Originally Posted by Lolvoguy
Originally Posted by Railrust
I owned a Lexus LS 460 before this...great car...but when you're replacing the entire front suspension every two years and it's costing you thousands?? Kind of gets old.
What road obstacles were you attempting to clear with your Lexus that caused that much damage?!
My Lexus is still on it's original suspension with no rattles, or slop whatsoever
But yes, I kind of wish we chose an SUV over the Lexus.
Something with 2wd, yet luxury like the Lexus.
Does such a vehicle exist?
The LS460 has 8 control arms up front in their multi link suspension system - generally the control arm failure starts at 80,000 miles. A Lexus's genuine control arm is $400 a piece...x 8 = $3,200 bucks. So most people go aftermarket and spend $800-$1,20, but those arms won't make it 80,000 miles...more like 50,000 miles. I was able to do the replacements myself (twice), otherwise I'd be looking at close to $10,000 parts and labor to do it twice at the dealer. It's really not that big of a deal (skill wise) to repce them, but even aftermarket it's still costly and time consuming.
And tire wear on those cars was horrendous!! Awful. You could never ever get a set of tires to last more than 25,000 miles. So I had to buy new tires every single year.
But still I loved that car...great performance, great technology inside, comfort, room, looks. Loved it. But to put 25,000-30,000 miles a year on it became a little more expensive than I was hoping for. I started burning some oil once it got over 150,000 miles...that and the brake actuator was beginning to fail ($3,000 part). So I traded it in, I figure when things start failing on the truck, at least parts will be reasonably priced (I hope).