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Good to see you've come to your senses and started buying Japanese cars. 😁👍 Honda Legend next maybe?
Love Lexus. Started my career in a Toyota / Lexus showroom. Boss had the LS400. He would stop in the car park to talk to us and then try and restart the engine when it was already running as they were so quiet (made a noise when you did that though!) I'll get an LS some day I hope.
Haha That was my situation when I got my Camry I was like wait it’s on
I always accidentally did this when I used to own an IS200, it was so quiet I’d forget it was on.
Woodford Lexus?
When I worked in "medicine" all the doctors I knew chopped in their BM's for a Lexus - strange world
So there were elements of truth in Doc Martin?
I love how you're keeping these old Lexus barges on the road. I'm a fully paid up member of the Lexus fan club. I had a GS430 a couple of years back which had been converted to LPG. Lovely, comfortable car, if not the fastest thing on the road. My collection currently consists of a Rx400H for family / towing duties and ISF for V8 fun. Absolutely fantastic cars. Really enjoy your content.
Good choice! Love both those
I'm not alone!!! Never seen another RX towing, had some odd comments over the yrs how it's an odd choice or didn't know they could tow. When you explain it always sets off in 4wd electric with all that instant torque, the penny drops. ☺
@@stippolyte Absolutely. I use ours for towing a 1500kg caravan. It does so with ease and in absolute comfort. Not a fan of diesels and I love Lexus as a brand, so for a cheap, reliable family runaround that can tow, it seems an obvious choice.
How do you guys find the rx400h in the snow? Thanks
@@tariqtvproductions I haven't had mine in really deep snow yet, but there has been some and I found it plenty capable. It's no different to any other car in the respect if you put decent tyres on it, it's absolutely fine.
Own a '04 LS430 myself. Fantastic car. Can't imagine paying Brit prices for gas but not everyone worries about that. A car this old is like the fable Stone Soup. There's always something to fix to make things better.
I have a 2004 RAV4. Gives no trouble, long journeys or short. Toyota engineering and reliability-and, of course, the apex Lexus is special
04 LS is probobly the best cruiser. When it came out it was quieter then a RR or Bentley. Look which one is still on the road also
I had my 2006 Ls430 for 11 months. It is by far the best car i have ever owned. Unfortunately i had to part company a couple of weeks ago. I do miss it but just couldn't afford to run it and my L322 4.4 v8 petrol and Ls430 at the same time. Only bonus was making £1600 on what i paid for it last March.
May I ask what your average mpg was city and highway ?
I put LPG gas on it years ago. Saved a small fortune and with prices around 72p it feels like a economical diesel to run.
The ultimate reliable relaxobarge - with a bit of oomph when you need it.
Last year I took your advice and bought my own 2005 LS430 Matt. I am SO pleased I did! She is a fantastic car! The previous owner actually works for Lexus and had her serviced every six months for the entire time of his ownership. She is everything you said they would be. Couldn’t recommend one highly enough! one thing that amused me: You set the temperature to 24 degrees to warm yourself up. Yesterday I set the temperature to cool myself down! I’m on the Gold Coast, Australia.
G'day mate, I am in West Australia I bought my LS430 2004 last year and I am very happy with it and very impressed by the smoothness of this lovely car. Previously have had BMW but now I would not look at going back to them not after buying my LS430.
G’day! I have to agree! I have driven Jaguars for 20 years (still have them, I never sold one!). But Jaguar have taken a different path. The LS430 is a remarkable car! Quiet, refined, easy to drive, a dream to park, I couldn’t ask any more of a car. I will be keeping this one for a very long time...
Oh Matt, now you have arrived! This is my dream car. One of the finest cars ever made. Underated but superb vehicles. If you bring it up to standard I might make you one of those offers you can't refuse...listen to that buttery V8 smoothness....
Excellent, as always! Looking forward to the Part 2 follow-up.
my boss had one of them back in 2003 /2004 and i used to drive it for him ,i loved it i think it was the first car that i found amazing because it had park assist plus all the electrical extras .
