this evening im going to look at an IS200 only about a 300 mile round trip aswell (thats good for up here in the north of scotland) i am so excited may have my car a lot sooner than i expected , advert says its mint aswell just dont know the milage yet , but i have the spondoolicks in my pocket for it and i can hardly compose myself !

fingers crossed i shall be back on here taking some daylight pictures wooohoooo !

did you not ask the owner the mileage when you rang them up for the address mate? thats the first thing I'd ask. good luck anyway and hope it really is a minter with low mileage

Good luck fella, if you can make sure it's had the cam belt and water pump done recently as that will save you some cash if so

Good luck mate, hope all goes well.

Stav

Good luck, let us know how it goes. Remember though, it's a buyer's market, so if there's something that doesn't feel right about the car or the deal itself, walk away, there are loads out there !

Good luck,hope you get the deal you want

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last night i went to check out the said Lexus and unfortunately it did not come up to standard , i maybe should have asked a few more questions before travelling the distance for it , My father is an RAF mechanic and he has never let me down whilst i have been buying a car yet so when he said leave it thats exactly what we did , there was a knocking noise coming from the front wich sounded to us like engine mounts as it was only when you accelerated hard it occured , and there was a definite wine off the gearbox so unfortunately im not "officialy" part of the club yet unfortunately !


On the other hand on the way home after a good conversation with himself , he has decided to lend me the money i need for what im looking for at the end of the month , so i have just over 3k to play with in the first week of March and im willing to travel ANYWHERE in the UK to find what i need.

so now im back to the drawing board im going to be looking for either a black or granite sky early model.


thanks for the great help you guys have all been so far ,im sure i shall be bothering you again very very soon.

Sounds like you made a good choice there, no need to buy something with problems unless you're very sure you know *exactly* what those problems are and how much they would be to fix (and strange knocking noises could be something quite minor or something very serious, or anywhere in between).

Feel free to ask lots more questions here if you need to, good luck !

[quote name='Steviewevie' post='635372' date='Feb 10 2009, 11:04 AM']Sounds like you made a good choice there, no need to buy something with problems unless you're very sure you know *exactly* what those problems are and how much they would be to fix (and strange knocking noises could be something quite minor or something very serious, or anywhere in between).

Feel free to ask lots more questions here if you need to, good luck ![/quote]


Good move there, in my experiance cars for sale with faults are rarely the cheap ones to repair, thats why it is for sale. Good hunting for a minter!!

Yeah we were a little wary hence coming back up the road in the focus , im not worried its knocked me back about a month admittedly but it just gives me more time to save for a better example , i have just sat down and written everything out and have worked out ill have about £3300 to spend in the 1st week of March (wich means im still going to be a month ahead of my original target so i must not and will not complain ! )

SURELY i will find a nice early example in black or granite sky on 100k or less for that budget (white would be a brucey bonus but i know thats not going to happen !)

i have been on ebay/autotrader/pistonheads 10x daily seeing whats what so i reckon i will manage to squeeze one into my budget ,

cheers once again ....abbott

Should be able to find an "X" reg with 65K, good condition, for your money but probably need to venture into the big cities.

thats cool im willing to travel the length and breadth of the uk to find a tidy example.

keep looking on auto trader as well mate they change daily on there,