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I like it when I hear something like that makes me feel better. I should probably have worried more about my S3's reliability than I should the Lex. Fingers crossed.

There was nothing wrong with the Mesa red, I loved it actually. There would certainly be a deal to be had on it. We only touched on it but he was keen to throw in a 2 year Warrenty, next service and MOT free and that was without trying. No Warrenty as such from Geoff Cox other than your standard 3 month cover. I wouldn't doubt (at this point) they would honour it and if there were issues I would be looked after. Pleasant garage to deal with. I am considering paying for the 2yr Lexus extended Warrenty after the 3 months expires. Still something in it having 16 fuel injectors that makes me nervous.... Despite Lexus's reputation for reliability.

I'm happy to hear that, always good to get a feel from those in the know. I checked rims and looked freshly painted certainly weren't showing any kerb rash. Unnless I missed it I couldn't see any paint defects, nothing more than a polish full of fillers could conceal anyway so I'm hopeful. One of the first jobs will be a full detail anyway so if there is anything nasty I'll find it pretty soon.

Thanks for the welcome. I drove the 13 plate at Chester Lexus and the Mesa Red at Manchester Lexus. I wanted to see if any one of them really stood out or if there was anything I would be compromising on. Had I have seen the Mesa red first I may have gone for it but after the light interior of the others it felt a little dark, still very pleasant just didn't pop for me.

Thanks for the welcome gents. MrW it is indeed, I wondered if it had made an appearance on here previously, has anyone seen it before? This one ticked all the boxes that mattered to me, I loved the 13 plate in chester but was more 'obvious' (in that lovely blue) if you can level that at an ISF. Really liked the black with light interior.

Afternoon LOC members. Just wanted to drop a quick note on here to introduce myself, I joined the club a week or so ago in anticipation of my upcoming purchase which I collect tomorrow, as you might imagine I'm in quite a good mood looking forward to this. I've read a lot and learned a lot in the past week mainly from you good people of this forum and am confident I've put myself in the right car. I am sure most of you will be aware of the limited number of ISF's avaiable at any one time, I made my selection after viewing and test driving three, two from lexus main dealers, a pre-facelift 08 and a 13 plate, but my favourite was in between the two settling on a 11 plate in Black from a ford dealer (of all places). Only have dealer pics until tomorrow, but I'll post a few more at some point. The Lexus is a bit of a departure for me, my more recent car history is quite varied but all the changes have been for one reason or another. This change was necassitated to the imminent arrival of my second child and a move to 5 doors was all the justification I needed to talk myself into this... This and the fact that hopefully I wont be tempted to modify it which is a bit of a habit of mine. So I'm coming out of a Audi S3 3-door but it was no ordinary S3. Beyond the engine block casting there wasnt much standard about it, she was running 406Bhp on low boost (1.5bar), full modified Volkwagen racing Cup suspension and braking via Brembo/AP Racing, apart from basic stance she looked like a standard S3. Lovely. I think to an extent it is this wolf in sheeps clothing that pulled me to the ISF over the C63 AMG or M3, I've always prefered the understated. Back from this I had a Mazda RX8 R3 special edition, a very brief fling with a mazda 6 sport (still dont know why i did that) and prior to that a Lotus Elise R. With exception of the Mazda 6 I have loved all these car as they suited my perfectly at that given time. All being well I plan to keep the ISF for a few years until the litte uns are out of their kiddie seats. So here starts my ISF Journey... happy to be part of this quite exclusive little club. Dave