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Old Jun 9, 2018 | 06:29 PM
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Just picked up this beauty and wanted to check in and share
2005 with NAV, parking sensors and Mark Levinson. 135 K miles, South Carolina car, full Lexus service records since new


Was owned by my sister in law since 2006 when she bought it with 6 K.. Garage kept and pampered. She is a choir director and babied it with love.
I have admired it for years and asked for first refusal if she ever wanted to part with it. She picked up a 2017 Lexus and said come get it. Beautiful inside and out. Drove it home to Ohio yesterday and absolutely love it. Has to be the most well built car I have ever owned. (Former Audi and Volvo owner).
She felt bad that it had a "problem with the mirrors". Lexus quoted her 1200 to fix the issue. With the help of this forum cleaned the switch and all is good.
Time to enjoy it and learn about all things Lexus. Anyone have a recommendation on a good version of Techstream?
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Old Jun 9, 2018 | 09:46 PM
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Congratulations!
Silver LS430 still look modern. Maybe I am biased.
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Old Jun 9, 2018 | 10:08 PM
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Always good to See another LS430 being loved. Congrats and welcome.
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Old Jun 10, 2018 | 05:09 AM
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Nice car. Welcome to the club!

I have the Techstream version 13.00 I got it off eBay with the cable for less than 30 bucks. You just need an older laptop to run it. It doesn't work on my Win 10 laptop, but works fine on my old HP with Win 7
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Old Jun 10, 2018 | 06:42 AM
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Congratulations and welcome!
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Old Jun 10, 2018 | 08:59 PM
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You will find that 135K doesn't mean much to these cars. She is a beauty. Take good care of her...
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Old Jun 11, 2018 | 06:58 AM
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Very nice! Don't forget to check out the cool little storage pockets inside the front of the lower seat cushion and overhead sun visor above the rear view mirror just a few cool little touches Lexus added amongst so many others. I love my silver too
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Old Jun 11, 2018 | 10:27 AM
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Nice find. Doesn't hurt that you're keeping it in the family.
Welcome to the club!
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Old Jun 11, 2018 | 10:39 AM
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Great car and Great color! You're going to end up loving the car.
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Old Jun 12, 2018 | 04:35 AM
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Very nice! I just picked up a silver 2004 with 144k. Such a nice car! I'm really looking forward to driving this one.
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Old Jun 12, 2018 | 12:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Thunderbox
Just picked up this beauty and wanted to check in and share
2005 with NAV, parking sensors and Mark Levinson. 135 K miles, South Carolina car, full Lexus service records since new

Was owned by my sister in law since 2006 when she bought it with 6 K.. Garage kept and pampered. She is a choir director and babied it with love.
I have admired it for years and asked for first refusal if she ever wanted to part with it. She picked up a 2017 Lexus and said come get it. Beautiful inside and out. Drove it home to Ohio yesterday and absolutely love it. Has to be the most well built car I have ever owned. (Former Audi and Volvo owner).
She felt bad that it had a "problem with the mirrors". Lexus quoted her 1200 to fix the issue. With the help of this forum cleaned the switch and all is good.
Time to enjoy it and learn about all things Lexus. Anyone have a recommendation on a good version of Techstream?
Congrats!

Out of curiosity, what sort of "problem with the mirrors" did you have?
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Old Jun 12, 2018 | 01:37 PM
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Congratulations on the acquisition.
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Old Jun 13, 2018 | 07:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Mbodall
Congrats!

Out of curiosity, what sort of "problem with the mirrors" did you have?
After shifting to reverse the mirrors would auto tilt down but not return to the normal position. I cleaned the switch per instructions found on this forum and then exercised the mirrors and have not had a problem since. The driver side seems a tad slower then the passenger side so I might pop the mirror and lube the gears soon as a precaution.
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