This is so true. Lexus were fully loaded with all you could imagine. :) Can check my content, you may like it. :)
Another great buy Matt. Smooth, reliable, powerful motor. Another great video buddy 👌👏
These are fabulous cars, love this example particularly! It's great to keep the older cars on the road - they're better than most new cars. Great video as always fella
the ls400 and 430 are some of the finest luxury sedans ever created
Great purchase man! Keep it stock and just do the paint work. This car always look good in original. Would like to see more videos on it :)
I love that you are keeping these cars going. It is one of those cars when you start looking for one you will find one with not too much effort that is almost flawless. After a year or two of driving you will probably get most of your money back on resale… I am currently in love with the ES 300 hybrid and what is nice they come with so many options already as standard!!
Love the LS430 & SC430…. We have 4 Lexus/Toyotas… and Subscribing to your channel..
You had to buy it. I've had 2 LS400's and loved them. An LS430 is on the 'internal combustion swan song' list. Keep the videos coming: definitely found your audience, definitely worth your time doing them. Thank you.
@@lexrus7786 the two I had, particularly the first had a harder life than possibly any other UK based lexus has ever had. We absolutely abused the poor thing and it just lapped it up.
Another great video Matt! Keep up the good work 👍🏼
This generation SC and LS are my favorite and you do amazing videos about them. 👍 much thanks from SoCal! God bless!
Love your channel so much variety for all keep up your great work and I wish you well in your future I've watched since you started
‘Look at my oscilating vents’ You know all the best chat up lines! Nice to see the bit behind the scenes too
I love watching these videos that you do I have told many a person to watch your videos about buying cars what you can learn just by looking around cars also what a nice bloke a genuine nice everyday bloke who sells cars
What a fantastic video thanks so much! Can’t wait for part 2!!!
Lush car Matt 😊Thank you, lot of fun being out and about car purchasing with you Sir!
My pleasure
Ooft, I'm admittedly very jealous! Grand colour combo too. I've driven a couple of MK1 LS400s and they are indeed as you describe. One of these and a Phaeton are firmly on my bucket list.
Love every upload Matt
When I first got to Spain I was offered a cheap 20 year old avensis, something I'd never have bought, was amazed everything worked did 1,000s of miles in it
I love the switch of the camera!!!
Brilliant video as always!
I absolutely love these older LS-es, and GS and SC's..
Well done Matt I know you will make this car like new My next car I'm going to definitely buy from you Kevin
I´m looking forward for next part of this story!
Nice car matt, I have a good idea when you have finished with it she’ll look amazing, this is a car I would have if i didn’t have my Range Rover great video matt hope you are well best wishes ian
Alan Partridge would be creaming his kegs at the sight of this one LOL
Well done. I’ve had my green ‘05 LS for a year now. 53k miles. CL model without air suspension. It’s a dream. Can’t wait ‘til the next update!
Congrats! Look forward to more on your pair of 430s
I came across your channel over the weekend, and I have got to say I love it you are so much better then top gear.
Wow, thanks!
What a car. I love these so much. Thankyou for making the car what it should be
I've had two of these 2001 and 2005 both ls430 and the mark levinson with massage pack paid £200 for 01 and £500 for 05 car everything worked faultless on both cars fantastic economy and performance for what they are
another great video Matt, like you I am a bit of a Lexus sucker, when my daughter was up at university in Aberdeen, we travelled many a mile up and down with the car looking like a mini removal van, coincidently, on one trip to Aberdeen we took in the (late) Edwin Starr show and we stayed in the same hotel as him, at breakfast we got talking and he asked what I drove, told him it was the Lexus LS400 and it turned out that this was his all time favourite car, so we shared a few stories about the marque, looking forward to seeing how this one turns out...thanks for uploading...😀
You are pumping out some fantastic content at the moment Matt! Wish I was half the entrepreneur you are!
Yep agree and liking the personal format as this one was. It’s like we’re all sitting in the car n going out for a virtual test drive with you Matt 😎
Love these. I remember sitting in the back of one at the Canary Wharf motorshow in 2000 and marvelling at the rear seat adjustment and climate controls in the rear armrest.
They were way ahead of their time
i adore the larger lexus and the honda legend,quality looking big cars,look like they could have been designed by the same team,would like to see you do a video on the old honda legend,and the newer one,keep up the great work,cheerio..:)
I have the lexus ls430 2001 with 336000 miles. Original engine and transmission. Original starter and alternator. These cars are bullet proof if you keep up the maintenance.
