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[Macron]

I'm wondering if the "golden era" for an E500 estate passed 18-24 months ago, when all the usual places carried ads with them happily in thread. They seem thin on the ground now. This £2750 grey on grey example has gravel, a worn bolster, and I'm hoping it's the light meaning the front wing and door shine differently to the back.

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2019...

[TommoAE86]

SlowV6 said:

Krikkit said:

Macron said:

Today I mostly saw (in a Waitrose car park) a Nissan QX. That's a car it's worth forgetting about. £2k. Not a looker.

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2019...

Oh dear, it looks like it's melted

That's a £999 car at most in this day and age.

The original Maxima was handsome and well proportioned and I quite fancied the 3.0, but that one is a melted blob. Nissan also massacred the Primera in the same way sadly.

In the 80s I liked the 2.4 Laurel and also the 300C.

That's like the Mazda Xedos 6 for me. There were so many great saloons from Japan in the 80's - checking out some a verson of their autotrader lots had digital dash's as well, now there is something that's going to go wrong but I must have at some point

[Macron]

P38 4.6 with working rear VHS. Get in! Pricey at £3700 when not mint but has potential.

https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1151660

[bolidemichael]

Macron said:

I'm wondering if the "golden era" for an E500 estate passed 18-24 months ago, when all the usual places carried ads with them happily in thread. They seem thin on the ground now. This £2750 grey on grey example has gravel, a worn bolster, and I'm hoping it's the light meaning the front wing and door shine differently to the back.

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2019...

We've featured this one... the towing eye in situ attracted much guffawing!

Since I picked mine up, it has cost me on average about £400 to run EDIT: per month, without fuel. That's a 2004 vehicle (2003 build) and it is a tremendous machine, but you can see why the arse is dropping out of them now. Not many mugs enthusiasts would have treated an old vehicle to fastidious mechanical maintenance - the flip side is that the quality shines and it doesn't let me down.

Edited by bolidemichael on Thursday 21st November 21:12

Edited by bolidemichael on Thursday 21st November 21:12

[TurboHatchback]

Macron said:

P38 4.6 with working rear VHS. Get in! Pricey at £3700 when not mint but has potential.

https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1151660

£3700 for a P38? Pull the other one. I couldn't see spending more than a grand on any P38 no matter how seemingly nice.

[bolidemichael]

|Here's a 3x thread budget (and then some), left of field choice... a Carlsson K50S 440bhp LHD import from Japan

Edited by bolidemichael on Thursday 21st November 21:13

[rich12]

TurboHatchback said:

£3700 for a P38? Pull the other one. I couldn't see spending more than a grand on any P38 no matter how seemingly nice.

Yep. I was eyeing one up that was priced at £995 and even then i'm still thinking it's too much haha.

[SpeckledJim]

(awooga awooga)

Lexus LC500 Price-Watch Highlight Focus Tracker Alert Update!!!

(awooga awooga)


Now available at prices starting with a '4'.

Not too long now, lads...

[BigBen]

Macron said:

P38 4.6 with working rear VHS. Get in! Pricey at £3700 when not mint but has potential.

https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1151660

Am I the only one who sees "rear VHS" and all bets are off, I have to have that car.......

Similar levels of want would apply to a 7 series with the fax machine option, which shows the level of the disease, it would even make me buy a BMW......

[stevethegreek]

bolidemichael said:

Here's a 3x thread budget (and then some), left of field choice... a [url]Carlsson K50S 440bhp LHD import from Japan|Here's a 3x thread budget (and then some), left of field choice... a Carlsson K50S 440bhp LHD import from Japan

wibble...

[TyrannosauRoss Lex]

SpeckledJim said:

(awooga awooga)

Lexus LC500 Price-Watch Highlight Focus Tracker Alert Update!!!

(awooga awooga)


Now available at prices starting with a '4'.

Not too long now, lads...

Might be a while before they're in budget! I have only ever seen one LC500 in the metal and must say I think it looked fantastic.

