Damaged IS200 Sport on E-Bay (UK)

[JOHNNY-BOY]

Spotted this damaged IS200 Sport on E-Bay.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...item=1758257321

[Chris.S]

£7000 for a damage repairable seems a bit dear.Especially when you've got to add parts,labour and paint on top.Replacement airbags and seatbelt pretensioners will cost in excess of £1500.Plus once its repaired it would be hard to sell because of its history of being a Insurance write off

[JOHNNY-BOY]

We could buy it for a club project car, get club sponsers to supply parts & labour. What do you think a stripped out drag car or rally spec ?

[Chris.S]

Track Car !

[Claire G]

Track car - how cool would that be :D

Light frontal damage my (_:_) !!!!

[lewispv]

or could be used as a trainer. Take it around meets to show newer members how it is done , can think of some for starters:-

Lesson 1 - Caliper Painting

Lesson 2 - Changing rear fogs for brake lights

Lesson 3 - Upgrading exhausts

Lesson 4 - Replacing front lamps (although looking at the front that might not be easily done)

Think thats enough lessons for now !!

[Andy.thomas]

Always makes me chuckle reading Lexus ad's from supposed "eXpert dealers"

Loads of Extras: 17" alloys, Heated seats, blah blah blah" and the ultimate "full electric kit"

No no no no no mon petite people, do you think we are gullable Beeeemer owners??? :lol:

[Rob]

Originally posted by Claire G

Light frontal damage my (_:_) !!!!

Belive it on not, it would be a light frontal -if there is damage to the suspension and/or structural distortion which would require jigging then its classed as medium which then requires a front end rebuild.

You would need to look at why the windscreen needs to be replaced -was it from the passenger airbag or structural distortion?

this would be an ideal project for someone in thier own time, but you need to get real with the amount of time/cost that would be needed.

i also think 7K is a bit steep. have seen newer ones in similar condition for less.

[Andy_IS200]

Is the owner one of our members, the front end's a real mess - What did he hit ???

But for a track car - now there's potential

Andy

[sholao]

Originally posted by lewispv

or could be used as a trainer. Take it around meets to show newer members how it is done , can think of some for starters:-

Lesson 3 - Upgrading exhausts

Think thats enough lessons for now !!

We've already had this lesson! Check below:

http://teamlexus.co.uk/html/modules.php?se...=view_photo.php

I believe the instructors name was Andy.:bounce:

[Grangey]

That place is near to me - http://www.douglasvalley.co.uk - they are general breakers, not Lexus dealers. Their site doesn't indicate that they break Lexus, so they probably don't know much about them.