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Old Jun 29, 2011 | 07:51 AM
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Well I posted a couple of months ago posing the question of reliability of the LS430 as I was considering selling my 07 IS250 to get an older LS.

Yesterday I found an 05 with 50k on it, Certified Pre Owned so we struck a deal. Very happy with the car!

Small blemish in the driver side rear bumper... seems like a LOT of the ones I looked at where hit in the same exact spot!
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Old Jun 29, 2011 | 08:23 AM
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You made a great choice on getting the LS. How does it compare to your IS?
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Old Jun 29, 2011 | 11:45 AM
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Congrats on the find. This thread is missing something... not sure what... it will come to me...
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Old Jun 29, 2011 | 12:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Kira X
You made a great choice on getting the LS. How does it compare to your IS?
I am still getting a feel for it, but right off the bat the obvious is the power and how smooth and quiet it is, soooo much room
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Old Jun 29, 2011 | 02:32 PM
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Congrats on the find. This thread is missing something... not sure what... it will come to me...
PICTURES!!! (I KNOW you were just waiting for someone to say it...)
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Old Jun 29, 2011 | 03:05 PM
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Congrats! I definitely feel the LS is a huge upgrade from my 3 series.
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Old Jun 29, 2011 | 05:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Shoafb

Small blemish in the driver side rear bumper... seems like a LOT of the ones I looked at where hit in the same exact spot!
That's weird. My car had a small scrape exactly there, that is until two weeks ago when that corner got crunched by my wife's co-worker. All fixed now.

Congrats on the low mileage 430. Having driven an IS250 which was fun but surprisingly bumpy, your LS must feel like a magic carpet.
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Old Jun 29, 2011 | 06:37 PM
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Pics to come.... lost the USB interface cable to my camera LOL....

of course then I will have to figure out how to upload a picture.

The more I drive this car the more I like it!
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Old Jun 29, 2011 | 07:36 PM
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Right now there is a 06 ls 430 with 53000 miles on it and its a CPO car. I looked at it yesterday and its in great shape. Buy it before the end of the month for 27500....grey on gray with navi. Nice car...ask for stephan. No i dont work there. Wilde Lexus Sarasota Fl ...car history is all Florida
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Old Jun 30, 2011 | 08:56 AM
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ok...got the cable... now to figure out how to resize the pics....
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Old Jun 30, 2011 | 08:57 AM
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Originally Posted by honeygee2
Right now there is a 06 ls 430 with 53000 miles on it and its a CPO car. I looked at it yesterday and its in great shape. Buy it before the end of the month for 27500....grey on gray with navi. Nice car...ask for stephan. No i dont work there. Wilde Lexus Sarasota Fl ...car history is all Florida
That is a darn good deal for an 06 CPO!
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Old Jun 30, 2011 | 10:41 AM
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I just picked up a 04 black on black UL for under $20k
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Old Jun 30, 2011 | 12:50 PM
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wheres the damn pictures?!!
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Old Jun 30, 2011 | 02:13 PM
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working on it... lets see if this works....
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Old Jun 30, 2011 | 02:19 PM
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OK, that worked.... here are a couple more.
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