[anonymous-user]

TyrannosauRoss Lex said:

SpeckledJim said:

(awooga awooga)

Lexus LC500 Price-Watch Highlight Focus Tracker Alert Update!!!

(awooga awooga)


Now available at prices starting with a '4'.

Not too long now, lads...

Might be a while before they're in budget! I have only ever seen one LC500 in the metal and must say I think it looked fantastic.

Good man Jim, 8 years to go ...

One flew past me on the motorway, looked like a spaceship, magnificent & high level of want.

Alfa light has been off for the last few weeks after adjusting the seat, some fool in a Fiat 500 slammed on for no reason last night (too turn but obviously no indicator) and now it has returned, furious as MOT in 2 weeks!

[RicksAlfas]

Lord.Vader said:

Alfa light has been off for the last few weeks after adjusting the seat, some fool in a Fiat 500 slammed on for no reason last night (too turn but obviously no indicator) and now it has returned, furious as MOT in 2 weeks!

Emergency stop in reverse should correct it.

[CharlesdeGaulle]

TyrannosauRoss Lex said:

Might be a while before they're in budget! I have only ever seen one LC500 in the metal and must say I think it looked fantastic.

Lexus hosted a car sales thing at my place of work and I had a little play with one, but not a drive. I loved it. New prices, even tax-free and with diplomatic discount, are still beyond what I can stomach but it's a fantastic thing.

I'm not suggesting they can defy automotive value rules of the universe but I don't think they'll fall into our cheapskate clutches. The best we can hope for is a McLaren-esque extraordinary vfm in a relative sense rather than an outright one. More's the pity.

[TurboHatchback]

Nick's LS460 appears to have ended on the bay of dreams, can we assume it has sold?

[Northbrook]

All this Lexing has got me mildly intrigued by the hefty old things. Of course, I most definitely don't need another unnecessary big-engined old Hector. And then a colleague shows up in a hitherto-unspoken-of LS400 that they're planning to sell soon. Of course, I most definitely don't need another unnecessary big-engined old Hector.

Two questions for the fancy-Toyota beards, if you please:

- What value an LS400 with 250+k miles on the clock, with reasonable MOT history and in decent-at-first-glance shape?

- What are the tell-tales for the DHP? I think it's got the right wheels...

I've asked said colleague to flag before she sells so, if I don't make a play for it, I'd gladly pass on details of any threadists.

Of course, I most definitely don't need another unnecessary big-engined old Hector. But when did that start to matter?

[cornershop]

The Mk4 Ls400 DHP has lower ride height, DHP wheels and I believe a colour coded radiator grille. Bigger ARBs too but less easy to ID.

Otherwise, no other external markings that I recall.

[cornershop]

Knew I had it somewhere:

[olly755]

Northbrook said:

Two questions for the fancy-Toyota beards, if you please:

- What value an LS400 with 250+k miles on the clock, with reasonable MOT history and in decent-at-first-glance shape?

- What are the tell-tales for the DHP? I think it's got the right wheels...

Condition is key of course, but the mileage will put many off, regardless of whether the car can handle it or not (it can). It could be a bargain at £1500 if the jobs have been done, or a wasteful money pit at £750 if not. One thing is for sure, if any car can take that kind of mileage, an LS400 can.

DHP included 17” OZ rimz, ride height an inch lower at the front on firmer springs, and thicker ARB’s. I think the grille was also body coloured on DHP equipped Mk4’s. The same alloys were also offered as an accessory on Mk3’s, and many are retrofitted onto non DHP cars. It’s not always easy to tell if genuine.

Edit- looks like Cornershop beat me to it.

[em177]

Northbrook said:

- What value an LS400 with 250+k miles on the clock, with reasonable MOT history and in decent-at-first-glance shape?

My LS430 with just under 230k miles is currently on eBay for what I think its worth with all the right mechanical bits done (well perhaps a little on the high side expecting some haggling). It’s amazing how many there are out there with that kind of mileage still going strong and how many (like mine) have a full Lexus history...