Hello there,

Just bought my first LS400 (or any Toyota/Lexus product, for that matter) two days ago and wanted to say, "hi!" I bought a one-owner '99 LS400 with 135k miles for $9,950 cash from a small local dealer. The car is very clean with full service records, including the window sticker, and luckily has always been a Florida car (much less potential for rust.)

I've owned a lot of what I consider to be "enthusiast cars" in the past, including an '00 Crown Vic "P71" cop car 4sp auto, '00 Integra GS-R 5sp manual, '04 BMW 330ci 6sp manual, and an '06 S2000 6sp manual.

I'm hoping to get some serious miles out of this car... because I may already be in love and I don't want to have to contemplate "breaking up with her." I did a ton of research on the '98-'00 LS400 before buying this car so it's not by accident or coincidence that I ended up with this ride. From reading the forum postings here, 135k miles means this LS400 is just getting broken in.

The first items on my todo list are fixing the jacked up LCD display on my radio (perhaps by replacing it with a Pioneer FH-P8000BT) and possibly disabling my DRLs (hate 'em!) Today I had my radar detector hardwired, something I've done with nearly every car I've owned.

So, thanks in advance for providing this gathering place and I look forward to posting and reading all of your posts in the future. From what I can tell so far, this forum is a real goldmine for us LS400 owners!

I'm attaching two pictures of the car.

Take care,
Dan

 

Welcome to ClubLexus, looks like you picked up a clean car, in a VERY rare color (i think)

 

Thanks! The color is called "silver jade metallic." I was actually dead set on finding a straight silver car but I believe I may have hit the jackpot with this one.

 

welcome to CL, you'll love your car as i just bought one 2 weeks ago , and yup that is a rare colour i haven't seen one in person yet. is the colour some what light green in person?

 

Looks real nice. Great canvas to start with.

 

welcome aboard. +1 on the color, i love it. i see the light green from time to time but have never seen a monotone one. minty.

 

Yep, it wasn't until I actually saw the car in person that I realized it was light green.

 

Congrats on the purchase Car looks very clean

 

Here's a ton of pictures of the car provided by the dealer:

flickr photo set

 

Nice car

Never seen one that color before...it definitely stands out in a GOOD way

 

Welcome to CL - Another sweet LS in fantastic shape

 

Good Find! I hit the Jackpot with mine as well. FL car too. 2000 LS400 Platinum 104k miles for $10,500

 

Congratulations! That is a *gorgeous* car! Enjoy!

 

Thank you sir! As is yours. This forum will provide lots of good info on these cars, so read as much as you car. They are really worry free cars anyway.

Jason

 

Very clean car. Congrats on the purchase and welcome to CLUBLEXUS!