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Oh and Happy New Year!! :D :D :D :D

You guys are really helpful by the way! Damer - Cheers mate but some people on a Lexus Owners club forum might have persuaded me to eye up the SE!! Colin - Cheers too, not too bad then...my friend had an FTO which he had to pay £350 to be serviced and tuned....forget that! twotone - Thanks also for ur msg. Im not too bothered about speed (Sport)...growing out of that one a little (oh yeah and the 6 points dont help either) but its such a nice car I think I will use it to criuse with instead! The Lexus site says is does 29.2 mpg so I wont be able to afford to drive it too fast! My old Astra GSi was the same! Cool site by the way...not sure about ur fetish for ur Lexus ariel tho.... :duh: Jonthebarber - Cheers for the dealers url (www.fow.co.uk) I looked there and they have an IS200 SE in Blue (my fav) 50k, manual, all the usual for 11399 but no photo which is a shame but I might give them a call and get them to e-mail me or post me some. If I havent mentioned you then im still thankful for ur posts...glad I posted on here now. I keep talking to people who keep saying I should get a Lexus cos im ok with my VW Golf TDi but its not a car I get into and just smile....y'know!

Wow! Didn't expect such a rapid response! Thanks guys. Besty did you put in all that tv equipment in yourself or did it come with the car? Also are Lexus expensive on the servicing or does it depend on what dealer you go to?

Hi, Im just about to venture into the fabulous world that is Lexus and wondered if you guys could give me some help in buying one (not financially but all contributions welcome!). Im on the lookout for a second hand IS200 2.0 S (I think they are the bottom of the range but still sexy as hell) for around th £9-11k mark. Ive seen some on Autotrader but ive no idea if they are quality cars etc. My main questions are: Best to buy from a dealer? Any common probs with the IS200? Certain mileage to stay away from? Oh and one more question...what are the biggest running costs? Fuel? Servicing? Parts? Any comments/help will be greatly appreciated. Happy New Year too! :D