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Old 12-22-14, 11:58 AM
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Just wanted to do a quick intro, ive been lurking on this site for the past 2-3 months knowing i would be buying an LS460 and i lucked out and found a dealer owned (executive shuttle) that they were selling. Its a black pearl ext with cashmere int in color. Had 121,000km or 72,000 miles on it. Fully dealer serviced from day 1.

Its a 2008 LS460L model. Looks to have every option except the factory air suspension, adaptive collision and the rear executive ottoman seating option. My kids are enjoying the reclining heat/cool back seats with the cool box and I am enjoying the overall quality of the ride. (sorry for the single crappy iphone photo, was excited when i took the picture in my garage!)

I've already completed the Prestigious Society DVD/NAV bypass, did the tinted windows. Next steps will be HID driving lamps, Tanabe springs and either 20 or 22s.

Love the forum so far, lots of great information being shared amongst members. Hope to be able to meet some local members.

Wil
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Old 12-22-14, 01:30 PM
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Welcome Wil!

The car looks great. Congrats and good luck with it.

The important thing is the kids love it!
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Gratz on the new ride. Looks great. Look forward to more photos. Welcome!
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Congrats! welcome to the forum!

just a question, did you get that one from Lexus of Edmonton?

Thats where i got mine, just got it serviced and thought i saw that LS there
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Originally Posted by Hermes16
Congrats! welcome to the forum!

just a question, did you get that one from Lexus of Edmonton?

Thats where i got mine, just got it serviced and thought i saw that LS there
Yes I picked up from Lexus of Edmonton pretty much sight unseen. Bryan the sales guy was pretty good to deal with, they sent me all the maintenance records for my review and we negotiated a pretty fair price over the phone. I sent my friend to pickup the car the following week.

I checked out a few locally for sale including CL member jayhoang and his LS460L but when the Edmonton one came up, I pretty much knew it was mine.

Looking forward to being part of this forum.

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Originally Posted by Nospinzone
Welcome Wil!

The car looks great. Congrats and good luck with it.

The important thing is the kids love it!
Thanks, I think my kids may have been more excited for the car than I was!
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Originally Posted by R Z
Gratz on the new ride. Looks great. Look forward to more photos. Welcome!
Thanks R Z, lots of fantastic looking rides and info on this forum, I hope I can also contribute to a great community.
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Welcome to the asylum, fellow Canuck!
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Gorgeous car (love the color combo) and good to have another executive class member on the forum!!

i am really surprised that this car does come with executive seating package and no air suspension though!
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Congrats. Beautiful LS.
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Originally Posted by roadfrog
Welcome to the asylum, fellow Canuck!
Thanks! Im now nervous that you call it an asylum though.....

Originally Posted by peteybabes
Gorgeous car (love the color combo) and good to have another executive class member on the forum!!

i am really surprised that this car does come with executive seating package and no air suspension though!
Sorry, to clarify, it doesn't have the executive seating package (the one with the ottoman), mine just has the rear heated reclining seats. It does seem to be an odd option missing from that regard though, as I looked a few other SWB models and the air suspension was on every other model I saw. I thought it was a standard option.

Originally Posted by dlbuckls10
Congrats. Beautiful LS.
Thanks!
Old 12-24-14, 08:20 AM
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Thanks! Im now nervous that you call it an asylum though.....
Thanks!
You should be nervous. When you get the "Mod Bug", you'll understand why.
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yes i got the mod bug a few years ago with my other vehicles. Im hoping to show a little more restraint with this one now that im theoretically older and wiser
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Originally Posted by cwillgo
yes i got the mod bug a few years ago with my other vehicles. Im hoping to show a little more restraint with this one now that im theoretically older and wiser
Pffffttt....good luck with that. I'm almost 53 and there's no sign of hope for me yet.
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Nice! Congrats. The first thing I'd do is get those bikes that are hanging off the ceiling of your garage the hell out of there. I'd be scared to death someone wouldn't hang one of those things up right and it would come crashing down on the car. And if your kids are anything like my kids - you can bet they'll walk right into the rakes and stuff you have hanging on the wall right next to the car...and knock them right into the doors


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