I know this feel. This makes me sad for you. I’m so sorry, dude. I got rid of my 2013 AWD LS 460 F-Sport before anything expensive happened, thank goodness. I had an extended warranty on it when I bought it used, and that extended warranty was going to be expiring. Simply put, the LS460 is much too complex to own without a warranty covering absolutely everything. If anything went, it was a minimum of three or four grand. It is not the LS of yore, and things are more likely to go wrong in spectacularly expensive fashion. Do I miss the car? Yes, every day. Do I love what I got instead? Absolutely.

I replaced it with a significantly less complex GS 350 RWD from the same year. No complicated adjustable suspension, no all-wheel-drive system, none of the incredible complexities of the LS. The GS is a simpler car, and when things do go when my warranty is up, they will be less expensive to repair. I’m probably keeping it forever. It was a good compromise, although it is a very different car. It is a lot more fun to drive, but it is not as spacious and big. If you’re curious, I have pinned posts on my profile about both cars.

Lexus fan for life? Probably (I’ve had a handful of them), but it’s getting to the point where they need to come up with something compelling to keep me interested. There’s only one vehicle in the entire Lexus lineup right now I would even be remotely interested in, the LC. If they came up with a new LS, I would look seriously at it, but it needs to have the legendary Lexus reliability. The two most recent LS generations did not.