Lexus LS400 tell me more?

[25v6turbo]

Anyone know any info on these beasts..

I keep looking at these and love the size and the toys they have.

This one looks lovely?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LEXUS-LS400-9 ... 460f1ff331

[Partridge]

Nice-a proper Yakuza Staff Car

[warren t claim]

The LS400 is a car that ticks so many boxes for me but I just don't fancy one. Every example I've driven has been sub £1k and felt VERY baggy.

[Partridge]

What I do know is that the LCD screen on some 90’s Lexushhes tend to screw up though. Pretty cheap fix mind.

[willswitchengage]

The ones that frequent ebay have moon-and-back mileages, remember these are built by the manufacturer/brand with the greatest reputation for quality in the industry.

 

Look for models ~5 years older and you'll halve the price, if not more. Be patient and you will find one on LPG for less than a bag of sand, plus I think the earlier models look better.

[25v6turbo]

Thanks chaps,i do like this year and i like the toys this one has...

He lists it has 170BHP but i think thats wrong,its 290BHP?

Fuel doesn,t worry me as its a weekend car,and its got Lexus history seems a hell of a lot of car for the money,how much were they new 40K plus?

[Partridge]

270bhp I think.

[Doctormop]

Had a 92 LS400 for 10 months, bought it for 800, never put a foot wrong, didn't even have to change a bulb on it, was comfortable, powerful, did everything I could ask of it but just didn't bond with it, not really a driver's car but hard to dislike really.

[Spiny Norman]

The LS400 is a car that ticks so many boxes for me but I just don't fancy one.

This.

 

It's exactly the type of big plush cheap luxobarge I like, and I've liked the ones I've driven, but they just feel like posh Toyotas to me.

Insurance was stupid money when I checked as well for some reason, way more than for a big Benz or BMW.

Might still consider one but it would have to be cheaper than that, I'm not that well up on their values but my first thought when I saw that one was 'how much'?????

[Luxobarges_Are_Us]

Agree with the above sentiments. They are not even 'posh' Toyotas, they are blinged-up Toyotas.

 

Worse still, classic insurers seem unusually reluctant to touch them.

[Volksy]

The ones I've driven are great, however they just don't feel 'Special'.

 

Surely the point of buying a car like that is that they do.

[55bloke]

My brother has an absolute minter, converted to LPG to keep the running costs manageable. He loves it, and I can see why, but I just don't fancy it. They seem like a Chaufeur's car to me.

[Negative Creep]

Really fancy one of these for the winter. Plus it's a cheap b8, so what's not to love?

[Doctormop]

NC mine was not great in bad weather, the winter that I had it was quite bad, we had snow here for almost 3 weeks and it was 'interesting' to say the least on slippery roads,

anything over a millimetre of snow or ice and the LS400 makes a damn good garden ornament

[Negative Creep]

NC mine was not great in bad weather, the winter that I had it was quite bad, we had snow here for almost 3 weeks and it was 'interesting' to say the least on slippery roads,

anything over a millimetre of snow or ice and the LS400 makes a damn good garden ornament

 

 

That's ok, we never get any snow here anyway. Even if we do, at least I'll have somewhere comfy to sit whilst awaiting the recovery truck