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I have bought my self a boat and with it a headache :) I need a suitable car for towing and pulling it out of the water, dont know the fancy world for it sorry :D

The boat is quite heavy, 24 feet long something that I believe the clutch in my is200 wouldn't like. When I look at pictures of the shifter on the auto in the is300 there is an "L". Would that be a gear suitable for pulling my boat out of the water?

I like my 200 and would like to keep it or buy a 300 if it has a "low gear". Two cars (is200 and a car with a "low gear" would be costly but perhaps it's my best option. Oh and I also need a car for trailing? my snowmobile in the winter. Toys are fun :D

My current is200 doesn't have a tow bar but ofcourse I can have one put on. Don't know if that is an option though since the 200 isn't that powerful....

Please help!

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What kind of boat is it? And how much does it weigh? Also how steep is the slip way?

I work as a boat fitter and we use a Land Rover for putting boats in and out, and with our 24 footers (cuddy cabin sportsboat), the Landie clutch has to be worked if its not in low range, so I don't think an IS200 would'nt stand much chance. I have a friend however with a ~24 foot boat, whos got a Nissan Murano 3.5 V6, auto, that hasn't got an auto box, and he just plants the throttle and it goes up our quite steep slipway fine, so a IS300 auto should be ok for that. My dads old Vauxhall Omega 2.5td, would struggle with a 20 foot boat up the same slipway, with the clutch smelling bad.

As far as towing goes though you might be struggling. Our 24 foot boats weigh ~3 tonne on a trailer, so even most 4x4s would struggle legally (we've got a Nissan Navara and the towing capacity is only 2.8 tonne), so from memory I think legally a IS300 wouldn't be able to tow it, but could cope physically. Pretty much the only vehicles that can tow 3 tonne upwards are Landrovers and a few other 4x4s.

You may be better getting a cheap 4x4 just to use for the boat.

Hope this helps

Gareth

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I show you....

This is my boat. I don't think it can weigh more then one tonne, a wild quess would be 800-900kg. The is200 and 300 aren't allowed to tow more then 1200kg here in sweden don't know if it's the same in the UK. If my boat weighs 800kg or so I could end up below the 1200kg limit if I'm lucky. The is200 and 300 should be able to tow it on the road but without an auto I will kill the clutch eventually. I phoned Lexus and they said that pulling the boat out of the water wouldn't be a problem with an auto. Both is300 and is250 would manage the "pull" probably the 200 auto would do the trick also but on the road I feel the lack of torque in the 200 would make it feel like I have to torture the 2 litre engine but that is my opinion without having tested it.

A is300 or is250 or perhaps a RX 300/400 is the answer if I don't decide to get two cars. I still don't know... The RX xxx is a totally diffrent car but ofcourse more practical then the is xxx. It all comes down to money as always :)

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