Hi all,
Been lurking on the forum for few weeks now, and may I say what a great site here for all things Lexus! Don't own one 'yet' but been lusting for an IS200 since it was introduced into the UK back in 1999, still remembered back then, taking me 1st Corolla for a service in a Toyota Dealer and popping over to the 'Posh' side of the showroom to check out the IS200. In those days, Lexus were still sold along side with with Toyota!
Now that the new IS is out, prices for the old early model are now very tempting indeed! Currently driving a 03 Corolla, so boring indeed......so in the next few months, will persuade the wife that a nice cheap classy posh Lexus will look very nice on the driveway! With a young family , the Misses will not be happy for me to spend £££ just to change the Corolla for a Lexus IS, but I have told her that will 'only' be spending around £1K plus say £5K for PX the Corolla, therefore a budget of £6K car! For that kind of money, it will mean a high miler with 80K plus and that may mean high bills to come, and that is worrying me! I know with proper full service history and properly looked after cars, there shouldn't be too much problems with reliability, but mechanically, expensive parts may need replacing in the future.
So what advice u guys can give me and also the best place to buy a car. I have been checking on Autotrader for months now to get an idea on the prices and looks like most are for sale in the smaller independant garages, whereas cars from Lexus Delaera are far too expensive! Anyway, thanks in advance for your tips and comments relating IS ownership.
Cheers.