wicked677

Hi Dave,

He was a very pushy salesman and only offered me 1k for my car which I told him was an insult. I have offered him 18k with mine at 2.2k as part ex. I am not desperate and just browsing really...

Do you have a link to the two above cars? I cannot find them...

The dealer I was at yesterday said that the new car is launching around July/August...

Going to make an offer tomorrow morning, on my terms only though :D They are asking for a 6k deposit which is extremely expensive, considering it's 30% of the value of the car. The brochure says "low deposit", compared to BMW who want only 11% deposit, mercedes also 10%. He wanted a sale there and then, so he is keen to sell it, I know he will reject my lowball offer. But it's part of the game right, fingers crossed for tomorrow!

Oh yeah, and he wants to offer me 1k for my Lexus, which I laughed at there and then. Considering whatcar & parkers say it's worth at least 2.2k part ex, I know someone on here would pay about 2.5k as they will know it's been well looked after.

Went to see the IS250 F-Sport and has totally made up my mind. Fantastic car to drive, so smooth and quiet compared to the BMW. Am going to make an offer tomorrow.

I feel that when the new IS is launched I will be a little disappointed as it will obviously have all of the latest gadgets. I am just not sure if it's worth the wait, whenever the launch may be.

This was the BMW I had driven for 24hrs, it's got a good 5 years left in it before a new shape is launched at least. I just wonder if 28k for an IS F Sport will drop by so much when a new shape is launched.

Am really looking forward to see the IS tomorrow... but there is just something in the back of my mind telling me no. 32k for a GS, I think it's a bit steep, if however, unlike BMW they don't have pages full of extras and everything is bundled for 32k I may consider... will see what they say.

Appreciate the comments, I guess it's more thinking of live for the day and not tomorrow...

When is the new IS launched as I know a few spy shots have been taken recently. The only reason I ask is because I am looking at buying a brand new car. I have taken to the IS-F Sport and also a BMW 3 series. I am afraid that the lexus will devalue quite a bit when the new shape is launched. Should I hang on a while?

Be careful as there are two types of blue, you might end up with odd coloured panels!

Don't bother with the door markers, it doesn't make any difference.

I am always cautious when parking my car, I avoid parking my car on public carparks at night or even after dark as the winter months draw by. Even at my home in the middle of nowhere I always pull the car up the drive, no matter how tempting it is to leave it on the road overnight.

I just struck me that people are still able to pop locks on modernish cars, I had the vision that this was a scene from the 80s, I was very surprised.

My colleague had her 2002 Peugeot 106 broken into over night using an old fashioned method of banging a screwdriver through the lock. So my question is how easy would it be to do this to my 2003 is200? I am worried as I use the same multistory but in the daytime only.

You can get away with tinted windows on a GS, as it is not the typical car that attracts much attention from the police. There is a silver GS around me that has had limo dark tints for a couple of years now.

Looks good, I'd be too paranoid of curbing those rims!

So the speaker that they swapped didn't need to be changed after-all

I am pretty sure I read somewhere that Autosol works too.

I remember using bumper shine spray on a fiat punto lights and they came up a treat.

If his driving is anything like the pure stupidity of his attitude I would steer well clear of this.

Were the speakers working when you purchased the car or did you later notice that they weren't? Are you unable to disconnect the parrot at all? Hate to put a downer on things but dealing with trading standards and other government agencies is a ball-ache and will probably take weeks if not months of phonecalls and messing about.

If you are able to disconnect the parrot and see if the speakers are then working correctly after that. I don't understand why if two speakers have gone the dealer has only corrected one? Or has another speaker gone?

Was it a Lexus dealer?

Never knew this existed, definitely worth a lot to a collector. Hopefully the other owner is around somewhere...

Welcome to the community.

ok cool - will wait - cheers

Try eBay, but make sure you can get them to take a photo of the back. The 03+ cars had a plastic surround that didn't corrode. If they aren't willing to take a pic of the back, don't gamble on it as they will probably be off an older model.

I'm looking to signup, but the page looks like I am creating a brand new account asking me to enter a username and password etc. How would this be linked across to my profile on this forum, enabling me to post items for sale and what not?

The same reason you would go anywhere else? They are very competitive.

I think it's fairly new, I know that my one has two EXT ports and 1 USB. So I imagine the only thing android is a new cable? I have one brand new that I am trying to shift.

Lexus Wolverhampton let externals do the work so are bound to charge more IF they do tinting.

Toyota Stourbridge are the only garage in my local area that have a bodyshop. They refurbished my alloy wheels a couple of months ago, worth giving them a call. Usually they have a small MOT centre on-site but Stourbridge seemed to have a large setup.

I think most guys have them here, they really give the car an extra 5 yrs of life

Had a look at that video it was interesting, made in conjunction with Ferrari. An extra £5 per tank for 5BHP on a GOLF GTI, if you can afford it go for it. Will you see the benefits on our bumpy grindy roads, I doubt it. Racetrack, probably.

Am off to fill up the car now, you have tempted me to fill up with supreme - but I can just about afford £90 a week on fuel so will give it a miss!