Killysprint

@wendlethanks for your reply. I had a feeling they’d be difficult to repair. The damage to the wheels on the car I looked at was much worse than yours. With gouges and curb damage on the fronts, not sure how well they’ll repair. the car itself had scraps on each corner and damage to the rear bumper just under the lc500 badge, as well as being filthy inside. In fairness the car hadn’t been prepped, but I’ve discounted it as it obviously has been unloved, and to compound this had 3 Pirelli’s, and one Michelin tyre, the Pirelli rear having a repair (thought you couldn’t repair runfalts!!).

Have been to see a potential car today. Is a sport+ and has the 21” polished alloy / chrome ?? Finish wheels, the fronts are curbed and was wondering whether it is possible to refinish them to factory finish, or what have others done when they have curb rash??? thanks

The bubble will only burst on the crazy used car when the lack of availability of new cars starts to ease. and that won’t be any time soon, we had the chip shortage because of covid, now the manufacturers are blaming delays on component shortages, especially wiring looms, from the Ukraine. My BiL ordered a new Golf gti back in august, expected it for Jan 1. With the delays VW are experiencing, the build slot is now May. By the time he gets it, it’ll be mid July. 12 months wait for a Golf. Nuts. I was in at the local BMW stealer at the weekend looking for a car for my daughter, they were saying it’s almost impossible to get a 1,2 or 3 series before Xmas, and they are having problems in finding good used stock. Understandably. The madness will continue. in other news I placed a deposit on a build slot for a M3 touring, it’ll replace the GSF eventually. God only knows when that’ll arrive though.

Love that. Massive kahunahs!! That is a wonderful thing, and a great colour combo. Pre facelift it'll be the glorious 4.2, and is the auto, or the duo select? Brilliant, keep us informed how you get on.

Must admit I haven’t checked mine….. but will do this morning. The likelihood is that there will be delamination there. The car gets a good clean with branded products - but long gone are the days where I’d spend all Saturday washing and polishing my daily. So haven’t really noticed if I have the problem or not, plus I’d have to have my specs on……. and @F.A. Don’t go rushing down the ev route. You’ll end up pulling your hair out. They’re not all sweetness and light. We have a ipace and it’s been a nightmare, and to make things worse the dealer network is a terrible. It had 9 weeks off the road last year, the battery issue we had took from the day reporting it to resolution - 14 weeks, then the bloody thing leaked. however the tax and fuel savings are 😍😍😍😍

Seems to be a bit of chatter in the US about this, and lexus are taking notice. may be worth following up again with the dealer and lexus Uk customer service https://m.facebook.com/nickDfindley/posts/pcb.3168656000083080/?photo_id=10227387385620475&mds=%2Fphotos%2Fviewer%2F%3Fphotoset_token%3Dpcb.3168656000083080%26photo%3D10227387385620475%26profileid%3D100013996890775%26source%3D48%26refid%3D18%26__tn__%3DEH-R%26cached_data%3Dtrue%26ftid%3D&mdp=1&mdf=1

facelift car, has DAB, but non facelift dashboard, with sport button to the left below the dials, rather than on the steering wheel. Seats look in decent condition, side squab on the drivers side looks OK, mine with the white leather discoloured and wore quite badly. This could have been a combination of only wearing jeans and my lard arse though. Mine was a feb 2011 car on a 60 - was the Lexus demo, so had a relatively hard life early on - had all the facelift gear with the central tach. likely that this sat around for a while when new at a dealer, not that it matters now. Looks a cracking thing in the USB, really suits the colour.

Are Lexus making a RHD version ??? That may be the reason why it's not coming here. Lets face it they only sold 70ish GSF's, but they were available for the JDM market and in Aus too. It might not be available in Japan, hence not here? Must admit like the understated looks. Proper Q car, and there's not many of them around, if any. All now too shouty and bling.

That car, F8 GSF is for sale on auto trader at the minute - pictures on the advert show it without the exhaust fitted.

I did it the other way round, traded my ISF into and bought from Lexus Belfast. One last epic drive across to pickup the ferry from Stranraer, cracking night in Belfast, home the next day, with a couple of hours drive to get accustomed to the new car. Don't let a little bit of water spoil your fun. My ISF was bought from a dealer in Chichester, because of the rarity, the likelihood is you'll have to travel to get the right car.

Love a Honda R here too!. The accord type R I bought as a snotter a couple of years ago, its engine was peach and felt indestructible. Currently have a late 59 plate low mileage S2000 for high days and holidays, absolutely fantastic car. In both, and in particular the S2000 the engines are screamers, brilliant in fact, and coupled with the gearbox in the S2000, which arguably has the best manual shift in any car, makes driving it an absolute pleasure.

I’ve had both. I had a 2011 facelift ISF, which I ran for 2 1/2 yrs and 25k miles and have had my GSF now for 3 yrs. loved my ISF, only changed it as the right colour gsf at the right price came up for sale. They drive very similar, they’re both heavy cars, however when pushing on the TVD helps shrink the gsf and makes it feel more nimble in the twisties, and now with MP4s tyres turn in seems to be much better than the ISF. When I first got it I the jury was out, and still is on whether it was quicker than the ISF, it semantics. The gsf has enough grunt for me. comfort wise the ride in the gsf I think is better that my later ISF, I don’t have the adaptive suspension, but ride quality is acceptable for the type of car, and the seats are fantastic. Even after my ample arse being in them for 3-4 hours of driving you feel fine. the driver interface is better in the gsf, obviously as it’s considerably younger, and I find it ok to use, but no where near as good as the systems today. And as with the nav in the ISF the GSF system couldn’t find its own backside with both hands…… The gsf now has 46k miles on it, I’ve done 18k of them, and I do like it, a lot. It’s hassle free, well built has no creaks or groans from the interior even coming up to 6 yrs old, looks and sound good and is rare. I’m in a dilemma, I’ve now had it longer than any other car, except for my dolly sprint which I’ll be buried in, and want to change it. If Lexus did a big power saloon I’d be in it like a shot, As the GSF and ISF have been utterly reliable, are understated and been brilliant to own. But they don’t, I am looking and a M3 CS rings the right bells, and honestly I have one tomorrow if I could guarantee it would have Lexus reliability and build quality, but I can’t, so the gsf stays for a little longer. @Mantas88 your biggest problem will be finding the right car for you, there’s 3 times more ISFs than GSFs, they are thin on the ground. Best advice, drive one back to back with your current car. Then make your choice. Whatever you choose, you’ll have a cracking car.

