Love this LS gen. My parents had a 98 bmw 740 rwd. Where they live doesn’t get enough snow to warrant winter tires. I had to commute in that car during a snow storm once and it was a scary experience with old, hard tires. It would slip and slide and get stuck on the slightest of inclined from a dead stop. I now live in an area w hilly windy roads and winter tires make a big difference. But it hasn’t been snowing much for the past 5 years, so I’m running all weather tires instead. They’re good, but not great in the snow. But after that rwd experience, I’m afraid to own a rwd car w all the hills we have.
I have owned both a 98 740iL and a 01 740iL. I can tell you without a doubt both of those cars go like mad in the snow with winter tires, the stability and traction control on the 740iL is far superior to the LS430's. I do now have a stablemate to my 01 740iL and that is my 06 LS430. I do really enjoy the LS430 though the 740iL will be my preferred winter commuter.
I have an 05. If you trigger the check engine light by unplugging the mass airflow sensor, it will trun off the stability control. Probably not a good idea to do it that way but I think it would Probably be okay if you just want a couple minutes of fun in an unplowed parking lot
I'm Buying a set of Factory rims the rims that are on the car when I bought it are 20 inch lexani wheels and I honestly don't like them I prefer factory rims it's easier to find snow tires, the 20 inch Lexani's are barely tucked under the fenders so finding snows is going to be a challenge, for $4500 I don't regret it at all, the car still has the factory Navigation system, everything functions including the software close door latches, etc and with 126,900 miles on the clock it has a ton more years more than a lot of cars, the only thing I've done since buying it June 24, 2024 is an oil change, breaks and aftermarket drilled and slotted rotors, and plugs , I plan on doing all of the Gaskets and water pump/timing belt,new coils and Air filter, I sold my 2010 BMW 328i Xdrive to buy the Lexus it's a much better car to me at least. Cool video at least I know what to expect once winter hits .
Snow mode is terrible. I leave it in the regular mode and pick the gear I want with the shifter. Pwr mode annoys me because it hangs on to 4th way to long imo. Also wash the salt off as soon as reasonably possible. Mine only has 160,000 and it's getting pretty rusty underneath.
Yah the rust is a killer, this one is very minty with 70,000 miles. I have the car undercoated by Krown, in my opinion its not as good of a product as fluid film, but they will drill holes to spray behind all the body panels and stuff and its only 150 bucks (that's what I paid for just the fluid film when I did my 9th gen civic si, so I think its worth it)
I will definitely look into that. Mine is probably too far in the rusting process but someday I may decide to trade it in for one with lower miles and less rust.
Love this LS gen.
My parents had a 98 bmw 740 rwd. Where they live doesn’t get enough snow to warrant winter tires. I had to commute in that car during a snow storm once and it was a scary experience with old, hard tires. It would slip and slide and get stuck on the slightest of inclined from a dead stop.
I now live in an area w hilly windy roads and winter tires make a big difference. But it hasn’t been snowing much for the past 5 years, so I’m running all weather tires instead. They’re good, but not great in the snow. But after that rwd experience, I’m afraid to own a rwd car w all the hills we have.
I have owned both a 98 740iL and a 01 740iL. I can tell you without a doubt both of those cars go like mad in the snow with winter tires, the stability and traction control on the 740iL is far superior to the LS430's. I do now have a stablemate to my 01 740iL and that is my 06 LS430. I do really enjoy the LS430 though the 740iL will be my preferred winter commuter.
I have an 05. If you trigger the check engine light by unplugging the mass airflow sensor, it will trun off the stability control. Probably not a good idea to do it that way but I think it would Probably be okay if you just want a couple minutes of fun in an unplowed parking lot
Thanks for the tip! I've heard that you can disable it by pulling a fuse or unplugging the yaw sensor itself from under the center console.
I'm Buying a set of Factory rims the rims that are on the car when I bought it are 20 inch lexani wheels and I honestly don't like them I prefer factory rims it's easier to find snow tires, the 20 inch Lexani's are barely tucked under the fenders so finding snows is going to be a challenge, for $4500 I don't regret it at all, the car still has the factory Navigation system, everything functions including the software close door latches, etc and with 126,900 miles on the clock it has a ton more years more than a lot of cars, the only thing I've done since buying it June 24, 2024 is an oil change, breaks and aftermarket drilled and slotted rotors, and plugs , I plan on doing all of the Gaskets and water pump/timing belt,new coils and Air filter, I sold my 2010 BMW 328i Xdrive to buy the Lexus it's a much better car to me at least. Cool video at least I know what to expect once winter hits .
Wheels look awfully familiar, what are those? Gives this car a surprisingly nice stealthy look.
Literally the factory wheels 😐
Snow mode is terrible. I leave it in the regular mode and pick the gear I want with the shifter. Pwr mode annoys me because it hangs on to 4th way to long imo.
Also wash the salt off as soon as reasonably possible. Mine only has 160,000 and it's getting pretty rusty underneath.
Yah the rust is a killer, this one is very minty with 70,000 miles. I have the car undercoated by Krown, in my opinion its not as good of a product as fluid film, but they will drill holes to spray behind all the body panels and stuff and its only 150 bucks (that's what I paid for just the fluid film when I did my 9th gen civic si, so I think its worth it)
I will definitely look into that. Mine is probably too far in the rusting process but someday I may decide to trade it in for one with lower miles and less rust.
why dont u liek snow mode we dont have snow down here i have a 460 awd i didnt know it was awd until after i bought it
alright, im buying an LS four-hundred and thirty
Behind the gm 5.3 and 2jz yes it is the best as far as v8 it is second to the 5.3 in my opinion
2jz?
🏳⚧ So Brave!!! 🏳⚧
How expensive do you think insurance would be for a 16 year old with this car ?
like 2200 ish
not much for me, just worry about getting a clean example off an old person