Instant like. Matt, even if the next episode comes out tomorow, it will be too late. :) I am very excited about this one as a Lexus owner. :) Thank you for the great content, like always. Cheers! :)
What a lovely car. I would also clean the leather upholstery aswell. Great video
Congratulations on 166k subs!!
These are awesome cars , a lad i go shooting with has one ,342k on the clock , has it serviced on the nail, and apart from the usual like tyres ,brake disks/pads etc runs as good as the day it was bought
Save yourself some typing. Call those bits ‘consumables’. 👍😁
Stunning motor and great purchase
Needed this tonight Matt, cheers 🍻
Hope you enjoyed it!
One of my favourite videos of yours. Love the Lexus LS so much 😍
Thanks!
Must be old Lexus appreciation month at High Peak Autos this month🙂 Think the LS430 looks well worth saving although the wheels are in a poor state and the interior looks a bit grim but nothing that can't be sorted. Its a lot of car for not much money and by the time you are finished with it I have no doubt it will be restored to its former glory!
Lovely car, Matt - I'd enjoy a follow up video once you've had it tarted up.
I am sure this was in the background of your previous video too in the car part! I was thinking you should have lined up the SC and The LS in that video with some nice cinematics!... Both Excellent Cars
Good info Matt. These were very popular in Dubai. I’m sure after the fixes it has many years left and should give the new owner reliable luxurious motoring. If you tint all the rear windows it would make a great courtesy car! 😎
I have a 2004 LS430 that now has 155k miles. I have the same VSC warning light. Same equipment and everything works. When I bought it using Premium fuel was no big deal. Now it is killing me. I can't imagine filling this thing up in the UK.
Bought a 1995 LS400 with 140k miles on it almost 2 years ago now. 1 owner car serviced @ Lexus from day 1. Needed something reliable as my other car is an e93 335i that's down for 1 month for ever 2 it runs perfectly! It's my 3rd Lexus and I love it!! PS...currently driving my LS as my e93 335i is down until I can get to the waterpump that died 2 weeks ago!! I think I'm ALWAYS going to keep a Lexus in the stable from now on!
Hi matt, been trying to follow all your regular advice on maintaining a car, but I was just wondering how you can avoid getting overcharged by garages! Love the choice of cars you’ve been getting!
He's a car dealer.
Gorgeous motor, absolute class.
Look forward to part two 💥
Love your work 👍 LS430. Automotive perfection.
Another great Video Matt, I do have to pull you up though on saying i begged you to sell me your 02 lol did it come across as begging? I guess I was very keen to buy it. Its still the best ever car i have owned, which is saying something because Ive also owned an E-Type Jag many years ago. Anyways, great video and its a great job you are doing saving these classics from just fading away. Thumbs up👍👍
Hey I must be your car brother I currently run a 56 plate ls 460 it is my forth Lexus and I adore it-completely reliable at 79000 miles so I’m really pleased you feature these motors on your channel as most people pass them by cheers
any idea when part 2 is coming? can't wait to see the follow up for this LS :D
Ooh, another LS 430 - sweet. You probably know already, but if not: Furniture Clinic’s DIY leather restoration kit will have the seats looking like new. There’s also a version for shiny leather steering wheels 🙂
Hi Matt, hope you are well. Another super Lexus for the growing stable. I'm not sure I'd call them mudflaps, but you've a full set of mudthingies, quite a rarity on an LS. I looked into getting a set for my car - 600 quid from Japan, incl freight!! They do come colour matched to your car. 600!!! Nice wee car you've got there. Look forward to see how it turns out. Thanks for sharing.
Love the Ls430. Matt make sure you get an oil cooler fitted to protect your gearbox as they have a fault where coolant can leak into the gearbox. It's a straight forward job. Paul Frost Lexus specialist can advise. I've got an LS430 and unless your spending silly money nothing comes close to it! Keep these Lexus videos coming 👏👏🙂
Sounds interesting. Question please : I recently saw on BAT that people were preferencing non-navigation models, as apparently everything goes through that module, and if it breaks, parts are unobtainium. So it a CD-player-only car ( eg older ) better ?
