rich1068

Agreed. Bought my last 3 cars in exactly this way. And in one case when I asked for the warts and all description he described it as "a good 10 yard car". Something that wasn't evident from the Autotrader ad. He was honest and I avoided a 2-3 hour train journey. @ the OP. Surely there's a Lexus dealer near you? Or a trader selling an IS? You're on Merseyside not the Scottish Highlands.

It's as complicated as you want to make it. Or it's as complicated as some people on the internet want to make it. The older and more cynical I get I tend to go with the latter.

Yes.

Just dug out the paperwork on mine. It's a "Lexus 5 Year Plus Extended Warranty."

Confused by all this talk of warranties. I assumed any used Lexus bought through their dealer network came with one? My IS300 was bought from Lexus Sheffield last year with a full year's warranty. The car was registered December 2002 and had 54k on the clock.

For 8 grand I'd be chuffed about picking up an as-new V6 petrol with the build quality Lexus are known for. Really not bothered about the bells and whistles. Left all that behind when I stopped buying new cars for myself. I found that the focus was too much on piano black trim and widescreen media players rather than if the car was worth driving.

Glad you're sorted. And I agree, that website is awful. A close run thing with Lings Cars I reckon We've just ordered a new S-Max to replace the XC90 but will unfortunately need new roof bars because the Ford doesn't come with rails.

To use a technical term, that's ***** poor. Luck of the draw with these fitters it seems.

I'd buy that today if I had the spare cash. It's in virtually new condition and going on the MOT history it's done just enough per year to keep everything fresh. Not sure if it's standard but I'd expect a full year's warranty too. And the tracking and balancing sorted. MOT history also implies the previous owner liked kerbs.

£500 plus in road tax is too rich for me. I've looked at some of the petrol XC90s before and been put off by the road tax. Takes a bit of a shine off the bagging a bargain feeling. And fair enough some of these cars can be called gas guzzlers but some are just high CO2 emitters. There are so many great family cars out there that will just end up scrapped because no one wants to pay the road tax, instead they'll buy/lease something new or nearly new which makes an absolute mockery of the eco led tax system.

10 brake mod.

This whole thread was iffy from the start. As more than one member inferred. @39bussThe OP hasn't visited since March 29th. The day after he started this thread.

Because I care more about my family than a car?

Sounds like I'm at cross purposes then. My lack of knowledge about the RX! You have to put it in neutral when you run it through the auto car wash

Ah, CVT. I suppose that could be the difference. But then I've driven other CVTs and they've not behaved any different to normal autos. Well not that I recall. Fair enough Spoilsport.