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Old 08-22-14, 05:38 PM
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Default LS430 is gone, replaced with 2014

Man this thing is put together nice. Customers are loving it.
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Old 08-22-14, 05:52 PM
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I have been watching these since they first came out. PLEASE give us your impressions of the car.
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I just picked it up yesterday for $52,000. It was a demo model, w/1200 miles.
Hopefully it can hold up to the 75K -100K miles/year we put on cars.
Since they discontinued the Lincoln Town Car, I've had to replace them with unknown models. It's a huge risk, as the Town Car was bullet proof.

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that's a ton a miles every year lol. congrats on the new LS.
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Originally Posted by tmf2004
that's a ton a miles every year lol. congrats on the new LS.
It's a poor mans LS
Hyundai EQUUS http://www.caranddriver.com/news/201...-and-info-news
Old 08-23-14, 03:06 PM
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care is nice looking drive safe, hyundai until the new genesis came out are still behind the ball with rear suspension geometry, with the warranty the car is realiable as long as expectations are realistic with parts are not designed for high mean to failure rate like the ls and the suspension hopping look at the equs or older genesis on highway the rear suspension you will notice is hopping
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I like those cars. They're pretty cool looking.

It is a shame they discontinued the Town Car though.
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Originally Posted by L8RSk8R
not sure how my post turned into a EQUUS link?
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Curious how many miles you had on your LS430 and what issues you had with it if any.
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349K miles, spent $25K in maintenance since new in 2006. Engine, trans was as the day I bought it, smooth and powerful. No issues there.
Biggest issue was replacing air struts. Roughly $1500/strut installed at dealership. Dealership replaced 3 struts. I replaced 2 myself with used/2nd hand struts.
I loved the car, but needed to get rid of it.
There were a few dings, scratches and it was getting a bit long in the tooth.
Every feature on the car still worked. Only interior fault was passenger side cup holder, had a broken thingy magiggy (holds the cup in)
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Damn this car is smooth. There's a dealer in Texas listing 2014's for $49K. Great value, when you consider what's included. I've owned a 2007 S class & S600. I'll never buy another Benz.
Fingers crossed this thing will hold up.
I've already located 2 more demo models, should be here next week.
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