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I do see what happens when your cousins marry.

Fact:  you go through cars like most people go through bottles of water,
yet you think your experience on how long the cars last and how reliable
they are is meaningful.

It's not.

And the more you speak, the more you show yourself for what you are.

MORON MORON MORON  (gee, this is fun!)  See what happens when cousins marry?
They make SHAGGY NASTIES!

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It's funny to watch a moron like you squirm when reality is thrown in
your face.

Did you ever stop to think that the problem is YOU?

Hey!  The moron speaks!  Yippeeee!!  Hadn't seen your useless crap for a
while, and kinda hoped you'd gone back to your hole... no such luck.

How would you know?  You've had 6 of them?  You haven't had one long
enough to know anything about their reliability.

Actually, it sounds like they aren't very reliable, if you've had 6 of
them.  That's one every 3 years.  Nobody can speak to the reliability of
any of them with at most 3 years of experience for any given model year
under his belt.

I've had my '04 LS430 from new (now with 40,000 miles), and never had a
problem with it, period.  It's a sample of one, but this is my 6th LS, and
other than having one stolen while I was vacationing in New York (serves me
right for going to NY I suppose), the worst thing that's ever happened is a
water pump failed after 50,000 miles (which was replaced for free even
though it was out of warranty).  You won't be sorry with your LS.

-C

Some time ago I mentioned that, after complaining to a Lexus service advisor
about my ongoing trans hesitation (well it really became a trans
jerking-while-finding-a-gear problem after last software upgrade) that he
mentioned that Lexus had issued a TSB that stated the need for premium fuel
after the upgrade.  I doubted it and he couldn't find the TSB. I later found
it online however, and he was right - it did state that. I still had my
doubts about fuel being involved.

Some here said that it was possible for the octane level to affect the trans
performance.  I finally gave in, and have been using premium fuel for the
past few thousand miles, and I have to say there is a big improvement.
Yesterday I felt the jerkiness again though - but it was a minor episode
compared to previous ones, and it was the first and only time since I
started using premium.

Now, it's kind of academic though, because I've been looking into getting an
'04 LS430. In doing my research on that vehicle, however, I learn that they
had a recall on those 430s made in '03 whereby the trans is replaced !  I
thought the worst thing on those cars was the air suspension.  Now I have to
worry about the trans on the LS430 I might buy !

Does anyone have any info on the 04 LS430 (6-speed) trans problem ?

(I suppose I should have started a new topic for this LS question.)