I HAVE A 1993 LS400 WITH 102K AND HAVE A VIBRATION<br>WHEN TURNING IN EITHER DIRECTION. CAN REALLY FEEL<br>WHEN BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE. HAD LOWER<br>BALL JOINTS REPLACED AND THAT DID NOT HELP. HAD<br>ONE DEALER MECHANIC SAID A CUSTOMER HAD THAT SAME<br>PROBLEM, REPLACED THE RACK SECTION AND STILL DID<br>THE SAME THING.<br>DOES ANYONE HAVE OR EXPERIENCE THIS PROBLEM.<br>NEW TO THIS CLUB AND WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANKS FOR<br>LETTING ME ASK FOR HELP.<br>THANKS<br>MLEXUSR

I'm sorry to report, but after much research, I have failed to come to an answer about your particular quandary. Please stay with the club if you have any futher questions about your LS 400 and any Lexus model you may purchase in the future.

My opinion is that the Q45 is far from a competitor to the LS430. Heck they still use fake wood in Infiniti's flagship. The only real competitor is the A8, 7 series and S class. All of which are poor values, even compared to the current LS400. On paper the LS430 seems close to perfect. A Drag coefficient of only .25. A claim of being "much quietier", considering how quiet it alread is. My biggest hope is that the sport edition comes much close to being a drivers car.<br>I live in the SF bay area and do alot of driving<br>between San Jose and San Francisco. I also consider myself bordering on Anal Retentive. Little things about my car will bother me. I love to "drive" and have fun "driving". Yet I hate "commuting", especially when the freeways here are getting much worse lately. A glass smooth ride, library quiet interior, harmon kardon audio system and massaging seats and especially that adaptive cruise control would make commuting close to enjoyable. Yet a sport edition LS430 would allow me to enjoy a twisty mountain road when the traffic clears. I look at it this way. While my 97 Accord is modern compared to what most<br>of my collegues and friends drive, the road/wind noise, thumping of the suspension, droning of that I4 engine and those cramping seats, truly do<br>wear me out after an hour drive. Being a 27 year old engineer (please don't give me any crap about a young guy doesn't deserve to buy a 60K plus luxury car), I want my cake and eat it to. San Francisco is a great place to live, when you are single straight guy. Yet San Jose offers all of jobs in my field, especially the high pay ones. But those commutes are horrendous. I hate to say it, but a car, a near perfect car like the LS430 could make a tough compromise into an easy one. I dream about the joy it would be to commute in an LS430 or even an LS400. I feel like I am the only one out in the world who truly believes a car can make a difference in the quality of life in this country. If I feel much less drained from a drive home from work, then in the end the extra $ may truly be worth it. I would love to start a discussion on how members' LS400's make their commute less stressfull.