I find the LS400 not being OBD compatible and therefore hard to work on comment odd, as it applies to all of its competitors including Omegas. In 12 years of recovery work, the only LS400 I saw needed a new battery, and the only time I took an IS200 to a dealer was for a knackered ignition lock. If you break a big Lexus, you'll sell the engine and gearbox for engine swaps(they're quite popular in '50s American pickups) plus the CD changer and maybe the instrument cluster. The rest of it, you just throw away because nobody needs to buy it
Err no. The Omega 3.0 is capable of displaying fault codes through the dash. Very slowly admittedly, but at least gives you half a chance. Omega 3.2s
are OBDii.
BMW E38 & E39 are also readable with a cheap connector adapter.
So what? They only sold 4 in the UK. Doesn't prove a thing.
Not if the engine won't bloody run proper you can't! Look on a Lexus Forum and look at what real Lexus owners are actually repairing left right and centre whilst nostalgically telling everyone that their cousin's brother's cat once had one that did 500k on one oil change.