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Unfortunately cash is no longer king. I have head that sales men make more money selling you finance ( and extra insurances) than they make on the commission of the car. So they are more interested in luring you in to a finance deal.

I had the same conversation with Lexus Bristol 2 years ago when we were looking for a GSF. Unfortunately they were not able to source one for me. In the end I purchased ours from Lexus Newcastle (at a more reasonable price than they are going for now) without physically seeing the car, on the day it arrived, whilst someone was apparently test driving it 🙄. I was in contact with them for 2 weeks before the car arrived to make sure I was it the running for it. Good luck with the search. I hope the right car turns up.

Wow, that didn’t take long!!!

Yes I agree. Maybe the last one they sold (Arnetts car) with higher miles sold for their asking price (c £38k iirc), so they are trying their luck with this lower mileage example.

Swindon Lexus have a 65 plate GSF with 32k miles listed for £40995 at the moment 😱

Neither does our GSF, but I can’t say I miss them.

Yep and that ‘air freshener’ that has managed to some how leak all over my dash board and door card 🙄. As above really, highly insulting.

Agreed. I fired back an email explained that I found their response highly insulting.

As expected, complete bulls@&t reply from a useless customer service rep. Very disappointing but no surprise really given @mrfunex previous result. Thank you for your comprehensive feedback on the dashboard trim concern of your Lexus GS. The team at Lexus Bristol has been most supportive in providing the detailed photographic evidence we required to enable us to present to our Product Technical Team. Unfortunately our findings are not in favour of a common manufacturing defect concern. The information link regarding the conversation on an owners club makes mention of a couple of cases, and if we were to google the topic we may find some more conversations, however nowhere in the global Lexus technical databases have cases been reported via the Lexus Network to classify the issue as well documented and therefore a common concern. After careful analysis of the pictures provided, the Product Technical team have come to the conclusion that at some point in the vehicle's life it has been cleaned with an aggressive cleaner (and it is not suggested that it was negligence but perhaps a standard operating procedure at a commercial car wash facility) or perhaps some type of air freshener has leaked onto the parts accidentally. As multiple parts have been affected in the same car this would indicate an event applicable to this one vehicle - a manufacturing defect would have had an impact on 100's/1000's of vehicles on that same production line, and we would have definitely seen an impact on Lexus Centres' technical cases raised over the years. There is mention that some vehicles in the group chat may have had parts replaced under warranty before, which could have been the case on vehicles under manufacturer warranty where the benefit of the doubt would be given and where the Lexus Centres would have taken the initiative of the work to be done under warranty cover, but if the problem was to persist past the manufacturing warranty period, it would be more likely to be covered via a Centre's internal goodwill contribution scheme which is something the Centre could discuss with you directly. In this instance where the vehicle has passed the manufacturer's warranty, the route cause of the problem is less likely to be a manufacturing defect and more likely therefore the result of an outside influence, and will therefore be unable to support a special grant to cover the cost of having the repairs done. We are very grateful to you for maintaining your vehicle as per the recommended schedule, and we are appreciative of your continued support of the brand and especially the continuous support of the Lexus Dealer Network. I hope the information has been helpful, Thank you for taking the time to reach out to Lexus UK. Kind regards Liezl Dodkins Lexus Customer Relations Case Manager Toyota (GB) PLC - Lexus Division Distributor of vehicles, parts and accessories for the UK 😡

Yes, I think it was from the 18 MY

It is this car that was advertised on this forum, so it does have ML. I’ve only seen a couple of GSFs without the ML option.

Yes all GSF’s are fitted with the TVD. Nice footage @mrfunex

Ah ok. That makes sense! Congratulations on the new car.

That’s surprising. Our 2011 IS250 had Bluetooth audio as standard and so does our 2012 RX. I would have expected the 4GS to all come with Bluetooth audio from the start, especially as it’s fitted with the ML upgrade. Very odd.

Interesting. Doesn’t the car have Bluetooth audio already, or is this a Car Play Module ?

I suspect that’s the case. How much was it up for at Swindon?

I’m they don’t appear to have it advertised on their website, unless I've missed it ! Seems extremely cheap unless it had mega miles. Are you sure it wasn’t a GS F sport ?

Yes please, I don’t think I’ve seen a GSF advertised for less than £30k

I removed the front number plate holder last night. As mentioned above, there are two mounting bolts but unfortunately the clips attach to the black plastic part behind the grill, so there are also an additional 6 holes in this part, which are visible when the holder is removed. Four of them will probably be covered by the US plate holder but the outer two will still be visible. I’m not sure I would be able to accept his with my OCD 😂 The distance between the centre of the mounting holes is 7 inches. The US dealer has measured a distance between the US holder mounting holes of 3.75 inches. On that basis, it doesn’t appear to fit l, although I’m not entirely sure they understood what I was asking. The search continues. If only we didn’t have to run a front plate...

Did you move your plate to another location?

I think the UK GSF holder is secured by 2 bolts and multiple clips that attach to the grill. I don’t think these clips have any attachment points on the grill, they just clip on to it as such. I will take mine apart before I order anything later this week and confirm. 👍🏾

Thank you for the part number. I will see if LDP can give me a price. I have also contacted the seller in America about this, to see if they can measure the distance between the fixing holes. If it’s the same as our plate holder then I will probably order one.

I would like fix a shorter (legal) front number plate to the front of our GSF. I was wondering if anyone else is running a shorter plate and if so, how have you attached it to the grill? I have thought about purchasing a USA RCF / GSF number plate holder, but I’m not sure if the fixing bolt pattern would match our UK cars.

Those are some good figures. Much better than I managed in our IS250 over an 8 year period and 90000 miles. Congratulations on the new GS.

Oh that’s disappointing that Lexus GB were not willing to help. My case is currently with them for consideration. Initial signs were good, but now I’m not very hopeful considering your result. Time will tell. If I get the ‘ way you clean it reply’ then I won’t be very impressed. I literally haven’t touched it with anything other than a micro fibre ( with no product) to dust it, over the past 2 years.