Deciding To Buy Or Not!

[lblewis10032]

Hi all, first time post here, after looking through the forum i cant decide to buy an IS 200 i'm looking at or not from a collegeue.

its a Vreg and i had a short test drive which went well, i will do a longer one though.

The point that puts me off is the 127,000 miles on the clock! the price is £3000, and i haven't haggled yet!!

can anyone advise me, is this milage too high, has it got another few years in it, will i have huge bills??

Many Thanks!!!

[swfcdan]

i think the whole milage thing is a bit of a mental thing....if the car has FSH, receipts etc then the likelyhood is, is that you will have no problems.

mines on 110k, and when i last took it to lexus for my self service the service bloke said the car still felt solid and as good as new.

as i said as long as its been wel looked after i wouldnt be too worried eventhough 127k does sound alot. i would also take into consideration how much your going to use it. if you drive lots of miles maybe you should look for a lower milage one.

[Gord]

Hi all, first time post here, after looking through the forum i cant decide to buy an IS 200 i'm looking at or not from a collegeue.

its a Vreg and i had a short test drive which went well, i will do a longer one though.

The point that puts me off is the 127,000 miles on the clock! the price is £3000, and i haven't haggled yet!!

can anyone advise me, is this milage too high, has it got another few years in it, will i have huge bills??

Many Thanks!!!

£3000 is a very good price, if its just got high miles, whats the bodywork like ?

[Rory]

Hi all, first time post here, after looking through the forum i cant decide to buy an IS 200 i'm looking at or not from a collegeue.

its a Vreg and i had a short test drive which went well, i will do a longer one though.

The point that puts me off is the 127,000 miles on the clock! the price is £3000, and i haven't haggled yet!!

can anyone advise me, is this milage too high, has it got another few years in it, will i have huge bills??

Many Thanks!!!

£3000 is a very good price, if its just got high miles, whats the bodywork like ?

I second that, I paid double that for a 2000x with less than half the mileage, and i'm very happy with mine, so £3k is darn good if its clean and tidy throughout, which model is it? S, SE or Sport?

[lblewis10032]

In response to rory, its a S model, and in response to Gord the bodywork is quite good, it represents the miles, a stonechip here and there, but no dents, or rust, and no obvious signs of accidents/repairs. The alloys have some corrosion but from what i've read thats not uncommon.

[peter026]

Go on you know you want it :winky: to be honest 127K is not a lot of mileage for a car these days, especially if a lot of it is M'way. My other vehicle has done 178K and no problems at all. Well it is a Toyota. As long as it has been serviced regularly you should be O.K.

[P38Aaron]

mine has 128K miles (T '99) on the clock and is still going very stronge...so long as it has been serviced you should be ok.

[Rory]

there you go then, haggle a bit, just for hagglings sake, and buy it, and be another proud owner on LOC

[Continunity]

bah! 127k is nothing...

135k and still running sweet as a nut, bought off a guy who runs a kebab shop, with no service history... for a good price.

[Rikos]

I agree with everyone the mileage shouldnt put you off as long as it's been looked after.

[maneesh]

whether its 127k or 27k, if it's been neglected and abused, big bills are looming.

main thing at that mileage is getting the condition checked out, either a good mechanic friend or RAC for peace of mind.

if you do have previous invoices for servicing, it's a bonus with that age and mileage.