Faults:

The car wears out front tires in 30k miles. Other than that, everything on the vehicle has worked well.

General Comments:

Maintenance is difficult and expensive. The fuel tank is too small for a car of this size.

While the interior is well put together, many of the materials feel like they belong in a cheaper car. That said, it is a smooth and quiet car on the road, and has done well off the road. Interior space is good, but not outstanding.

Upon startup, the air conditioner can take up to one minute to turn on. Navigation system and Bluetooth are poorly designed, although reliable.

Faults:

Wheel speed sensors.

General Comments:

Brilliant truck actually. Purchased for $9900 on Craigslist with 130k. Everything on this truck still works. All the powered windows, seats, antenna, vents, heaters, everything, and on a 14 year old vehicle.

The AHC suspension still works properly. The paint looks like it's 2 years old. The wood and leather still look great.

The 4.7l 2UZ-FE is probably one of the best engines produced in the past 2 decades, and easily the best engine I've owned. My current other vehicle is an 06 Tundra with the same engine. They don't use oil (wear very slowly), produce plenty of power, are easy to work on, and as long as basic maintenance is performed, 300,000 miles is common, with 400+k not unheard of.

It is still a pleasure to drive, luxurious, very quiet and smooth, yet with the locking center diff, heavy duty axles, and purposeful design, a very capable off road vehicle, which we are looking forward to using here in Colorado.

Two negatives: the radio volume doesn't work. Probably related to amp problems that were common with this year. Second, the upper rear hatch has quite a bit of rust. Another common problem. I do 90% of all the maintenance on our vehicles and these are easy issues to fix, so no worries.

Bottom line - After now owning one, it's easy to see why you find so many Toyota LC or LX470s for sale with 200k plus miles: quality.

Faults:

Air mixer box motor stopped working at 320,000km, so now can only get cold air, not hot.

Coil pack failed at 315,000km.

General Comments:

A big, heavy, strong vehicle that has pulled our caravan around Australia with only a couple of problems.

The coil pack failed on the 23rd December, and in an hour and a half, the local Lexus dealership had fixed it and we were on our way again.

The car started to make a very loud clicking sound one day, and I traced it to the electric motor that mixes the cold and hot air for the climate control. As we live in a hot climate, I just unplugged the motor, and haven't worried about it since. Fixing it would require the entire dash to come out, and it isn't worth the expense.

We bought the car for a lot less than a turbo-diesel, and have all the luxuries that have made our trip a breeze. She was high mileage when we got her, but she had been serviced religiously at a Lexus dealership, so she couldn't have been in better shape. She is rock solid on the road, and has not missed a beat since the coil pack was replaced.

She has handled a few remote offroad trips in the last year with style, and has coped with any conditions we have put her into.

The only downside is that she likes to drink. However, she was so cheap to buy in the first place, and has cost very little to keep in excellent condition that we can put up with the fuel consumption (17l/100km).

Would I buy another Lexus? Yes, provided I could get one at a good enough price. Sadly, a new one is a bit out of my price range.