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Is this a perfect scenario or what?
Very comfortable, smooth ride with a lot of power and very good seats.
Yes, a little light on steering, but I quickly got used to it.
It seems Lexus has fixed the hesitation problem because the LS I drove yesterday had great acceleration and the car was new-only 13 miles on it.
If it wasn't for my current lease binding me 'til August, this car would have been mine.
I guess I can take credit for this one (see my posts in LS: Problems and Solutions #1416 on 2/15; Lexus LS #7168 on 3/9). Now even Bimmer-owners can enjoy the LS experience- right Howard?
BTW, an excellent source of info on TSBs for all makes is http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov ; you can search by year, make, then model. There are few other TSBs for the '04-early '05 LS that owners might find of interest.
Do you know why the customer was not happy with the 18" wheels?
Please explain what you mean that the 18" are a different breed.
Thanks.
hpowders
Started around message #6903. Do a search on this forum on '18"' and you'll be able to easily see the issues.
Good to hear you liked the LS experience. One note about Silver. It is a very difficult car to keep "Shiny." My previous LS430 was the silver/black combo and when polished it didn't shine to well. (I used Autoglym polishes and 3M waxes)
Silver is one of those colors that lacks depth unlike black or navy blue. The best way is to use Zaino polishes. It will literally glow once you're done with it and the finish is very durable. It does look unnatural to some extent but it does make it eye catching.
I finally have gotten back to the US..5 Weeks in London was starting to get on my nerves. You'll never guess what my wife did..Once I got back in the house I quickly made way to the garage to have a look at my new car...I opened the driver door and she put THE CLUB on the steering wheel!!!!! She followed me downstairs with this evil grin on her face. "Nice to see you like MY new car!" Oh it's totally on now..I'll steal it back eventually. I swear she's going to get a Toyota Echo for doing this!!!
SV
Whenever my wife decides she will take driving lessons, I change the subject to curtains or floor-tiles. Hasn't failed me yet. But if it ever does, well I guess that's what Toyota Echos are for.
Hope she never finds out who hpowders is.
Yesterday I drove over several different sorts of road surfaces in the course of 12 miles, while running an errand. I hit one patch of blacktop that was particularly noisy: I could almost see the pebbles in it. Once that bit ended and I was on nice, smooth asphalt, our LS (with 17" tires) was 'quiet' again.
If you liked the silver, check out the Flint Mica. I liked it a lot-- combines some of the look of silver with the advantages of a darker color. Very smart looking, IMO.
SV--
I like your wife's sense of humor! At least she didn't go to the dealer and incur the expense of changing out the Smart Keys.... Hey, after leaving her home while you were in London for 5 weeks, you're lucky she didn't change the house locks on you!
Mercury metallic is still my #1 but I do want to see the flint mica in person.
Does this 2007 LS spy pic (I don't know for certain here cos I can't read Japanese) get you chumping-at-the-bit ?
oac, "2007 Lexus LS" #20, 4 Jan 2005 3:36 pm
IMHO, the spy photo depicts a copy job of the current generation of MB S-Class just as the current generation of the LS has some resemblance of the previous generation S-Class.
Are you talking about the news paper sketch or the spy photo in the link provided? I was referring to the spy photo showing a grey Lexus. The front end, especially the headlight treatment is S-Class like.
They know that I have 4 more months on my BMW lease and that I am not ready to buy/lease at this time.
Today the guy who took me for the TD called and offered to buy-out the remaining 4 months on my lease. About $2000. Talk about aggressive!
He said he will e-mail me his lease quote for 3 years, 36,000 miles.
I assume his generosity will be incorporated into the capitalized cost which he intends to "capital murder" me with.
The other picture is an existing car - read post 38. That is absolutely NOT the next LS.
I will get back in touch with this dealer in mid to late June.
Then buying out my lease in early July wouldn't cost them anything since I made a one month security deposit and my lease is up at the beginning of August.
Regards,
hpowders
http://img19.exs.cx/img19/3486/06is3009oa.jpg
Explain, pls....
hpowders - the deal for them to write me a check for one month lease payment is what I did a year ago. Tie it into the deal (otherwise they have to 1099 you technically) but separate it out from the lease. June should be looking good. Tell that sales guy he's 3 months too early and that you expect a great offer in 3 months and he'll put it in his system to re-contact you then. Works every time.
IMHO all the sketches and photoshops we have seen are just guesses or artists conceptions based on nothing more than what we as outsiders know...basically Lexus' statements about the new design philosophy, plus concepts they have put out for other models, and the new models themselves (GS and IS).
Yup. Those sketches always seem to be more radical than the real cars. Some folks were disappointed with the GS because they were hoping the sketches would be closer to the real thing and they weren't.
I believe for that reason the new LS will still look pretty conservative.
I think the main issue for your neighbors will be whether the golf clubs will fit in the trunk. It's always the first question we ask. (VBgrin)
Is that just in Florida, or a national average? Gee....I'm feeling older than I am right now. . .
Meanwhile, in Tampa, quite a few Tampa Bay Bucs own LS 430's.
So we can't let the stats. influence us too much.
Out here we are a golf cart community; so very rarely, do golfers use their trunks for clubs.
They buy Toyota products for reliability, comfort and conservative styling.
Is that just in Florida, or a national average? Gee....I'm feeling older than I am right now."
62? Hey, you're feeling older and I'm feeling younger. It's the best of both worlds.
http://www.usatoday.com/money/autos/2005-02-16-seniorcars-usat_x.htm
By the way - NY Times has a special pullout today for the auto show. Interesting interviews with Danny Clements and Tom Purves (BMW USA head). Clements says NO to I-drive. Purves says it can be challenging. Each MFR. is listed with their US sales
I notice the average age for Lexus buyers is 49. They can thank all those SUV sales for that.