Hi all

After driving my IS200 Sport a friend is on the lookout for one! He has saw a 2000 V reg Platinum Ice car with 65k on it for £12000 from a non Lexus dealer and this is the rock bottom straight sale price.

The car has a full Lexus history and was owned by Tescos in the mainland. Car is bog standard.

Condition wise the car is mint both inside and out. I said I would ask the peeps here what they thought about the price. Any comments appreciated.

Cheers

Gavin

[quote name='Gavin G' date='Jul 7 2003, 12:58 PM']Hi all

After driving my IS200 Sport a friend is on the lookout for one!    He has saw a 2000 V reg Platinum Ice car with 65k on it for £12000 from a non Lexus dealer and this is the rock bottom straight sale price.

The car has a full Lexus history and was owned by Tescos in the mainland.  Car is bog standard.

Condition wise the car is mint both inside and out.  I said I would ask the peeps here what they thought about the price.  Any comments appreciated.

Cheers

Gavin [/quote]
A 'V' (2000) will be dropping out of warranty (if not already!). 65K is not bad stretched over 3 years. Full service history means nothing when buying a used car (in my opinion... others may differ!).

Remember to fully check the paintwork (bonnet / grill for stone chips) and alloys for rust / marks. Any garage can tart-up a car making it look pretty, but not many owners keep their car that way! Paintwork problems lead quickly to rusting.

I would think £12K was a bit steep for a 3-year old Sport. £10K would interest me... £12K would not. Remember that Lexus dealers keep their used-car-prices inflated deliberately... don't let the [i]"non-Lexus dealer"[/i] do the same!

I suppose £12K is a good starting price for haggling though... especially if your friend can negotiate a deal on a part-ex.

Hope this opinion helps.

hi, i paid £11500 for a mint x reg is200sport with 45000 on the clock, i'd wait and shop around,i did and found this one. theres lots of nice ones out there.

As mentioned above, the car will just be dropping out, or will have already dropped, out of warranty.

If you bought via a Lexus dealer you'd get 1yr dealer warranty (better than factory warranty) and refurbed alloys etc etc.

On lexus.co.uk there's a 99T (1yr older than one you mention) with 61k for £12,995. Remember this will come with full yrs warranty, refurbed wheels etc. etc. etc. etc. etc.

You'd be able to get that for £12.5k if you push properly......so looking at it from afar, the non-lexus dealer one for 12k (rock bottom price as you've said) or 12.5k for one from Lexus.

Specifically for a car from a non-lexus dealer, I think that is a LITTLE high, but maybe not quite as much as people suggest above.

Hope that's of help to you / your mate

Have a look on [url="http://www.autotrader.co.uk"]www.autotrader.co.uk[/url].

I've just had a quick look and I saw a 99 (V) with 59000 for £10,999. There are lots more...

Shop around mate. £12,000 seems rather steep

If a 99 V with 59000 is £10,999 then a 2000 V with 65000 @ £12000 wouldn't be that bad? Maybe these cars are more expensive in N. Ireland?