@@Czechbound most of the functions go through the screen. They're pretty reliable units. I wouldn't worry if it breaks plenty of places to get second hand one from. The earlier ones have less to go wrong as they don't have air suspension, 5 speed gearbox but then they loose some of the features like cooled/heated ventilated seats, no cool box, no massaging rear seats and no reversing camera so I guess it's a trade off
These things are bulletproof. No worries about the transmission
@@Mabeylater293 no man it's well documented fault on the face lift models unfortunately the pre face lift models are also prone to this problem too
@@tariqtvproductions I’ve m routinely see these cars with close to 300,000 miles original transmission and original fluid. No issues. Shifts smooth as butter. That issue you stated is not widely documented anywhere.
Can't wait to see a transformation video on this
I remember seeing these back in the day crazy to think a long time ago these were the premium vehicles of our time technology has come so far
Be nice to see a tour of your showroom and your stock. Love your style of content delivery.
Thanks! Will do
They’ve never really appealed on looks for me but I’m really curious to try one one day and I love the equipment and refinement of them.
I thought they were ugly too but after time you start to notice the subtle lines and bulges, I am warming to it's looks the longer I have it.
If you did another competition for this I'd definitely join this one. I test drove an lexus LS430 and lived it but wasn't the right time. I've always thought about them since!
Great car! Those hoodies are even more amazing than the mugs! Great channel
Glad you like them!
Hi! Will look very smart! Fingers crossed you have found another good buy. There has to be market in impressive saloons. Pointing out the obvious but who would know with a personalised number plate. The wheels - sob! You are getting a bit of a Lexus theme. A lot of car for the outlay. Agree with Paulie re the colour. [The back office might need a regular Cleaner if customers are at risk of seeing it]
Nice car Matt great colour.
Really like how you cover older Lexus models. I have an 07 LS460, was thinking about getting into this generation, but wanted to know if they have air suspension?
Overall this was and still is a great car. My friend had the SC430. It was a great experience. Will never forget it. Keep going.
I'm the proud second owner of 2005 LS 430 Metallic silver. 91000 miles on it. Purchase in 2009 with 24000 miles on the odometer . All services and tires done by Lexus . I have never had a problem out of this car. It's garage kept and flawless I love it
Ahh the barbour has gone and highpeaks merch on I'm taking credit for that change with comment on one of the last few great uploads 🤣. Another belting video will be trying to grab one of the hoodies also
These are the best looking Lexus LS yet!👍👌
Great cars, would consider one in the future to replace current XJL. Very colour/trim/wheel sensitive to my eyes at least.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️5 star purchase 👍
Hi Matt great channel .Have you any plans to do a video on a Lexus LS600 H or LS460 ?
Haha that made me laugh. That car was sold by McCarthy cars in Croydon I know that site very well got some nice stock in as well very pricey. Looking forward to seeing it finished.
Yes what a nice big lump. I always like a nice big lump to play about in and I have several over the years. Lexus LS, Audi S8 , VW Phaeton you just can't beat them. I remember when Toyota launched the Lexus and the fear it caused in Stutgart at the time. They were serious S Class challengers that were extremely well made. And came with a superb warranty and the famous Toyota reliability and so easy to sell without any discount. That looks like a good one once you spend the money on it . A proper big lump with that lovely V8. Priceless
Just love them!!!
Always had my greedy little eye on one of these bad boys......bloody lovely.
Great video. Got a 2008 LS600h coming in as a part ex tomorrow. Let’s hope it doesn’t give me any sleepless nights!!
It shouldn’t.
0:45 - he made you an offer you couldn’t refuse, who was he, the godfather? 😂 Love the content and big Lexus fan 👍🏽
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I've been running a 2006 LS460 SEL as our family car around London for nearly 4 years. Brilliant cars. The LS460 doesn't have the option of oscillating air vents or massage seats though so I am jealous!
Would love to see what happens with these vehicles, the full service, findings, repairs and final reveal. Always wonder what happens to them....
That rumble.... sweeeeeet 👍
You have a good taste in cars
Another superb Lexus, good for at least another 100k miles of luxury motoring.
9:43 was true to form because no one used to let me out in my LS400 but I was always let out in my 1987 Defender and of course I used to pay it back :)
Thank you 👍
If your SC is a similar era to your 430, I think they both had CD (or DVD) based satnav and you maybe able to burn a 'backup copy' of the 430 disc on a computer or I could do it for you and for safe keeping - keep- it in the SC.
I feel like you're a very better version of me 😎 respect mate