Lexus ls400, thoughts?

[jmsa540]

Looking at one. My friends dad has 8, yes 8... He loves them and needs to sell a few to downsize. All are from 98-00.

All of em are in great condition.

Pros and cons?

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[ChiSVT]

Checkout reddit or a lexus forum. There’s some things you’ll want to lookout for when it comes to the LS. It seems like they’re pretty reliable overall, but when something does break it gets real expensive, real fast. Good luck.

 

[jmsa540]

Thank you

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[Russo]

got some pictures? willing to sell to anyone?

 

[Rb0891]

got some pictures? willing to sell to anyone?

Stealing the fishing hole… lol

 

[CobraBob]

My daughter used to own an LS400. I think she had it for 4 years. This was back in the late '90s. No issues. She loved that car.

 

[Crimson2v]

Looking at one. My friends dad has 8, yes 8... He loves them and needs to sell a few to downsize. All are from 98-00.

All of em are in great condition.

Pros and cons?

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I’d be interested in one. They are great vehicles, the 1uzfe is top notch and in those years have vvti, came with 290hp and a 5spd auto.

 

[jmsa540]

Thanks, guys. He already has buyers lined up for the other ones.

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[7998]

The LS400 is best damn 1980's S-Class ever built. They are pretty much bullet proof and feel like they are built from a solid billet.
The LS400 is also the reason why Mercedes Benz went from building the best car money could buy to trying to build the best car at a price point.

 

[jmsa540]

Thank you, I've been told this.

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[Crimson2v]

Thanks, guys. He already has buyers lined up for the other ones.

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Darn, I have been looking for a good ls400 or 430 car to replace my dd.

 

[jmsa540]

The ls430s are nice!!

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[Detroit Iron]

The Lexus LS400 turned the automotive world upsidedown when they were first released. They were so much better than the competition that it send most of the luxury car makers back to the drawing board. I'm not sure I would buy a 25 year old Lexus today. The competion has caught up and you will inevitably deal with problems that any old car will have. I can only imagine that some of the parts are getting hard to find, especially OEM parts.

 

[jmsa540]

Well said

The Lexus LS400 turned the automotive world upsidedown when they were first released. They were so much better than the competition that it send most of the luxury car makers back to the drawing board. I'm not sure I would buy a 25 year old Lexus today. The competion has caught up and you will inevitably deal with problems that any old car will have. I can only imagine that some of the parts are getting hard to find, especially OEM parts.

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[Crimson2v]

The Lexus LS400 turned the automotive world upsidedown when they were first released. They were so much better than the competition that it send most of the luxury car makers back to the drawing board. I'm not sure I would buy a 25 year old Lexus today. The competion has caught up and you will inevitably deal with problems that any old car will have. I can only imagine that some of the parts are getting hard to find, especially OEM parts.

You’d be surprised about the parts, I’ve found parts for my 93 Camry on toyotapartsdeal.com and at the dealer with no issues.

 

[AustinSN]

I've got an LS430, the issues it has are minor and it's been crazy solid.

I paid $4400 for it with like 134K on the clock. I can't see myself "upgrading" because it's as nice as a mid 2010s fusion or something, that rides better and is quieter.

 

[jmsa540]

Good deal

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[Crimson2v]

I've got an LS430, the issues it has are minor and it's been crazy solid.

I paid $4400 for it with like 134K on the clock. I can't see myself "upgrading" because it's as nice as a mid 2010s fusion or something, that rides better and is quieter.

It would be nice to see those prices again. Everything is at least double what it was last year. I keep waiting for the bottom to fall out on these prices but it doesn’t seem like they are going anywhere but up still.

 

[jmsa540]

Update: 2000 ls 400. 99.6k miles. 2 owner. Asking $9065. Timing belt was done at 57k miles. How are the transmissions in these? Thoughts on price?

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[Zemedici]

price is hard to gauge because of how crazy the market is right now

but -$5 cuz that ****ing mask, imo