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Thanks Mr W

Cheers, it is a very nice example, drives very well now too: That's encouraging, I'll look into the Dodo Juice stuff. Noted, thanks Steve. Hi Mark. Good to know the light leather shouldn't put me off. DRLs don't bother me either way, might be nice to have but if they're absent it's not a problem.

Hi Steve. I'd noticed the lack of DRLs and blue wheel trim but the fact that it's a 10 plate is what was making me wonder. Good info regarding the updates, thanks. We do have dogs but have another car that we use for that. I've seen yours on here, it's a lovely car. The LSD is the key thing for me too. Hi Bluesman. I shall have a read of the rules, and thanks for the welcome! DRLs aren't particularly important to me, I'm just trying to pick up what might or might not indicate a facelift car, which I now have a better understanding of. Thanks everyone for the welcome and for help!

Hi Steve, thanks for your thoughts. I always wear clean clothes too by the way! What I meant was that in BMW circles, some of the lighter leather marks really easily, even from wearing jeans on a day to day basis - that's what I was thinking about.

Thanks for the reply, Ryaans. I'd seen about the blue steering wheel trim but I wasn't sure if that was all facelifts or only certain exterior/interior colours. The DRL info is great, cheers. The Cheltenham car does look very nice, and I love the colour combo, but such a light coloured interior worries me somewhat with regard to marks and keeping it in good condition. Does the pale leather mark easily?

Hi all, My name's Andy and I'm a long-time IS-F admirer. I've been a lurking member of the forum for a while, and I pop in here every now and again to see what's going on. I currently own a very nice, well sorted, manual 'box Imola Red E46 M3 on a 55 plate (Bilstein coilovers, fast road chassis/geo mods, lightweight wheels, big Brembos) but I'm seriously considering getting an IS-F now and I'm just wondering about a couple of things. I have searched for answers and found some useful info but... - I'm still not sure at what point in 2010 the facelift occurred? - Do all facelift cars have DRL's? (as in, is that a good identifier? Looking at cars for sale, that seems not to be the case...?) I rather like the Mesa Red example at Lexus Manchester (I have a weakness for interesting shades of red), but is it a facelift? My hunch is that it's not, but the only info I can find is that some 10 plates should be facelifts...? I know it's been for sale a while, and as mentioned elsewhere here, it does seem expensive. I'd like a car with under 50k with LSD at a sensible price, although it doesn't have to be red. Cheers, Andy