CoopDog

ive been looking at a few now,

and ive seen a couple that come with sat nav built in which is pritty cool, what cars came with this?

also how much should i be looking to spend?

thought mine was bad!! you deserve an upgrade ASAP and Lexus is the right place... am liking those DTM sport yellow head lights tho...

good luck with your search and you will find a good one dont worry if the one you find is not 100% so long as its not leaking fluids, starts ok, drives ok , shifts through all gears ok, full or some service history they rest can be put right by you once you buy it but try and push for ones which already have cambelt service done but then again wasnt sure if mine was done when i bought it so had it done for peace of mind...

difference is sport has LSD, lower suspension, sport metal peddles for more grip on the foot, rear spoiler, tinted windows thats it i think but bhp stays the same at 153.

oi cheeky, i love my mini :L

will keep it when i get a new car anyway, too much fun to sell,

and those yellow lights are original lucas headlight converters for driving in france, etc haha

hmmmmm how low is it?

and the spolier would be the first to come off :D

what difference does the lsd give?

yeh those sport headlight used to be on the 80's and 90's M versions of BMW's aswell those sold in Germany...standard IS sits at 1420mm and sport sits 15mm lower at 1405mm i think but need someone else to double confirm this..LSD simply gives your rear tires more grip so power gets put to the ground effectively they normally put into cars which are 200bhp and above but Lexus was generous and put it in the IS200 Sport and i have a feeling they knew 50% of IS buyers will boost or supercharge thier cars anyway so they made it easy for sport owners by installing it there and apparantley they do handle over 500bhp..so as you can see Lexus over engineered some parts on these cars.

but not the MPG part :L

also what bumper is this?

thought mine was bad!! you deserve an upgrade ASAP and Lexus is the right place... am liking those DTM sport yellow head lights tho...

good luck with your search and you will find a good one dont worry if the one you find is not 100% so long as its not leaking fluids, starts ok, drives ok , shifts through all gears ok, full or some service history they rest can be put right by you once you buy it but try and push for ones which already have cambelt service done but then again wasnt sure if mine was done when i bought it so had it done for peace of mind...

difference is sport has LSD, lower suspension, sport metal peddles for more grip on the foot, rear spoiler, tinted windows thats it i think but bhp stays the same at 153.

oi cheeky, i love my mini :L

will keep it when i get a new car anyway, too much fun to sell,

and those yellow lights are original lucas headlight converters for driving in france, etc haha

hmmmmm how low is it?

and the spolier would be the first to come off :D

what difference does the lsd give?

yeah i was thinking about a wrap,

nice!! not too over the top nice carbon roof wrap would give it that sport DTM look.. man 20 year olds of today have really got it good i was driving mid 90's renault clio with 1.2 litre engine at 20.. which was over 10yrs ago..

sounds like you into car mods so go for the Sport versions as those have LSD's and they sit lower already from factory was gona suggest IS300 for more power but hold off for now and enjoy the IS200 153 bhp is more than enough for a 20yr old to control.. at 20, my renault was barely 60bhp..

well ive been driving a 998 mini city putting out 64bhp for 3 years :L

also i dont know about the sport because the insurance is massivly different :L

actually the sport is only like £50 more :L

anyother differences between the 2?

MK1 White IS's are very rare and I still havent seen one on the road except when i was in the US...but these guys can make any IS you buy white for you think there are other companies like this across the country! they will body wrap your car rather than a full spray which cost more. check out what they did to this BM.. only live couple of miles from them so might pop in to have some tinits done on my IS3. an IS will certaiinly look good in white with body wrap carbon bonnet and carbon roof. they do all.

http://blog.ttints.c...46-pearl-white/

yeah i was thinking about a wrap,

heres what im thinking of doing

The s model has cloth seats and 16 inch wheels though they can be changed at a later date. The mileage should not be a problem as these engines are very strong. The reg really doesnt matter as the car was changed very little over 6 years . But also look at the is300 as this has the same engine as the toyota supra non turbo and instead of 153 hp you have 211 ish and it has full leather interior . If possible see those for sale by someone on these sites

thanks for the reply :)

im 20 so i think the is300 is a bit out of my price range one car cost and insurance :L

well the first thing id do is slam it and put different wheels on it,

hey guys,

im looking to buy a lexus is200 but not sure what to look for,

these are the questions i have,

what year is the best to get?

whats the difference in models, S, SE, Sport?

i want one in white but there doesnt seam to be many about :/

how many miles are alot for the engine? seeing alot in the 100,000m range

thank you

callum