(upbeat jazz music)
- Lexus! Rhymes with Texas,
but there's no Roadhouse here.
The Lexus LS series only came
with v8's for the first four generations, but
not the LS like the American bald eagle
not the LS like the American bald eagle screaming engine
you're thinking of.
This is a Toyota, baby JDM v8!
This big (bleep) 1997 Lexus LS 400 was paired
with a four liter v8 that made the 260 horsepower.
I guess it's not that bad
for a vehicle that looks like it should be driven
by someone getting ready for the nursing home.
But anyways. The LS 400 had an original MSRP
of $52,900 that got hit by the good old depreciation.
Pretty good.
So you could buy one of those or you could get 41,000
seven Cinnabon delight two packs from Taco Donald King.
LS 400's are massive and hard to find parts for it,
but are they worth it?
Today we sit down with an owner and have a good old chat.
(shouting)
(upbeat saxophone music)
(mumbles)
Put it in all wheel drive mode.
Welcome back to another episode of Driver to Driver!
Season.
I don't.
Anyway.
Today we're here
(drawer falling on floor)
Oh, this is a good one, this is a good one. I remember now.
Steve, come on in Steve!
There's a special, Hey.
- [Steve] Hi.
- [Dakota] How are you doing?
Thank you. Steve used to edit Driver to Driver.
- [Steve] Yeah, I did.
- And then we fired him.
- Oh.
(laughs)
- Well, kind of. Alright, anyways.
Let's not beat around the bush.
How much did you pay for that couch with wheels?
- $5,000.
- That's an expensive couch.
- Yeah. It was low miles,
really clean, bought from out of state.
So not your typical
(bleep)
- You know how much I paid for that chair?
- Not $5,000.
- No, I don't remember.
I was hoping you remembered.
(laughing)
I don't know how much it was.
So do you think it was worth it to fly
across the country and drive it back
for a car that looks like it came from a nursing home?
- Absolutely.
- Yeah?
- Yes.
- You'd do it again?
- Yes, absolutely. A hundred percent.
It was a blast flying across the country to do that.
- Did you buy it from an old guy?
- No.
- Oh really?
- Yeah.
- A young guy?
- Middle-age.
- Okay. Alright.
How did it do holding up, coming on the way back?
That was a long drive.
- Fifteen hundred miles.
Wasn't the greatest to the brakes.
The brakes were already weren't good.
And they sort of put them
in like repair mode once I got back.
So the brakes got done right away once I got back.
- That's good.
- And yeah, the ride was fine.
Gas was a little expensive,
but that's kind of what I signed up for.
- There's a gas crisis right now.
- Yeah, there is.
- You should go fill up your trunk with gas, just in case.
Alright. What are you plans for it?
Are you gonna boost it, you gonna drift it?
- In long-term I would like to eventually
put a pro charger on it.
- Okay.
- There's guys that have done that before.
- Alright.
- But that's a very expensive maneuver.
For right now it's just all looks.
- Okay, just looks.
So you're literally making it a couch.
- Yes.
- It's just the couch.
- Yes. It's comfy as hell.
- Okay
- It's like driving a leather couch.
- Oh, I like leather.
That's enough about couches.
Let's go sit in one it's time for Beat Run!
- This is probably the comfiest mother
(bleep)
It's such small seats in there.
- [Steve] You're gonna fit.
- Oh yeah. Honda fit.
(upbeat country music)
- Oh hell yeah.
- Welcome to the couch.
- Yes. This is by far the comfiest car on Driver to Driver.
We haven't even moved yet.
That's a big sun roof
Whoa! We're gonna go get sideways.
Just drift.
Dude, it's so quiet and so smooth.
- Yeah
- I don't know. This thing.
It's kind of gangster.
Like you just, you come in here and you just chill.
- Right? And it looks awesome going down the road.
Both the front and the back.
- Alright, Max.
So to be a little more fair
we're gonna have you rate it on a performance rating,
and we're gonna have you rate it on a comfy rating.
So what do you rate it for a performance rating?
- [Max] Three and a half.
- Three and a half, okay.
Out of ten?
- [Max] Yeah.
Okay. Now on a comfort rating.
- [Max] 6.23
- See, now that doesn't sound that great
but that's the highest comfort rating
on Driver to Driver ever.
We've never done it before.
You guys got some high standards from your comfort.
Well, Max, he's a pinky out while drinking tea kind of guys.
(laughing)
- [Max] You should crash to make it more interesting
(laughing)
- What the (bleep)
- Yeah. Let's see how it holds up to like a rollover.
(laughing)
What the hell?
Was someone else doing a bird off?
I think the lawnmower.
Oh, he's rolling.
Let's go baby!
That John Deere ain't running right brother!
Holy hell!
(upbeat country pop music)
She's smoking.
You don't even give a damn either
- [Steve] It smells awful.
- [Dakota] Yeah.
Get in max.
- [Max] Dude, he's still dumping
(laughing)
He's such a weirdo.
- [Steve] Why did he look at us super weird?
- I don't know.
Yeah. Like we're the ones doing something.
