1994 Lexus GS300 from UK and Ireland - Comments

The car had a dashboard light that had blown when I collected it. This was replaced by Lexus for no charge.

Car is seven years old and still drives as new. There isn't a single cabin rattle or squeak. Once the engine is on you can barely hear it.

The car has electric everything, seats, windows, sunroof, steering column, 12 CD changer, full leather seats and dash, illuminated dashboard, the only thing I think it lacks is a fuel computer (which you need). The leather is of a high quality - mine is still in excellent condition after seven years.

Driving experience is smooth and refined, the car is a bit of a pussycat in economy mode, but once you switch to power mode, and let the variable valve timing have a go it flies - the car just will continue to go and go.

Fuel economy is OK, you don't own a car like this and worry about the costs of petrol, just enjoy all the glasses you will collect from the privilege points you amass at the petrol station.

I bought this car as an approved used car from Lexus, even at this age and miles they will approve them, the warranty is the same as any new Lexus, it is to manufacturers standard so if anything goes wrong that isn't a consumable and they will fix it. Even once I had bought the car, in the pre-delivery check they decided that the car needed two new tyres (they weren't illegal by any means). At £150 a piece I was more than happy. With the exhaust being stainless steel I'm only expecting bills for brakes and tyres.

Well, three years on from writing this review, and I still own the car. Mileage is now 120000K, and I've only paid for one set of tyres and new brake pads in this time, plus a mandatory timing belt at the last service. The car is now almost ten years old, and is still in excellent condition, still drives and feels the same since I bought it. If anything I wish the car would give me a big bill sometime, so I have a good excuse to change it and try something different... but in all honesty I don't really want to, it does everything I need in a car, behaves flawlessly, and I'm going to drive it until it drops.

The GS300 MK1 does not have variable valve timing.

They do come 'on cam' around 4000RPM which may explain the slight 'push' in the higher rev range.