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  1. I agree, the Plus is a better tire. The Continental Extreme Contact DWS is even a better tire. That is if you believe Tire Racks published numbers. Hankooks down fall is snow and ice. . That's not a problem were we live and I tossed out those numbers which moved their rating way up the chart. The only comment I can make on TR's numbers is a long time ago I bought snow tires several time based on their numbers. As I remember I liked the Bridgestone Blizzaks . I bought these because at the time they were sold by the Firestone Dealers and Firestone was in a world of hurt from some really bad PR with tire failure causing some deaths Every body was sold out of snow tires but Firestone stores, so I bought the Blizzaks from theme.. Driving in snow with these was like having tire chains on. However they wore like an eraser on a cheap pencil. So I switched to a Michelin snow tire on the next buy. Also rated very high by TR. Absolutely terrible in the snow/ice and no better then an all seasons tire in my opinion.. I called them on it and was" So What? as an answer." However I just bought the Hankko0k Ventus based on TR's numbers and my wife is happy with them. I have paid top $ in the past for super tires but in the real word due to road hazards /wheel alignment, Murphy's Law etc never couldd get my money back out of them. So I buy cheap tires and toss them as needed. Actually, I find TR to be an excellent and accurate evaluator of tires. I have 5 cars and buy a lot of tires. I have used the info at TR for many years and found my experience, with various tires that I had purchased, to be consistent with what TR had documented. As I recall, the miles logged at TR for the Ventus are minimal and probably statistically not significant. For that matter the data for AS Plus is not much better. The tires I really wanted to get for our LS460 were the Michelin Hydroedge, but unfortunately they don't make that size tire for the LS. These are the best tires I have ever owned. I have a set on our van and my daughter's sedan. So far we put on 60K on the tires on the van and they look like they will last another 30K ( the rep at America's Tire where I go for my rotations says they are good for another 50-60K). The ones on the Sedan have about 30K and look new. TR has ranked these tires as top performers for a long time and just recently Cunsumer Reports has come on board and ranked them very highly. By the way, these are priced very reasonably - $600 for a set of 4 for the van. I believe tires are the most critical safety and performance component on a car. You could have the best car money can buy, but without good tires - good luck. I remember having some pretty lousy tires some 40 years ago when I was going to college - I had some new Firestones on my VW that popped like cheap balloons when you drove the freeway.
  2. If you did worry about saving a few bucks, you one day could pay cash for a car like this. Most people who work on their own cars have a passion for things mechanical and can appreciate the innovation a car like the LS460 has to offer. The more things you can do and understand in life the better!
  3. You should have looked at the Michelin Pilot Sports AS Plus!
  4. A couple of days ago I bought a pentius air filter for my 1980 Mazda RX7. It was the only one I could find that fit the vehicle. I was surprised how inexpensive it was, $5.29, and I can't remember the last time I paid so little for an engine filter. The quality seems half way reasonable and visually I could not tell much difference between it and the Fram filter I was replacing. When I changed the dual air filters in my LS 460 I used Lexus(Toyota) filters. The cost for 2 filter was $57.22 plus $4.72 tax at my Lexus dealear. The quality of the Toyota filters seems so much better than the Pentius. Since the replacement interval is 30K, I would not use the Pentius. My RX7 is garaged and I only drive it 50-100 miles a year just to keep the fluids moving, so I don't worry much about the quality of the air filter.
  5. I have a 2007 LS460 with 42K miles. After the dealear changed my oil at 5K and 10K, I decided to do my own because of their sloppy work - they would leave oil smeared on the engine cover around the filler cap. Like you, at the 15K interval, I found that removing the filter housing took a hell of a lot of torque - Nothing like a professional doing the job and charging you $149. Ever since, I have been changing the oil every 5k and have not had any leaks. You have to make sure that o-ring stays in the housing grove when you tighten the housing. It is the o-ring that creates the seal and keeps the oil from leaking. I use a toyota filter ($10.42 at the Lexus dealer) and Mobil 1 0W-20 oil. Tourqing the oil canister to 100 ft-lbs is living dangerously - I torque my at around 30. Thanks for confirming that the filter will not leak if the housing is torqued to 30 ft-lbs.After i discovered the original leak,I removed the filter and housing at least three times in an attempt to ascertain what the problem was.I even changed the o ring all to no avail.Each tme i removed the housing , repositioned the o ring ,and then started the car,i could see the o ring being blown out by the oil pressure,generally at the same point on the ring.After the third time,i began to believe that the service manual was wrong and more torque was needed so I tightened it to about the same torque that the dealer did.In hindsight, maybe Whitster was correct----cross threaded housing. Does your housing screw in freely without much torque required before tightening? Usually when you have cross threading there is a lot of resistance during the first few turns. What I have noticed is that you have to be very carefull with the first few turns to make sure you are not cross threading. My experience is that after about 3 or 4 rotations by hand, it gets pretty snug, and I have to use a wrench to complete the installtion before the final torque. I agree with the others, this is a poor setup, toyota could have easily used a regular screw on filter like they do with many of their other models - our 2005 camry has a regular screw on fillter under the engine that is so easy to change. The Lexus oil change takes more time than it should. Plus that housing does not look like it is verey durable and over time may be subject to cracking and thread stripping(especially when the Lexus dealers tend to over tighten them)
  6. What is the best gas mileage you ever got in your ls460? Our 2007 LS460 did 31 miles/gallon when we drove from California to Kansas - measured at the gas pump after using about 7/8 of the tank. Our speed most of the time was about 75-80mph.
  7. I change my own oil and the parts alone cost about $65. Mobil 1 or Toyota synthetic oil (0W-20 or 5W-20) cost $6/qrt and the toyota filter element about $10. My 2007 ls460 owners manual recommends 0W-20 oil for better gas mileage and that is what I use. When I did my second oil change at 10K, my dealer charged me $149 - that is when I decided to do my own. to others at this posting: I don't understand why anyone would go aganist the recommendation of Lexus and use a mineral based oil.
  8. Our 2007 ls460 has 42K miles and I replaced the original turanza el42 tires at 40K with a set of Michelin Pilot Sport A/S plus. I bought the new tires about 3 months ago at America's Tire for $915 after $100 rebate - This beat Costco and Tirerack. So far the new tires are performing well - I hope to get about 50K miles out of these tires. Archie, your logic fails me, you hate the junky tires the dealer put on the car but when you had the chance to replace your tires with something better you didn't.
  9. I have a 2007 LS460 with 42K miles. After the dealear changed my oil at 5K and 10K, I decided to do my own because of their sloppy work - they would leave oil smeared on the engine cover around the filler cap. Like you, at the 15K interval, I found that removing the filter housing took a hell of a lot of torque - Nothing like a professional doing the job and charging you $149. Ever since, I have been changing the oil every 5k and have not had any leaks. You have to make sure that o-ring stays in the housing grove when you tighten the housing. It is the o-ring that creates the seal and keeps the oil from leaking. I use a toyota filter ($10.42 at the Lexus dealer) and Mobil 1 0W-20 oil. Tourqing the oil canister to 100 ft-lbs is living dangerously - I torque my at around 30.
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