LS430 Most Miles?
1st Gear
Joined: Jul 2022
Posts: 1
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From: ca
l-430, 2002, 228,610 miles, 1 owner
106 car faxes - all at L.A. dealer.
CAN YOU SAY 1/2 MILLION MILES?
My Lexus will do it at 19 mpg.
Where can I buy 96 Octane / 160 mph - No, Thank you - short of visiting Jay Leno?
I own many cars etc. The 430 is my principle driver
Change the Timing Belt every 100,000. Park in your own garage, hand wash and wax. Never let anybody drive your car!
John Henry ... Jay is a friend ! Literally.
CAN YOU SAY 1/2 MILLION MILES?
My Lexus will do it at 19 mpg.
Where can I buy 96 Octane / 160 mph - No, Thank you - short of visiting Jay Leno?
I own many cars etc. The 430 is my principle driver
Change the Timing Belt every 100,000. Park in your own garage, hand wash and wax. Never let anybody drive your car!
John Henry ... Jay is a friend ! Literally.
Last edited by johnhenry2; Jul 19, 2022 at 11:54 AM. Reason: left something out
Lexus Champion
Joined: Jan 2012
Posts: 17,316
Likes: 557
From: Knoxville, TN
Have you ever seen this? This guy sold these guys this LS430 and was there when they traded it (nothing wrong with the car with 350k+ miles) just because they wanted an SUV. There's nothing wrong with this car AFAIK, at least when this video was shot. It looks well worn but fine mechanically and how everything still works.
Last edited by AJT123; Jul 19, 2022 at 02:18 PM.
Racer
Joined: Feb 2021
Posts: 1,529
Likes: 573
From: PA
2001 318k miles
I use the car as a taxi/livery in nyc. Purchased in 2005 with 85k miles on it.
Oil changed with 5/30 M1 every 6 months (20k miles)
Regular fuel
Trans drained and filled, and BF changed every time i change my front brake pads or about once a year.
tb/wp done for the first time 260k.
at 310k i did struts all 4 strut mounts and lower control arm bushings.
I use the car as a taxi/livery in nyc. Purchased in 2005 with 85k miles on it.
Oil changed with 5/30 M1 every 6 months (20k miles)
Regular fuel
Trans drained and filled, and BF changed every time i change my front brake pads or about once a year.
tb/wp done for the first time 260k.
at 310k i did struts all 4 strut mounts and lower control arm bushings.
“Oil changed with 5/30 M1 every 6 months (20k miles)”
After how many miles would you change the oil? Twenty thousand miles? And no problems changing oil only after twenty thousand miles of NYC stop/go driving?
Racer
Joined: Feb 2021
Posts: 1,529
Likes: 573
From: PA
Yep. All he replaced were suspension bits other than normal maintenance, which is completely understandable considering it was doing cab duty in Manhattan. You just can't kill an LS.
Have you ever seen this? This guy sold these guys this LS430 and was there when they traded it (nothing wrong with the car with 350k+ miles) just because they wanted an SUV. There's nothing wrong with this car AFAIK, at least when this video was shot. It looks well worn but fine mechanically and how everything still works.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZ0yufjC5Ys
Have you ever seen this? This guy sold these guys this LS430 and was there when they traded it (nothing wrong with the car with 350k+ miles) just because they wanted an SUV. There's nothing wrong with this car AFAIK, at least when this video was shot. It looks well worn but fine mechanically and how everything still works.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZ0yufjC5Ys
amazing that they put 320,000 miles of driving on that car in only 12 years. Must not have done much else other than Drive, Drive, Drive!
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Racer
Joined: Apr 2009
Posts: 1,358
Likes: 87
From: Delaware
My 2005 turned 190,000 this weekend when traveling to Syracuse, NY.
Side note: amazingly, I averaged over 26 mpg while driving with the AC on, and about 95+% of the 4.5 hour drive was driving over 65mph.
Side note: amazingly, I averaged over 26 mpg while driving with the AC on, and about 95+% of the 4.5 hour drive was driving over 65mph.
Rookie
Joined: Jan 2021
Posts: 30
Likes: 3
From: Mississippi
Miles
I'd have to check to be sure, but I have over 170,000 miles on my 2001 LS430. I have a 2008 ES350 with over 300,000 that still zips around nicely. The LS is in far worse shape because it was up in Nebraska and the winters tore up the undercarriage pretty badly.
Lexus Champion
Joined: Jan 2012
Posts: 17,316
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From: Knoxville, TN