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That would be me! News travels fast eh? Patrick at Freelance Guernsey was extremely helpful. I made an offer and it was accepted. Sounds like it's in great condition; I bought based on info from here + photos + just generally chatting to Patrick. I haven't seen the car yet and won't see it until it's here in the UK. Anyway, I've spent quite a little while since then sorting everything out to import and register the car. It's being shipped over next week - won't be able to drive it until the UK reg has been assigned. Can't wait. I'll obviously upload some pics once it arrives. I'm not overly hopeful for reduced rate of tax - think it'll be £505 rather than £230. Yes the Guernsey reg document doesn't state emissions but the certificate of conformity does. We shall see! Besides, I'm very happy with the price I've paid vs what I was going to spend had I purchased a C63. It gives me plenty of money left over to get the alloys refurbished and a couple of small scratches to the paintwork. Oh and I'll be getting an H&S exhaust in due course. Cheers

I emailed the dealership in Guernsey first thing this morning so looking forward to a reply. I am certainly not ruling out the Belfast car though. Carbon wrap + scratches on the rear bumper will be resolved by a good paint correction or similar as I would want to get the car detailed anyway. I hope that when they email me back, it won't say that the new rear tyres they fitted are the cheap brand. If they are , I would use this to negotiate. They have replaced all pads and discs recently which cannot be overlooked as this is surely £££. Agreed, the exhaust mesh sounds a bit grim but again, not insurmountable. I will of course be requesting close ups of this and asking for replacements. If that cannot be done, I would simply get them fabricated at the same time as an H&S exhaust. Cheers

Some very helpful info there. Firstly, as Gib has mentioned, the car at Woodford is just too big a jump in £££. I certainly couldn't justify the extra £7K++ outlay. Stefan, thanks for your comments on the car. I spoke to the salesman earlier and was given the following info: The car currently appears as per the video. In other words, it has the covered front bumper, mirror parts and side vents. He confirmed that these are in fact sticky carbon decals to "enhance the look of the car". I asked if these can be easily removed and of course he said they could be. 60K mile service has been done The car has had new discs, pads and tyres. So this begs the question whether it was the dealer who installed cheap tyres. I have emailed asking for photos of all 4 wheels to see whether they need a refurb. I also asked for them to email me with brand of tyres. To any IS-F owners, looking from the photos, do you agree with Stefan that the tips look poorly reinstalled? This isn't a deal breaker if so. Stefan, when you say the rear mesh has been "daubbed", what do you mean by this please? Do you mean removed and repainted? Finally, I am somewhat confused that you mention there are carbon fibre stickers on the rear doors too. This sounds like they've applied yet MORE stickers since taking the video! Therefore I'll be asking for more photos to confirm how the car appears NOW. I am currently drafting an email to the dealer in Guernsey. Will keep you all updated. Cheers

Cheers for the photos Gib - much appreciated. Paul, thanks for that info. Good to hear re it not being listed as imported on insurance documentation. And certainly good news about the VED! Mark - well spotted on the June sales event sign! That'll be handy for negotiations. As for the warranty decreasing to a one year warranty in mainland UK, that is somewhat disappointing but I'll discuss this with the salesman on Monday. I think it's time to try and find one closer to home to sit in! There are a couple 30+ miles away from far smaller "driveway dealers" which I don't really fancy going to look at as I don't want to waste their time as I have no intention on buying them...

I spoke to someone at the dealer via the online chat function (garage had closed so could't call). The VBZ200 reg was the previous owner's personal reg with XJZ5117 (as per the video) being the car's newly assigned reg. That makes it seem as though the car has now been plastidipped which is a little odd for the dealer to do! In any case, I will discuss this on Monday. As for the car in Guernsey, I would also be interested in that. I had seen it being referred to in other threads but had a look on the Lexus Guernsey site and couldn't see it for sale. Charlie, if you have any info on this car or a link to the ad, I would be grateful if you could send it my way please. Otherwise, assuming it's at Freelance, I'll just email them for some info. I would need this car to come with a 2 year warranty to be comparable to the Belfast car. Furthermore, I would need to clarify the import process/tax payable. Assuming this is VAT to be paid, I would certainly need the initial price to be £15K for the price + tax to be comparable to the Belfast car. Finally, I have a couple of questions for Womble72 please as you have a CI car: How come the tax is only £230 for CI cars? And is your car listed as imported with your insurer? Many thanks.

Thank you all for your helpful replies. I have looked on their website at the ad: http://www.charleshurstgroup.co.uk/lexus/used-cars/4810383-lexus-is-5.0-v8-is-f-4dr-auto/ I note that the front bumper, mirrors and side vents differ between the video and the photos. Ie they are not colour coded in the video but they are colour coded in the photos. Someone from the dealership is going to call me on Monday to confirm these discrepancies and how the car appears. Furthermore I will be seeking clarification over the transferability of the warranty (no use having a warranty that requires visiting Belfast!) I'll keep you posted. Cheers

Evening all, I am very interested in purchasing an IS-F and have found a lot of useful information on this forum. I am just wondering if anyone has come across this car: http://www.autotrader.co.uk/used-cars/lexus/is-f/used-lexus-is-f-5-0-4dr-acc-pcs-belfast-fpa-201507095061002?logcode=p Perhaps a previous owner or maybe someone who has been to look at this car? Any information would be greatly appreciated; if you know how long this one has been up for sale, that may be useful when negotiating. I will be requesting that the car has the 60K service carried out as part of the deal. Finally, I have been reading a lot about the suspension being firm on the earlier cars and can see this recent post about replacing the springs with those of a later model year: http://www.lexusownersclub.co.uk/forum/topic/105912-finally-sorted-the-suspension-on-my-08/ One question this does raise is, does anyone have the years for when the suspension was revised? I have seen various forum posts both here and the US forum referring to 2011, 12 and 13. Is this correct: 2008-2010 - original and most firm 2011 - improved 2012 - further improvements 2013 - final set up This will help me if I do purchase the car from Belfast when hunting for later model OEM suspension parts. Thanks in advance.