Buying A Mark One.

[sjrainsford]

So anyone got one with a fairly high mileage then? Or are you all well below 80K? I'm a bit stuck at what to go for here.

[mudzs]

Just buy the best one for the money you have ,i would say a higher mileage car with full lex history is better than a low mileage one with part history

[Steve]

all the stamps will do the trick

[MAC_600]

hope it aint john major grey.

Have to say, having the silver car and grey interior, I think it looks better then the biege/cream. Plus as I have a 5 yr old it's not a good idea to have any light colours in a car

[mudzs]

have to agree i like the grey but then i would say that

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[sjrainsford]

You lot are a bad influence! Have opened up my search to a sport aswell now, I just can't help but love the look of them with those wheels! Plus it's only £100 more on the insurance!

Either way, i'm not bothered what model it is, so long as it ain't that one with the velour trim.

Another on to ask sorry folks, I read that there are a few suspension problems on the Mark 1 pre 98 models. Is this true? Have you lot had trouble like that?

There's a few more appeared in the auto trader now, so will view them next week. Workin nights is a bugger!!

Cheers again!

[mudzs]

no suspension probs that i am aware of

[jaybo]

what suspension probs????????

just check your inner edge of your tyres for uneven wear, if they are worn get its geometry checked. i paid £40 for mine................

[ColinBarber]

The series II seem to have more problems than the series I and that is only ball joints.

[MAC_600]

what suspension probs????????

just check your inner edge of your tyres for uneven wear, if they are worn get its geometry checked. i paid £40 for mine................

I went to a place with the fancy laser tracking - bloody expensive and they were :tsktsk:

Had to have 3 goes to sort it, still left the steering wheel out of alignement. I watched them on the final go, the young lad trying to adjust the rear was having trouble, said it was seized up. Seemed a bit sheepish when I pointed out that they had supposedly only adjusted it 4 weeks before!

In the end got the independent who services to have a look, steering re-alingned and fingers crossed tracking etc back in order.

Should have complained at the first place but did the British thing of not making a fuss and deciding never to use them again.

[Keith Bowler]

Hi Steve

Great news about the Sport. The cream interior does look better than the grey I have in mine.

As far as the wheels are concerned if you are near Tonbridge in Kent you can try Spit'n'Polish. I paid about £60 a wheel to get mine done.

If you want to keep them original you need to go for the grey paint finish with the diamond cut polished and laquered face. Looks superb in my opinion.

Only problem I find with the wheels is that however careful I am I still somehow manage to kerb them on the odd occasion.

As far as the 10" rears are concerned we must have generated enough interest by now for a group buy!.

[Steve]

i would be interested in those 10" rears.. but how much will the tyres be?

[mudzs]

about £300 each steve .works out about £1400 if you buy the wheels from lexus

[jaybo]

£300 per tyre................... :o :o

where are you buying them from mudzs? are they gold

go to kwik-fit and haggle them down.

i got 275/35 r18 dunlop SP for £160 each :winky:

[randyreindeer]

Good work jaybo. Its nice to see kwik- rip getting stitched up for a change. They are nothing more than another word for a ships brake with a W on the front. :P

[mudzs]

I did not buy them but phoned for a quote on pirrelis to match the front .Have not got the 10" rears on mine but was thinking of getting them from lexus before nasty thoughts of selling the car entered my head