moonraker58

Yes, It drives ok ,but this is only really noticeable if I have passengers in the back.

Yesterday, Driving with Four in the car,went over a speed bump at a slow speed . and heard a massive crunch. Did the springs , a few years ago, so would this be the Shock absorbers? Bit of a poor show , if they need replacing after 22 years!

I read somewhere,( Perhaps on this forum) of a man who worked for Lexus when the LS400 first came out,in charge of dealing with Warranty claims. He quit the job out of boredom,as he spent his days with his feet on the desk,reading the paper. He had nothing to do!

Just had my Mot on my 2000 Mk 4 and It failed on some suspension issues. I managed to get a Lower Suspension Ball Joint from the main Dealer ( Ouch!) but they have stopped supplying the Various supension Bushes. I found a company in Bournemouth, Relsters Ltd ( Problem Solving Bushings) who came up with the goods. So another years lease of life for "The Magic Carpet" !

Thanks, Total Brain Fart !!

Went out to start it this morning and battery flat. Got Jump leads and went to open Bonnet but no reaction from switch under dash board. So unable to lift Bonnet to get to catch. Any Ideas chaps?

Noticed it today, even when engine was switched off. Definitely No Brummies hiding in the back! Opened Boot, Whine gets louder,Lift up carpet on Left Hand side, There is a Black Box , about 9" x 6" with Lexus writtten on top with Wires going in and out. Looks as if Boot seal has failed, as signs of obvious water ingress, but does anyone know what Box is and what the whine signifies?

Am using the Blue tooth one but only seem to be getting sound on Passenger side. Any ideas?

So now that I have the old Girl back from the dead, ( see exhaust saga) , I would quite like to use my phone/ Play some music from it whilst I am driving. Absolute crap at electronics , so does anyone have a solution and a place in London that they can recommend that can do the necessary. Then hopefully the Sun will come out and I can wind down the windows and treat everyone to some Dad Rock. ( O.K, Johnny Cash!)

Well, I got a Second Opinion, Powerflow Exhausts in Mitcham , South London. Drove it there at 7.00 am in the morming, waking up the neighbourhood and setting off Car Alarms! Awesome sound! They took The Y section that I bought from LexusParts in Swindon and Did a bit of a " Cut and Shut" with some Exhaust tubes that they had, and stuck it through the MOT. £440.00 , Ta Very Much. Her Indoors is happy again , as it is her daily driver to the Train Station. I may now try and work on getting the paint work up to scratch. It is now entirely possible that I will run out of places to buy Petrol ,before it wears out. Thanks to HIzzoner The Mayor, It will cost me £13.50 to drive past the Sarf Circular!

Well, It had to come! My 20 year old mark IV has to go. Needed to replace the Y section on the exhaust ,which I duly purchased. The Garage got it up on the ramps and called me in. Someone in the past had decided to weld the various sections of the exhaust together. So, to get the exhast off would have meant going back to the manifold, Engine out, head off. How much sez I? How long is piece of string? So engine has only done 118,000, had new belt and waterpump about 5k ago,Gear box in good nick. Any good to anyone? Had it for six years, Best car I have ever driven , won't see its like again.

Hello Everyone, Getting towards the Mot date again and I have a Blow from the Y Piece. Does anyone Know of anywhere in the London area that does Exhaust systems? Only places . on the web that supply parts seem to be on the USA. Still rumbling on, Did 500 mile round trip to Salford and back a few weeks ago in one day. Easy cruising apart from some Arse clenching moments on some of these " Smart " Motorways. Luckily stamping my foot to the floor summoned up the Angry Lexus God,and I was able to get out of trouble!

I park my 2000 Silver Lexus Ls400 in the street outside my house. The other day, as there was no space ,I parked a little further up the road under a Pear Tree. For some reason this has been planted on the pavement and is now about 20 ft tall ,and is full of these smally crabby pears. This year ,the local Parakeets have discovered it , and have crapped all over the car. I did not get a chance to wash it the next day, but took it to the car was as soon as. Crap all off but it has now etched these pink stains into the paint work. I got some Tar and Bug Remover from Halfords with a Sponge with a Nylon face, and have tried to get it off to no avail. Any Ideas chaps? ( Apart from Twelver Bore loaded with Bird Shot!)

Dave at Kensington Autos in Norbury. He takes care of my Mk 4, Rebuilds a lot of Cosworths, builds Quarter size Traction Engines from scratch ! Top bloke.

Just had a thought. Get all the Top Gear crew who dissed the Ls 400 at the time back to the Nurburgring track with 20 year old equivalent Beemers,Mercs et al and an Ls 400 and see which performs best after 20 laps. I know which one I would put my money on!