danxp

you can get an extended lexus platinum warranty if you're within the 4/yr/50k warranty... you're at 55k, so sorry to say, you're sol... but... there's other aftermarket alternatives... there were some that seemed reasonable... do some googling on... - carchex - warranty direct let us know how it goes... good luck!

you do realize that you are on an LS forum, right? anyway, of course i'm going to vote LS... for some reason, the LS and GS/ES aren't THAT much different in prices... the ES actually keeps a pretty high value... now having said that, go for an LS... if you could cough up a few grand more you may be able to slot yourself into an 04+ LS... imho, a nice improvement upon the 01-03 ls430... start here... - autotrader - cars.com - ebay - craigslist - dealer auction (if you know a dealer that can take you) good luck

looks like a nice ride, but it'll be tough to get $14k as a private seller... the best to way to find out what you might get is to call up a couple of lexus dealers and ask what they will give you for your trade if you were to buy a new ls... then add about a thousand or two on top of that... my guess is that the dealers will lowball you and offer somewhere in the neighborhood of $10k... btw, as a reference... i got my mint conditioned 2005 ls430 base w/48k mi (still under factory warranty) for $21.5 (6 months ago) from a used car dealer... and i thought that was a "decent" deal... good luck!

i don't recommend parts.com as they make you put in all your personal/financial information before telling you what the shipping cost will be... was about to order an air filter for $20 then after i put in my credit card info, they tell me it's $13 for shipping and handling... irontoad.com is far superior... they've got all the parts, you just need to ask for a quote

thanks for the responses... i'd love to get a remote starter, but don't want someone tinkering with all this electronic stuff... so the struts are just supposed to assist in opening the trunk and locking the trunk once it catches? as for the side shades, what's a UL? i'm seriously considering getting the aftermarket warranty... probably warranty direct... their policies are fully transferrable and refundable and you can use any shop... 4yr/100k total miles for ~$2500... can you get a cpo warranty after the fact?

new to the forum and to lexus... just picked up my 05 ls430 last nite and am quite pleased... glad to see that there's an engaging community of LSers... got a pretty good deal... i think... - 2005 ls430 w/sport and prem pkg... msrp $58k - 49k miles - still about 3 months and 1k miles of factory warranty left - $22k - private party i have some questions that i couldn't get the answers to when doing some searches... - is it a good idea to get a remote starter installed? - what can i do to protect my bumpers? (other those heinous bumper protecter stickers and the floor mat hanging out of the trunk) - what extended warranty company do you recommend? so far, considering carchex and warrantydirect - what are the trunk struts used for? is the trunk supposed to fully open up when the trunk button is pressed? - the car seems to hesitate a bit when accelerating... the seller claims it's because he used regular gas in the car... if true, will super/plus make that much of a difference? what can i do to flush out the regular-gas impurities? - the interior autodimming mirror doesn't seem to darken properly... is this normal? is it covered under factory warranty? - is there anyway to get the manual side sunshades installed somehow? or get an aftermarket? thanks!