I think you’ll be surprised and find that the front pads are the originals. I changed mine at 34k ish miles and there weren’t at the wear indicators. I had lexus check the SH and there was no evidence of previous replacements. The original rears are still fine at 44k.

would be interesting to find out how many sets of discs (and pads) have been fitted - not under warranty. I ran a 996 Turbo S for 50ish thousand miles from 2005 -10, which had early gen Ceramics fitted as std. When I sold it there was minimal wear to either the discs or pads. Expected life for the pads was at least 100k miles at the time, I remember pricing them up at the time pads were £400ish and discs £2500 a pop. Seems even though with increases in manufacturing process efficiency and economy of scale (more cars fitted with ceramics) that prices haven't changed that much.... they were epic though, once warm.

The wear indicators are included with lexus branded pads.

I think it's referring to the coating on the disc bell housing. Some are suggesting the paint coating on the replacement brembos is not as robust as the one applied to the OEM parts. Ive got a set of discs from Autodoc, thought mine might need them so took the plunge, think I paid £260 for all 4 - grooved brembos that look identical to stock. (and they're still in the garage!!) The centre of the discs have a coating of grey paint, that looks the same as the Lexus ones, if it turns out they need a top up, they'll get a couple off coats of heat resistant paint before fitting. @Duggie BHave a search for the pads discussion(s) - a few owners have changed (including me ) to EBC red fronts, very happy, less dust, less squealing and initial bite I think is better, obviously very subjective that, but they work very well.

£50k, its a bargain. Should be at least double that. 2016 black ones should also command a premium over that too. Someone mentioned the Guilia QF, a mate has just bought a 69 plate v low milage alfa red one. Awesome car, performance and dynamics are fantastic. We went out in the GSF yesterday, and he commented how much better built and the quality of the interior was in the Lexus, compared to his alfa, where he feels the money has been spend under the bonnet, rather that the quality of the build! so I guess horses for courses. Anyway stop talking prices down.......

If the rc is anything like the GSF - it’ll be like bambi on ice in the snow. like someone said - change the tyres for winters. Used to change the ISF every year. Makes a huge difference

Fair price!!!!! Never, It would be cheap at double that.

They obviously lacked the ability to rag it that hard as it never put a foot wrong in 30000 miles.

That’s terrible news, and hopefully the resolution to the theft will be quick and painless for you. Car thefts today, i would guess in the main are targeted. If the car is required - it’ll go. Sounds crap, but it’s likely that someone has crashed and badly damaged an identical car - and yours will be used to either give it a new identity or be stripped for parts to fix it. It’s not like the twoking opportunistic and joyridding thefts of the 80s and early 90s. I had a mate who worked for PWC, was pleased as punch with his first company car a red mk2 Astra GTE, not so much when it was stolen (and found) 3 times in a week. The GSF is rare. There’s 60ish in the Uk. They’re under the performance car radar. It’s unlikely to be stolen to be broken for spares,There aren’t a great deal of the lower GS models around either, unlike 5 series, a6 etc etc. So That the bits can be transferred to to make the local knacker’s 520 look like an m5, or to replace the engine after some back street tuner has mapped it to produce 7 billion HP and it’s detonated itself after 25 miles. look at the stats - lexus aren’t a brand that are usually targeted for thefts, Land Rover, (I am certain if I didn’t have a gated drive and block my defender in - it would have disappeared by now) golf gti/r, Audi rs etc etc they are far more likely to be stolen. It is one of the reasons I have a Lexus, rather than a M5, e63, rs4 etc

My old car - now in Ireland

No such thing.

Try and get a new one. Dealers are now quoting May / June for delivery, unless you can find a cancelled order. There are people out there willing to pay the premium to have the latest "it" car, at the end of the day you pay your money.......... They are fantastic though, the hype around them is justified, epic epic little car.

We sold my sons GT86 through WBAC - worked very well for us. His car was spotless FTSH etc etc, they knocked him a £150 for a couple of stone chips, but that was it. No hassle. Went online got the number, waited a week and then 10days - 2 increases to a number we were happy with - car went the next day, money in the bank a couple of days later. They had allsorts there the day we were there - from bangers to a 12 month old M5 competition, that the owner wanted out of sharp. The car depreciated £900 in 3 1/2 years and 28k miles. Car appeared a couple of weeks later and was advertised for £2500 more than we sold it for in Nottingham at an independent - went in a week. From what I've experienced and heard from others that have used WBAC - the quote they give you online for a "mint" car, one that could almost be rolled into a dealer and sold. Any chips, scratches, grazes , bumps, Tyres under 4mm, patchy SH etc etc they'll reduce the price again and again. but to be fair no different to a dealer. I'd certainly look at using them again.