fit to remove some equipment that had previously been standard on the earlier cars. ie: auto-folding mirrors & memory seats. I think the Mark Levinson hi-fi & sat-nav became seperate options too at this point, whereas it had been an all-in-one "Multimedia Pack" beforehand. Anyway, nice work on the mods. Keep the updates coming.

It is indeed Sherlock Holmes ;)

Another quick update, I actually installed this a couple of weeks ago however the new mini windscreen bracket only arrived today so didn't upload pictures until today. Picked up a Nextbase 402g on ebay brand new for a bargain on a wrongly listed item, so decided to install it, can highly recommend this until if you are thinking about getting a dash cam it does a superb job in any light and the image quality is superb. I have wired the Mini USB power supply straight from the power in the mirror and the control module is hidden up in the roof lining, this is really simple to do and saves have wires trailing all round the vehicle and using one of the 12v sockets. This picture shows the power cable coming through from the roof lining This is where the dashcam was siting with the original mounting, it sat a bit low for my liking and I found it slightly distracting when driving, you can however set it to go off, but I still wanted to get it out my way so I still had full visibility of the road So I bought one of these little bad boys from amazon, didn't realise it was coming from China, so 2 weeks later it turned up, fits perfect and makes the whole setup much much neater! Now when driving everything is hidden behind the rear view mirror and I full visibility of the road as if the dash cam wasn't even there, quietly sits recording everything without any need for me to touch it and does everything I wanted

What happens once they have drove away? As soon as its turned off that's it. Do what my wife does any always leave it without any fuel in

I've gone and bought one!!!! Same colour as my IS300 and an SE-L :-) I'm picking it up on the 2nd April. Just need to sell my IS300 now.

Dale lovely car , I was the same as you ref the 400... When I renewed my Lexus to a gs450h initially then back to the fold with a LS600hl I parked the 400 up and couldn't bear to part with it, unfortunately it's been parked up for 4yrs and it has taken its toll of being parked up doing nothing... IE corrosion and everything seizures up brakes etc etc so not worth putting back on road, it was near mint before I parked it up , I keep saying I'm going to get rid n scrap it but it's still down the drive at side of garage and I now have a posh n comfy smoking hut lol as not allowed to smoke in house

Hello Dale, she's a Duesy! Well OK, a Lexus. I went from a Mk III LS400 to a facelift LS430 and was disappointed that there was little or no difference in the overall quietness in the cabin. The low profile tyres have been blamed. Your LS460 has a timing chain does it not and that will be presumably noisier than a belt. How do you find the noise levels between your two? Did you test drive a LS600, if so what were your impressions of that? Look forward to hearing how you get on with your new squeeze and hope you live happily ever after.

Love that interior, one gripe though, I'd probably never get to sit in the back!

Me thinks the LS400 should be on the drive! LOL! Lovely looking motor, very interested how it performs vs LS400.

Dale, thank you ..... it will be good to see how your experiences unfold, I'm quite terrified to change from my now elderly ( but fantastic ) Mk3 to a state of the art technology replacement that I fear will be nothing more than a moneypit ......... I sincerely hope it's not BUT as you know, these elderly Ls400s cost just about nothing to keep on the road and that's been my experience for 15 years of Ls400 motoring. The Ls460 would be my immediate choice too for replacement but I am seeing Ls600 prices collapse and maybe, just maybe, I'll have courage one day to experience my own 460 or 600 too. But like you I really can't see my Mk3 ever being too far away from me................................... Malc

nice looking car - enjoy

Thats a good looking car! Like that the boot extends back a bit compared to the IS and GS which can look a bit squat to my eye.

Very very nice. One day

Fantastic example. Hope you have loads of fun. I have always fancied those, but I have a disability scooter and I doubt I could get my autochair hoist in it, so I have an RX. Could always get a second car one day. Well done. Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk