WylieCoyote

As most of you will know, I traded my 05 IS200 S in recently and only got £5100 as a part ex for it. I did feel monumentally ripped off but similarly glad to have been able to get rid of it as not many garages would accept it as part ex. I have found out today that the dealer had my car advertised for £5995 and sold it for less - I haven't been able to find out how much it was sold for though. At the time I thought £5100 was a very poor offer, but then for it to be sold for only a few hundred pounds more from a dealer, I don't feel so bad now.

It is a testament to used car values. 2005 Lexus for a smidgen under £6000. Shocking. Good luck to everyone trying to sell their cars!

Its all incidental, Glass's guide for my 53 plate IS200 last month was £6400. I was offered £5500 by 2 dealers over the phone on a new IS250 as well as £4k off the new price. I was also offered the same from a skoda dealer without even negotiating on a 3 yr old octavia Vrs. I was offered £4500 on a 2 year old GS300,this was upped a grand within a day and again over the phone.

It doesnt mean anything however as others have said its the cost to change and your volvo may have been under book..if it wasnt then you were had over ...joke

If someone got yours at the price given they have indeed got a bargain........

Incidently someone has recently posted that late plate is200's are now in demand at Lexus dealers

Volvo was nearly £2000 below book so it was cool.

To find a garage willing to take it as part ex was novel enough. So many just said they wouyldn't touch them with a barge pole. Had it for sale for over 12 months privately with not a single serious phone call, and only a handful of half interested phonecalls.

A car is only worth what someone will pay for it. What counted against mine is that it was base 'S' spec, missed out on leather, sat nav, heated seats and so on, it had a bumper scuff and had 4 previous owners.

As most of you will know, I traded my 05 IS200 S in recently and only got £5100 as a part ex for it. I did feel monumentally ripped off but similarly glad to have been able to get rid of it as not many garages would accept it as part ex. I have found out today that the dealer had my car advertised for £5995 and sold it for less - I haven't been able to find out how much it was sold for though. At the time I thought £5100 was a very poor offer, but then for it to be sold for only a few hundred pounds more from a dealer, I don't feel so bad now.

It is a testament to used car values. 2005 Lexus for a smidgen under £6000. Shocking. Good luck to everyone trying to sell their cars!

Maybe I'm mistaken, but I still maintain it's the first car I've ever seen that flashes dipped and main together. Why would it need to? Ah well.

Anyone with a 2005 IS200 with standard Halogen bulbs ?

Get someone to flash your main beam and take a look if all come on please :D

You sure like going to some lengths to prove me wrong...

plenty on E-Bay, just look for the correct bulb HB3/9005, then order your search under lowest price inc P+P :D

(or try Item number: 300269417510)

When mine was on Halogens they operated seperately, only when I changed to HIDs did they come on together. There is a paragraph about this in the DfT guidelines on aftermarket HIDs.

Sorry Keith I think you are in error mate, I stand by them operating together before or after HID fitment.

I can see no reason why the main beam Halogens being flashed would make the dipped HID's come on,

or vice/versa.

What year was your car ?

2005.

If I am mistaken, and I don't think I am (but I'm open to the concept I may be), that's a really strange configuration. I've never seen any other car ever where the dipped beam come on with the main beam. That's really odd if it is the case on the Lexus - I can't see why either???

As a lot of people have sold up recently, I'm just curious to know why people finally made the jump. Was it fuel economy? Road tax? Also, why did you choose what you replaced it with?

My reasoning for leaving Lexus was fuel economy and I wanted something more luxurious and more modern.

Chose the Volvo S80 for it's luxury and safety.

You will love the volvo until something stops working.. then you will do what i did.. run right back to lexus!

between Feb and April this year i owned a 2003 S80 3 litre straight 6 with everything on it... got a great deal on it... untill...

The passenger mirror failed, then that knocked out the window, the central locking on that side, the operation of the door handle from outside... so basicaly turned it into a 3 door saloon... cost over £700 to rectify due to a mother board type thing within the door... that even if you could get one second hand... wouldnt fix it.. new one plus re-programming to main comp = expensive..

In those two months it also cost me a new rear caliper.. new tyre.. new siren + costs for making the computer recognise siren + very over active computer telling me problems that kept dissapearing

All this = Stress...

And equaled me getting my GS300....

BLISS

And unless circumstances beyond my control make things different... im not leaving!

Which is why I don't keep cars more than 3 years old or until out of warranty. I hate repair bills!

I agree with Steve. I also had difficulty following the sequence of events but kinda got the idea. If you think you were mis-sold a second hand car as new and the purchase invoice clearly says 'NEW' then you're perfectly entitled to employ the services of a solicitor and take the matter up in court. I'm not sure how the length of time will affect anything though. Realising after a week or so is one thing, 3 or 4 years later is something else, but I don't know so look through your documentation. If the purchase invoice says 'USED' or anything to that effect, in theory you should have been aware of this at the time you purchased the car - any decent solicitor on their side would tear your case to shreads for not reading what you signed.

With regards to the repair, whilst you may not want to drive a car that has a part from a vehicle involved in a collision, Lexus must be sure the part is safe otherwise they would not fix it in your car. I'm only guessing but I wouldn't be suprised if many cars involved in collisions act as donor cars for replacement parts - why not? If the part is fine, it cuts down manufacturing costs and helps keep costs to the consumer down. They have agreed to do it free - that, in my opinion is a worthwhile offer- particularly at a cost of £2000 odd.

I would say whilst you may be concerned about driving a car with a part from a collision vehicle, you may be being unreasonable about refusing it completely. Lexus are offering you what is likely a fully useable part in a condition fit to put on a road car. Remember - as you'll know with your job, you would never put your name to a treatment you did not agree with or think was safe/appropriate. Well, I hope for your sake you wouldn't. The same is true, someone has to put their name to and take accountability and responsibility for saying a part is ok - they wouldn't do it if they had any doubt about the safety or usability of the part. If you flatly refuse what they've offered, then you risk them pulling out of any offer whatsoever and you landing with a £2000 bill.

I also concur that you leave your own full identity out but you name every representative in Lexus you dealt with. I don't think this is fair on the Lexus employees - they have a right to confidentiality too.

When mine was on Halogens they operated seperately, only when I changed to HIDs did they come on together. There is a paragraph about this in the DfT guidelines on aftermarket HIDs.

If you have HIDs as dipped beam and halogen as main beam, when you flash, all four lights will come on for the duration of the flash.

The same is true if you have HIDs as main beam and dipped beam.

If you do not fit HIDs, then the dipped beam will not come on with a headlamp flash.

No idea why

Surely they not do it anyways with standard Halogen Bulbs Wylie ?

Yes mate they do. They did on mine anyway.

You could have said 'well I can afford it living in a posh house like this but your little darling offspring could do with losing some weight'

There was a time when Halloween was just young kids trick or treating with parents and the worst trick you'd expect is a water pistol or something.

Nowadays it's youths and a trick could involve eggs, car scratching, fire, paint or god only knows what. It's not the same anymore and people are just frightened.

Aztec, I'm with you man, my usual carm and gentlemanly demeanour may have turned somewhat murderous if I'd have been you. Little :tsktsk:

It's something to do with the road traffic act on aftermarket HID's. When the main beam is flashed, regardless of whether lights are on or off, the dipped beam will also come on for the same duration as the headlamp flash. I've no idea why but if you fit aftermarket HID's then the dipped will also flash. When I put the HIDs on my IS I thought I'd wired them up wrong but it's just the way they are. I've no idea why it's the way it is, but c'est la vie.

I agree with Wozza that HIDs are not a great idea for main beam due to the time they take to heat up, BUT as he says, if the dipped HIDs are coming on anyway regardless of what bulbs you have in main, why not have them as main? I can't see a good reason not to.

Remember that you're not obliged to tell a buyer about the collision damage. However if they ask you must disclose it. If you do try selling privately, good luck - you'll need it. If you decide to trade in, just be prepared to be shafted. Been there, done it! I hesitate to use the word 'mainstream' as you can't really call a GTi that, but I can't think of a better word so mainstream it is. Anyway, I think that buyers trading from a 'prestige' model to a more 'mainstream' marque are the ones that get rogered the most. Dealers are in a much stronger position here as they have the upper hand as people want rid of bigger cars trading down to more economical ones. The dealers that are in the weaker position are those that are selling bigger and more expensive cars - you're much more likely to get a better deal this way round.

No snow here, only 20 miles away from Aztec. We've had sleet and cold but no snow.

That is a masterpiece of flying. Holding a helicopter still off a landing pad is hard enough.

Just picked up this thread. Very sorry to hear of this incident. There's been a few recently and it's very sad. I hope she can be saved, and if not, you can take the s/c out and put it on your next car. Hope things get sorted soon.

Ah, didn't think of that. Thanks. :)

edit - just tried - withheld number on 1471

I'd never have an engine steam cleaned. There's too much that could go wrong. Unless it's a show car, I think I'd be very hesitant about deep cleaning anything in the engine - a quick once over with a damp cloth and some foam spray will probably suffice. Also buyers are always advised to be suspicious of overly clean engines - worth considering if you're planning to sell the car.

We keep having these phonecalls where the phone rings, you answer it and then you get some American voice answerphone saying 'Congratulations, you have been personally selected....... etc'. I know that if you ring the number it gives you back you get charged some hideous amount of money, but does anyone know where these things come from and if there's any way to stop them? We're registered with the telephone preference service but we seem to be getting more of them these days.

Anyone had/having similar experiences?

Thanks.

Keith :)

That does look good actually. I assume you could have any colour you wanted? I quite fancy a leather/wood steering wheel for my Volvo. Only problem is they're pretty pricey.

26 here and suffering from a severe case of :

Sony may well be sympathetic to the problem and agree to foot the bill. I can't see how £600 odd to replace a 1 year old laptop that is now worth a fraction of that price can possibly be justified. You could buy a better spec laptop for that kind of money now rather than repair - not the point though I know.

Sunday nights aren't quite the same without it!! Can't wait for it to be back.

Yeah I know, fully my own fault and I realise that - Nobody to blame but myself

I was VERY VERY lucky to be honest, could of been ALOT worse - thankfully it was 2am and nobody was around

Just even happier, I didnt take out my other car, then i would of been really ******!

Criticism and blame aside, we've all done it at some stage. The secret is doing it when there's a) no one to see you make a prat out of yourself and b ) no one to get hurt. You did both - unlike me (I lost control of my Renault 5 when I was 17. I was driving like an idiot in the fog and didn't see the roundabout. Fortunately no one else was around to get hurt but plenty of people in nearly houses saw me make a prat out of myself). Foolish for doing what you did, but well done on getting away with it!!!