Well, I guess we are.
But (mumbles)
Alright now that we're back, it's time to hear
from our cool and loyal.
(screams)
(hard rock music)
Not A Russian Bot asked,
When did you decide the Carolina squat
wasn't just for trucks?
- Yeah
- Uh oh.
- [Steve] That wasn't intentional.
I threw the bags and left it at the setting that airlift
gave them to me at.
- Oh, you're going to put this on airlift?
- Yes, we absolutely gonna put it on them.
- Alright.
Do some cutting?
- Yes. I eventually need to cut the spindles and drop them
like four inches so I can get the car to really
really sit low.
And I don't want to have to cut holes
in the tops of the wheel wells because
- Why not?
- Who the (bleep) wants to cut holes in their car?
- It's five grand. They make more couches everyday.
Valid Edits asked,
Does your car smell like mildew or grandma?
- Neither.
- Are you sure?
- Yeah.
- Riley Wohletz
How does it feel car Jesus Scotty Kilmer
does not like your car.
- Scotty Kilmer can kiss my ass.
- Rev up your engines. Holy crap.
How does it feel to have wheels that are worth more
than your car? And the obligatory mafia challenge
Can you fit Dakota in your trunk?
- I don't think the wheels are more expensive than the car.
I don't know how to properly answer that, but yes
I could fit two of you in the trunk.
- Alright. We'll have to prove that.
Cause I'm calling (bleep)
I'm a big boy.
Mama didn't raise no (bleep).
- I don't think you take up thirteen cubic feet of space.
- You'd be surprised.
- I'd put you at like nine and a half.
- You'd be surprised.
- Okay.
- Alright that's enough out of the YouTube community
(mumbles)
Its time for car show contest!
Not any part of it has to do anything.
Anyways. The challenge is cheesy roll-up toss.
If you don't get it in, you suck.
Expert level four stars. Plus one.
(upbeat electronic music)
(shouting)
- Just appeared out of nowhere.
Hello? You're beautiful.
(mumbles)
- Hey, I get the compliments.
He's the guest.
Good job.
Give me the good one.
Thank you.
Alright, let's do this.
You getting this? By the way,
what the hell is this Taco Bell?
Get your amo ready
And I'll have you know
I practiced this for three days straight.
- [Steve] That sounds like the pressure is on.
- [Dakota] And if you win you get to
eat all of them at once. Only if you win.
- [Steve] We can try.
- [Dakota] Alright, I'm loaded up.
Hurry up Steve, you're already losing.
This one has a hair on it.
That's the line, see the line though.
Alright, so yeah.
The challenge is you gotta toss the cheesy roll-ups.
The person to get the most in the wheel,
They win.
They get all of them at once.
- Pretty simple.
- Yeah, it's straightforward. It's not first grade.
- Okay. So am I going first or are you going?
- You go first.
(mumbles)
(laughing)
- [Steve] Damn.
- I'm still up
(mumbles)
(laughing)
- [Dakota] Why are yours so thick?
Alright, okay.
I got a little stronger.
Alright, last one.
(mumbles)
Well, I mean I won by default
(mumbles)
Alright so I'm the winner
I get to eat them all at once.
Let's stay back.
Here's ten of these puppies.
Camera guy you getting this?
There's a lot.
It's okay I'm from Wisconsin.
I won.
I'm choking.
(mumbles)
(car engine revving)
(applause)
Now that we're back named three pros and three cons
about the couch LS 400, go! Pros!
- It's reliable
(somber piano music)
Cops don't really look at me
so I never got pulled over
- One more, dude.
- It's like driving a leather couch.
- All those three things applied to couches too
- Yeah.
- Comfortable?
- [Steve] Yeah.
- You don't get pulled over by a cop and it's a couch.
Okay. Cons go!
- Cons are it's expensive,
it guzzles gas,
and the cup holders only fit soda cans and nothing else.
- What else do you need to fit?
- A bottle of water?
- Dish soap.
- Yeah, that too.
- Okay. That's not too bad for a $5,000 car.
I mean, it is what it is.
What advice do you have
for someone that's wanting to buy a car
that's basically something to just sit in and chill,
comfy couch?
- Don't buy one expecting them to be cheap
- Okay. I mean five grand ain't too bad.
- Do your research and make sure that what you're buying
isn't something that somebody beat the absolute out of
because a lot of these cars have been beat to hell.
There's still clean examples out there that you can find,
but I mean it took me
almost a year of searching to find my car.
- That's a while.
- Yeah. Part of that was, you know,
saving up the money that I needed to buy the car
but still had my eyes out there keeping a lookout
and it literally took like at least eight months to find
like the one I ended up buying.
- Alright. Well if you want an LS 400
make sure you look for a year and save a bunch of money.
Thanks for coming on the show and talking about
his leather couch!
Wheels, tires,
fitmentidnustries.com
Jesus.
You broke my glasses,
Have a good night Steve.
- Bye.
- [Dakota] It was nice working with you.
- I guess I'm fired after this.
Put a hole in the desk.
You like that?
Max, you like that?
Max, you like this?
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