i just picked up a new for me ls430 yesterday, and then drove from nashville to denver. its black on black, not sure what a base car had as far as options, but it has no ml and no nav which is fine by me i plan on adding a kenwood excelon in there eventually and the 2 screens would have seemed silly to me. i has some mille migilia wheels on it, the tires are a little small though only 245/40r18. but they are almost new snow tires. i'd take some pictures to post, but colorado is in the middle of a snow storm right now. car drives awesome, feels very tight and well built, and there is not a squeek or rattle in it. the first leg of my trip i averaged 26.1 mpg doing about 5 over, the speed never really got above 75 and spent a lot of time at 65 and 70, the second leg i was doing 5 over at 80 for the majority of it, with what seemed like a 20 knot headwind and the fuel economy tanked to 22, all speeds and distances were calculated via gps. i figure with some better tires, and the right size i can probably get to 28mpg.

 

Congratulations and welcome. Check out the FAQ sticky. Post some pics. Paragraphs are your friends in forums. Looking forward to seeing it.

 

cool,welcome

 

Welcome to the club.

 

Welcome! Enjoy the new car!

 

Welcome. Enjoy the car and the forum. Lots of good info here for a new LS owner

 

Your Black/black sounds like a dream car! Congrats.

My 2006 gets 28 mpg with me driving like a little old lady [cuz I am one]. I mostly drive on a county road with 55mph speed limit, and I usually don't go over 60 mph. I do very little in town driving.

 

Open her up every once in a while. She'll do 130 mph in a heartbeat.

 

Recently got my '04 LS 430 and am averaging 27+ driving to work (freeway commute).

 

27+ MPG that is...

 

im also getting fantastic mileage

this car is actually saving me money, I was burning almost twice as much in y 93 Sc400