5 Reasons NOT to Buy an LS400!

I see everyone jumping on the bandwagon recently, "LS400s are so great", "I'm buying an LS400"... well I figured I'd bring it back down to reality and shed some light on what it's actually like to own/build one! So many people will tell you how reliable these cars are, how affordable they are, how nice they are etc... well there's plenty of things most won't tell you! Here's 5 reasons NOT to buy an LS400.

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[jdtakk]

These are the reasons that make me appreciate them even more. The old saying "if it was easy everybody would do it" comes to mind. 👌

[nefariouscj]

I want to say a few things.
First, I have an LS400 and have owned it for almost 2 years now. Its not slammed or even lowered at all. If you want to buy this car because of the fact that it is an amazing car that rides good, has power, and looks great. Then buy it! No one ever said you have to slam it to the group and VIP the damn car. JUST ENJOY IT, ITS A GREAT CAR. :)
Second, I average 21 - 22MPG ALL THE TIME. I don't know why the hell your getting 16mpg in this car. Are you flooring it all over the place? Bad fuel filter or injectors or plugs??
Third, The fenders don't need to be rolled so I feel like this shouldn't be a negative. Stop rolling fenders and you wont have this issue lol.
The last point is about how hard it is to find parts and how expensive it is. The is honestly a good thing if you ask me. If you have a car with everything you could ever want at the push of a button it kinda makes it less cool, The fact that you really need to work hard and take your time to build it just makes it that much better.
Moral of this post is that the LS400 is a great classic car and you feel good driving it. It doesn't need to be slammed and bagged just to enjoy this car. Its an amazing daily!!!

[owamidlamini]

This vid: "Don't buy an LS400!"
*Shows a beautifully slammed LS400 with polished deep-dish rims*
Me: "I want it!"

[bobbyhill]

All I want to do is lower it and buy some 3 piece wheels and daily it that’s it

[mightyjoeyoung]

I have an LS400 with 376k miles on it, I got it around 100k miles 10+ years ago. These cars go to a million miles, and that's not the exception, that's the standard. I've driven this car like an asshole and gone 140 MPH on the highway and have accelerated fast etc. I never got worse than 19 mpg city doing all of that. My recent tank averages are 26 mpg. I have averaged 31 mpg a handful of times coasting on slight inclines on highways.

This car is awesome, idk why you ruined it spending all this unnecessary money trying to tokoyo drift everywhere. Clearly 16 mpg is your fault from what you did to it. These aren't valid reasons not to buy the car.

This is like buying a Toyota Tundra and saying you shouldn't buy it because it can't tow over 10, 000 pounds. It's not a semi, and this isn't meant to be a street car. But they can both be reliable and cheap alternatives.

[stanhin]

I bought my LS 400 new in August 1992. Still driving it with pleasure almost 30 years later. Didn't watch the video, --didn't need it to know this is far and away the best car I've ever owned. Hope to drive it til I die.

[josemorales-tmjg]

Bought mine at an auction for 500 bucks. It was beat to hell but me and my bro have slowly brought it along to semi presentable and runnable.

[ghostofsparta]

The more he talks the more fell in love with mine.. 10 years never failed me once!!

Running like a tank in 2020😎

[pbjracingyearsago]

Reason not to buy the ls 400:
There needs to be enough on the market for me to afford.

[michaeljennings]

LS400 is A wonderful car it Got Me And My Homie Thru 8 Summers Especially After He Put Those 22s on it....Dam near 340.000 Original miles Dam Good Car....

[theodoreshaeffer]

This dude don’t know what he’s talkin about

[josh]

For the 94 im looking at stock, im not looking at modding it away from stock, just replacing parts keeping it clean. Giving it a little lift for clearence issues and staying with an unmolested build :)

[dpedd]

These cars are great, but you are right that these take time. Something as simple as finding that 2 tone trim piece. But with some coilovers, some Oem wheels from a different car that are cheap and some extra difficult bushing replacements these things are a blast to drive. And will sit really great.

[Ztdr]

Dude.. do the VIP video too..
This one was great. I'm still getting one tho.. lol. love the channel.

[neitooo]

I feel this spiritually. I've had my ls400 for more than a year, and I've only been able to do coilovers. Granted I'm broke as shit, but the market is straight ass, and some of the forums are 5-10+ years old and are really hard to find support. Still I love my lexus.

[ImportRacerLife]

Soooo many good points not just with a Ls but just in general with the newer generation wanting instant gratification over doing stupid quick shit to a car that has a thousand parts for it in stock already. Just keep doing what your doing man because you’ve been killing it. But I definitely enjoyed this video!!

[morganbaldwin]

When you get an LS400 without realizing how much everyone wants one but you just need a car 😅

[petescarport]

Great video. I almost went ls400 but went Mercedes s500 for my build on my channel. So happy I did. Now have 5 Benz and my s500 is coming along well.

[bikewolf]

So which one is better for a VIP build? LS400 or LS430?


I found out that in my country the 430 is cheaper to insure, cheaper to buy and it has slightly better mileage than the 400 but i think the 400 looks better

[Drew.coggs_ig]

When I’ve been looking for one and saw this then went to go see other cars and still came back to this vid bc I’m in love w them 🥺