Well, once you have owned an LS, they are definitely addicting...unless you want an all-out sports sedan or front-wheel-drive traction. Numerous sources that I have seen show the LS400/430 to have perhaps the highest customer satisfaction rate in the industry...equalled only by the limited-production Corvette ( even with the Corvette's traditional lousy quality ) and the Mazda Miata....totally different cars, of course.

 

Don't buy a Jaguar. Bucket of bolts. Better after Ford acquired Jaguar, but not as good as Lexus yet.

 

i agree 100% on this one, Jags are good cars but that reliability is crippling.

 

Hack, I'm really sorry about what happend & I hope your wife get's better VERY soon!

I'd stick with the Lexus if I were you........by the look of the accident damage, it looks like the car saved your wife from much more serious injury. Keep us posted.

 

Lol, i thought someone died. Seems like you cared for the care more than your wife(don't blame you)

 

1st, hope your wife recovers 100%. 2nd, I also love the XJ, beautiful car inside and out. But we are spoiled by Lexus reliabiliy. Older Jags, be wary of. A 98 LS is a perfect replacement, also quite quick.
RIP to your LS

 

Guys this thread is almost 1 year old. Hopefully his wife has recovered 100%. But he has not told us which car he bought.

 

The '98 LS you are talking about purchasing sounds like a good buy. Get ready to lay down a hunk of change around 100,000 miles or so for those air shocks. They ain't cheap by any stretch of the imagination. I have never owned an LS but do know a couple of guys who have and purchased them used with 42,000 and 58,000 miles respectively and both had to have the shocks replaced a little over 100,000 miles and those things are expensive.

Warranty covered the front struts on my '99 RX300 because they were making a popping noise and there was a TSB out on them. Wasn't doing any harm except for the noise. After 35,000 miles on the replacements they are popping again. Again, this is the first vehicle I have ever owned that did that. Looks like Lexus could get it right by at least buying struts from a different manuafcturer. I don't understand.

 

I do not see a date on these posts. Is there a way to know when they are posted?

Brickhead said it had been over a year since the post of the 'passing' of the LS.

 

You can see the date above the screen name, in the blue bazel.

I think a 99-2000 LS will suit you just fine. They can be had for under 20K.

 

pm me, i know where one is with less than 80k and heck of a lot cheaper than 19k

 

Prayers for your wife, and a 21 gun salute to your loyal vehicle.

it served you well, it kept you alive, that looks pretty bad. it takes alot to crumple a 1991 LS400 like that. early 1990.s were the days before crumple zones i believe. maybe not on lexus though.


and as for the replacement, 2 suggestions:

STAY AWAY FROM THE JAG, 2 reasons. 1. you wont fit in it, the legroom is nil on that model. 2. the reliability is NOT ANYWHERE NEAR up to lexus standards. 3. Your insurance will (most likely) eat you ALIVE.

The ES probably wont work for you either, as it barely works for me. at your height, you probably wont be confortable, also, the LS400's are (arguably) more rliable than the ES's, the ES's like to leak at the valve covers,a nd have rear main seal issues (on the older ones) as well as the tranny hesitation issue on the newer ones. not to mention there is probably not ample headroom for a man of your size.

LS's with any amount of miles are fine for the most part. a few frineds of mien have them. 1 of them a member of Lexus ownersclub, is currently turning over 250,000 miles with only expected problmes (wear and tear related). nothing out of the ordinary. i knwo one person at school with a 1990 LS400, it has 433,000 miles. and a person at work with a 1991 LS400 with 386,000 miles. all have a good track record.

the LS is the way to go.


oops, i didnt catch the dates.

 

I know how you feel man...some lady totaled my 1993 ls400 a couple years ago...