Matt Farah Talks the “Million Mile” Lexus on Car Stories Podcast

By John Coyle - January 29, 2015

When I first saw the Craigslist post for the 1996 LS 400 with nearly 900,000 miles on the clock, I was hoping it would go to a good home—and it did. Matt Farah from the Smoking Tire saw the post, flew to Florida and bought it.

Over the years, he’s owned cars from across the automotive spectrum, but his first car was an LS 400, and even though he currently has a 2003 Aston Martin Vanquish and a badass 1998 C5 Corvette in his garage, he still has lots of love for the big Lexus.

On this episode of the Petersen Museum’s Car Stories, Farah talks about why he couldn’t resist buying the car, how it has zero rattles, and his plans to take it over the million mile mark. The whole conversation is good, but turns to the Lexus at around the 39-minute mark.

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Car Stories – Matt Farah

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