Chris Skelton

I'm probably going to stick to a Ser 4, lpg ideally. Seems it'll be more than adequate really. But the reminder to keep on top of things is good, Phil! Had a great experience in a CX Citroen. Showing passenger how it 'went up and down'.......it didn't come up again! Had to be AA carried home! Just the selector needing a clean under the car! Miss that suspension though, although Lexus is pretty fine in that regard.

No. Voice of authority (LJK Setright!) "In a first class car, I'd no more expect to hear the engine than to hear the plumbing in a first-clas hotel" !! This in article in 'Car', April '95 on the difference between the Ser 2 + 3 LS400! Was just re-reading it in the bath! (No book on the go....) My neighbour used to love 'not-hearing' my car go past him in the village, he said!

Have a look at pics of a Toyota Alphard 'Royal Lounge' van! As to V12s. I had a BMW 850 once. Never again!Electric gear shift defaulted to 5th; wiring fault! etc..... Ser 4 seems about right to me.......as Pete and Brian say.

....compared with Citroen's much maligned suspension, which -in my experience - rarely causes trouble! Pity the myth says otherwise! (And Citroen seem to be fading it out!) Thanks for the responses. Much confirming my thoughts (amount of repairs etc..)

Too much loafing about in luxury cars? Park further away in Car parks!

Our eternal conundrum here! I haven't driven an LS for 3 years now, but your comments remind me of strings from 4 years back, when it seemed the Ser 4 was the epitome of Lexus. So....hear the sound of me kicking myself?

Yes, I'd noticed the Cat D. described as minor bumper. Though with all the other listed repairs, I did wonder! I guess the good side is that, with all the renewed bits, it's got less to go wrong!

Your side-by-side photo reminds me just how they've gradually got fatter! Never thought I'd think of a Ser 3 as 'small'! Agree re Cornish roads, my 'sat-nav' aka wife, often took me down brambly lanes in my Ser 4!!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lexus-LS430-Mk-II-90-litre-LPG-cambelt-waterpump-just-done-at-Lexus-Bristol-/291325556664?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item43d45b37b8 Tidy looking 430 on eBay near me, is tempting (just after I'd decided to get a 12 year old Corolla for £600!) Seems to have come from one of us. Anyone know the car? It seems to have a LOT of work done on it by previous (to current) owner. Is this normal? Rad, suspension....I thought the exhaust was SS, so didn't rot, but it's had new exhaust as well. Are there 'Friday cars' in Lexus too? Am wary of the Air suspension as I know it can prove costly to fix, but I also see 430s with 150K+ on them so....... The LPG bit is what interests me as it stacks up well then against smaller, non lpg cars! Running about in a 430 at 40+ mpg equivalent is tempting.