Hi
New to the forum.
99 GS400 - Cinnabar Pearl - Cashmere leather interior. L-Tuned Performance Edition. All options except NAV.
Oh...and it has
L-Tuned (dealer installed) performance shocks, springs, exhaust, & steering ECU
HRE Hub Extenders (rear)
Goodridge stainless-steel brake lines
Window Tinting (rear doors and rear window)
SRT Cold Air Intake
JL Audio replacement sub-woofer with MTX amplifier.
2nd Owner. First owner took exceptional care and the car was flawless upon purchase. Excepting of course, those high speed pits on the windshield and
the nose.
Well...I have owned two cars in my life I have like more, the more I drove them.
The first was a Porsche 928. And the second one this one. "The Beast". I've put 26,000 miles on it in the year I've had it. What a blast!. 500 mile runs through the rain to arcata, ca and back (same day) - 3 times. Runs to Tahoe, Santa Barbara, and my clients who are scattered all over the bay area. The only mistake I've made was putting Potenza S-03's on it. They lasted 5,000 miles. Even my Porsches would get 10k out of a new set of tires. C'est la vie. I went to a harder Yokohama....they're at 20k and starting to go, but I can live with that.
The only problem I've had was a lot of vibration in the front end. New set of rotors ($760.00) solved that. Vibration re-appearing as the tires age.
I drive this baby hard and use the touch shift constantly. An absolute animal on the freeway. Capable of easy passes on on-ramps. Climbs hills like a sunovabeetch... Eats up and spits out BMW's. Only car I've ever owned that could do a 500 mile run and leave me wanting to do another 300.
Need to take care in the twisty's...it's a heavy car. But I'll trade off the Porsche handling for power, comfort, and a ride that sure isn't your mother's Lexus.
So why am I here? It's due for a 90k service. I'm a pilot, not a mechanic, and am curious if there is anything I should know beyond the obvious like timing belt, and water pump, given that the car has a few mods.
Will leave you with a couple of pic's (taken at 89K and change). This car still looks awesome. I even got pulled over on one Arcata run, the cop walked around the car, complimented me on it...asked to look in the trunk..probably for drugs...and told me to put a plate on the front of the car. Never even asked me for my license and registration.
Simply an awesome automobile. My previous car, an Acura TL-S went through 4 transmissions in two years and was towed away for repairs on no less than 8 occasions.
Le Comte...
PS - don't leave home without an excellent radar detector
oh...and here are the pics at 89K
