LUXOBARGE (sub5k) of the week/day

Another thread ruined. There will be nothing left at this rate.
Sick and ****ing tired of it now, can the header of this thread have a note saying no Lexus talk?
It just goes on and on and on to the point where people will stop coming here or engaging.
Hachiko: Don't know you from Adam and you could actually be a sound lad with tonnes of advice but this Lexus stuff needs to stop.
The moment someone says something negative about your car you go off on a tangent, big nasty was talking about another car and you misunderstood it and you cant even admit you are wrong.
Posters challenge you cause you manage to either annoy posters or fight them on anything Lexus related.
And you assume everyone drives a diesel which is also annoying - or daysul as you say.
You keep us to go make a cup of tea... Wtf is that about?

bear1 wrote: »

Another thread ruined. There will be nothing left at this rate.
Sick and ****ing tired of it now, can the header of this thread have a note saying no Lexus talk?
It just goes on and on and on to the point where people will stop coming here or engaging.
Hachiko: Don't know you from Adam and you could actually be a sound lad with tonnes of advice but this Lexus stuff needs to stop.
The moment someone says something negative about your car you go off on a tangent, big nasty was talking about another car and you misunderstood it and you cant even admit you are wrong.
Posters challenge you cause you manage to either annoy posters or fight them on anything Lexus related.
And you assume everyone drives a diesel which is also annoying - or daysul as you say.
You keep us to go make a cup of tea... Wtf is that about?

it wasnt clear that he was on about a 7 series, and in any event a 750 is hardly pig ugly.

bear1 wrote: »

Another thread ruined. There will be nothing left at this rate.
Sick and ****ing tired of it now, can the header of this thread have a note saying no Lexus talk?
It just goes on and on and on to the point where people will stop coming here or engaging.
Hachiko: Don't know you from Adam and you could actually be a sound lad with tonnes of advice but this Lexus stuff needs to stop.
The moment someone says something negative about your car you go off on a tangent, big nasty was talking about another car and you misunderstood it and you cant even admit you are wrong.
Posters challenge you cause you manage to either annoy posters or fight them on anything Lexus related.
And you assume everyone drives a diesel which is also annoying - or daysul as you say.
You keep us to go make a cup of tea... Wtf is that about?

the cynic in me says he was on about pig ugly Lexus LS430/460 (not that it bothers me, amuses more like). After all I cant exactly say a 750i is the car you will get for reliability.

Voodoomelon wrote: »

I'd have a 750 if it wasn't for the lack of spec on 95% of them, when my 740 came along i couldn't believe the spec it had, such an odd combination.

daRobot wrote: »

Not sure about that to be honest. CL's and S classes from that era, while they're much better than the previous, still tend to throw up bill bills with far more regularity than their jap cousins. The US merc forums are full of them.

I say this as someone who prefers the styling of the S class and the 7'er, but having owned an ls430 for over 3 1/2 years, with literally not one fault in that time, I would find it very hard to pick anything other than the LS460/600H as my next car.

Voodoomelon wrote: »

The reliability of those Lexus models does appear to be one of those few motoring yarns that is actually true, a massive plus when it comes to luxobarges. I wonder as they advance will the reliability continue, ie the 600h models etc. I'd seriously consider a Lexus if their styling wasn't so far behind all the other marques.

New models are definitely much better, but even models from 5-6 years ago look ancient.

Big Nasty wrote: »

Fooked if I'd drive a pig ugly car no matter how reliable / economic it may be.

You can't stop though with the childish remarks.
Boi.. Pig ugly blah blah.
Just leave it and move on.

ewj1978 wrote: »

That s500 is well nice but 29000 after 11 years? One careful lady old dear I suppose.

With that spec I'd be inclined to believe it. Ex embassy car I'd guess.

Hachiko wrote: »

so its fine for seasoned posters to blert crap onto me, but when I back stab them I am called a prick. I said to drop this Lexus argy bargy a few times myself. even told a mod to clean the thread up.

NOBODY CARES!!!!!!

Anyway, barges!

2002 GS300 with 6 months test left, €1750
http://cars.donedeal.ie/view/10148421

2004 Pheaton with test, €4300
http://cars.donedeal.ie/view/9900346

Speaking of gs300's, Here is a LPG'd one with 13 months of NCT.

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/1998-lexus-gs300-lpg-kit-nct-until-09-2016/10140025

Are those seats cooled and heated? They look seriously comfy! Have to say though the only phateon I'd be interested in is one with a W12. One of the lads on here had one a while back, savage car.

Jaysus having some laugh reading all the Lexus loving/bashing in motors when catching up on the threads after my holiers. Dunno if he was referring to the Lexus as pig ugly but even if he wasn't he'd be right if he had meant it. They either look like the same car i kicked the crap out of in street fighter 2 a long long time ago or they have the ugly bubbly/droopy front end. A car can be great on the inside but does anyone want to be the one with the sound ugly bird? BTW I can't slag I've a car that it has been said should always be reversed into a space so your mates can never see it's ugly rear

As for luxobarging surely 5k is too low for what could be considered a luxobarge these days? To me a luxobarge is around a €100k+ car new that can be now gotten for around 1/10 the price?

tossy wrote: »

Don't think there was ever a W12 on here or this country, i think you are thinking of the V10 TDI ?

The phaeton hasn't aged well inside for me,hard to look past the A8. Also the 3.2 V6 is a fine engine for a hot hatch but it has no place in a car that size and weight.

At 2.7 ton it's a beefy old Petunia right enough, it'd take a lot of the joy out of an otherwise decent V6. Even with a W12 Bentley unit in it it would still kill me to pay Jag/Merc money for a Volkswagen, though! :pac:

I'm in love with the styling of the S8 Beshoffs have, but that's for another thread.

jimgoose wrote: »

Well done sending me off like an eejit Googling "Audi S8 Beshoff" thinking it was an aftermarket styling/performance house like AMG or Kahn! :pac:

Beshoff make good chips!

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/audi-a8-in-mint-condition-offers-offers/10087873?offset=1



No mention of nct but has bullet proof glass!

The alloy on the rear left of that A8 is different than the other 3!