jonthetourist

I think 5 years is a reasonable expectation. Glen at Osaka fitted mine, and keeps an eye on it.

I think I paid £100 ish for a new rad 18 months ago. It's fine. Easy to spot the version you want by the connector and the bump on the top.

£217 today, which included a bonus polish of my headlamps. And a warning that my front brake pads are unlikely to have more than 3k left. I recommend Osaka to anyone.

For me the move will be to electric. Our house is all electric, and we have a battery on the wall, but in winter the heating drains it in no time. Once the V2H standard comes in (vehicle to home) I will have a car with a big battery on the drive which can power the house while electricity is expensive and top up with solar or at cheap times. In the meantime, I will carry on swanning about in my LS430. All the best Jon

My car is going to Osaka shortly for its 20th annual service and I just had a look on Autotrader to see what 430's are going for. Wow! 4 out of 7 asking for £7,500 or more. And none of them have my combo of 2004 facelift (cheaper road tax), 2 owners, and only 70,000 miles. Of course these are asking prices, not sales, and one owner seems to be a bit of a fantasist, judging by this. I drive like a nun, and can't get near these mpg numbers 😄 Average mpg 29 town, 38 motorway, 75L fuel tank with 500 mile range. Private plate also for sale. Next MOT due 28/08/2025, Full service history, Blue, 5+ owners, £8,500

ust got my 430 aircon regassed this morning, and noticed part of the chrome strip on the rear bumper peeling. Anyone successfully replaced theirs?

It could have been a lot worse. A scaffold pole could have taken your head off😱

That one has done 10,000 miles in the last 15 years, and was off the road for a long time. Which doesn't mean it's a bad buy of course.

I paid £8.5k for mine 4 years ago - one owner, FLSH and 42k miles. Of course money is not what it was . .

Last night I took a regular short cut back to the M5 from a family gathering but hadn't counted on the football ending at the Hawthorns just before we arrived. The tiny lane has no lines and normally nobody would park there, but for matchday it was lined, which meant everyone else had to squeeze past with inches to spare, with rain falling and people dashing across constantly. I was concentrating so hard it took me a while to notice I was following a silver LSE430 - LT54 from memory. Member on here? Jon

Sounds ace. Make sure you have a secure support when you do the struts - that bonnet is really heavy. (ask me how I know 🙃) If bean counter means accountant, you will enjoy the (lack of) depreciation on your new purchase. Enjoy! Jon

Second the rec for Osaka. I have been taking my 430s there for 8 years. Knowledgeable, helpful, good value.

I lived briefly in Germany with some drug dealers at the end of the 70s. Their sound system was by Nakamichi Research Corporation, which I had never heard of. They assured me it cost over £10k then - they didn't pay that as many of their clients were from the local USAF base with access to discounted goods. It certainly sounded good.

Interesting. My conclusion after driving an LS430 for years was that my next car would be . . a better version of the same. Hope he / she is enjoying yours.

Wow, I thought I had done well to get 433 miles at 32 per gallon on my last tank. 39 is wild.