Steve vialls

On 5/28/2024 at 8:43 PM, Steve vialls said:

Good evening all. 
I have decided to sell my 2015 (65 plate), IS 200T F Sport in white metallic. The car has done 108000 miles with full service history, updated sound system, heated and cooled front electric seats, full leather, 2 owners, body work in good condition for the age and mileage £9500 Ono

 

 

 

 

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Good evening all. 
I have decided to sell my 2015 (65 plate), IS 200T F Sport in white metallic. The car has done 108000 miles with full service history, updated sound system, heated and cooled front electric seats, full leather, 2 owners, body work in good condition for the age and mileage £9500 Ono

2013-2021 Lexus is genuine stainless steel rear bumper protector 

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2013-2021 Lexus IS stainless steel rear bumper protector for sale BNIB

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Hi Roland 

I have a 2015 sonic white Lexus is200t F sport with premier pack for sale, car is tidy with full service history and 73000 miles on the clock 

Hi all

I am looking at purchasing an is300h, I drove one today which I found to be a nice pleasant drive and had good fuel economy too, I’m just wondering what the reliability is like on the hybrid system, I know the rest of the car would be good. Has anybody had any catastrophic expensive hybrid repairs?

cheers 👍

On 8/3/2021 at 8:46 AM, paulrnx said:

I’ve owned four 3rd generation IS. Two 300h (2014 & 2019), a 2015 200t and a 2014 250.

I never got great economy from the 200t. From memory this ranged, over a full tank and measured from the trip computer, from 30 to 34. Occasionally I saw high 30’s but never anything starting with a 4.

The 2014 IS300H usually gave between 40 and 44 over a tankful again measured using the trip computer. Occasionally I saw 50+ on journeys where speeds were 30-50. I remember one 25 mile journey where I got 70+. Always ended up in the range 40 to 44 over a full tank though.

The 2019 300h was about 2 mpg better per tankful than the 2014 version I had. Some of this may be my driving but there is no doubt that the facelift IS300H cars have better power delivery with more assistance from the battery/motor. I’m sure outright power and torque is no different but the delivery is better which in my experience led to better economy. Improvements made to the steering and suspension are also worthwhile with a bit more comfort but no loss of handling.

The IS250 economy was pants and almost always averaged no better than 30.

I’d reckon on you getting a good 10mpg better with an IS300H in like for like driving compared to your 200t. Possibly a bit more with a facelift car.

You will notice quite a big performance in performance so you’ll need to drive a few and determine whether this is a price worth paying for better economy.

Is better economy your #1 priority or does performance rank above this? I suspect from what you say that performance ranks high in what you want from a car.

They are great cars though. To be honest, I only swapped my 2019 IS because I’d had two bird strikes which cost a bit to replace various front grilles (front is very low), and a buckled 18” alloy wheel (many water filled potholes where I live) and catching the underside of the car on some raised ironworks on a new housing development. I came to the conclusion it was the wrong type of car for what I need given where I live and what I use the car for. Otherwise I’d have kept it.

I’ve gone on a bit, sorry, I reckon you’ll see a good 10mpg improvement and likely a bit more from a facelift car. You’ll lose some performance though. That said, there isn’t much wrong with an IS300H in Sport, especially a facelift version. Best way to tell a facelift version is they have no front fog lights. I think 😉

Thanks all for your feedback, I think I am still going to look for an is300h (despite some people’s negativity about it), I’m not after performance I am just after better fuel economy. I have seen that there are lots of these for sale with 90k+ miles on them, should I be weary about buying a 300h with this sort of mileage on it? 
Regarding the power of the vehicles I think that they are partially under powered compared to other vehicle ie bmw/Audi but the variant of the Lexus  models I feel doesn’t mean that they compare to that power ratio (ie 250 as these cars are based on the engine size hence the is250-2.5 litre, is200-2 litre, gen 1 is300-3litre, unfortunately Lexus cars are heavy vehicles so give a poor power to weight ratio hence the reason they are slower than their competitors, but I guess they are well equipped with leather/sound deadening which compromises this problem.

Hi Linas 

Thanks for the reply and feedback, I currently get around 30mpg in the 200t so will like to hope that I would get 40+ out of a 300h, as per your feedback I think I will stay away from the ct200h, and stay away from a potential remap as I don’t really want to be ripped off plus I won’t be paying for an upgraded turbo or ecu, it’s a shame that car manufacturers build different variants for different markets, I’m guessing it due to emissions related, what did you move to from the rc200t? Was the reason because of fuel economy ?

Hi John 

How soon are you looking into getting into an is250? The reason I ask is because I have a 2015 is200t f sport which I am currently deciding whether to sell, I believe these are an even rarer car than the is250

Hi I’m currently an owner of a 2015 is200t Fsport and I have been looking at potentially swapping for an is300h, as I would like a bit better fuel economy. How are the is300h on fuel economy I do mostly fast driving A roads to and from work? Or do you think it would be better for me to get my car mapped for better fuel economy ? How many people have had their is200t mapped? Have they had any issues after doing this?

I have also thought about the ct200h, how is the reliability of the hybrid system on the 300h/200h?

Any feedback will be appreciated.

Hi @m4rkw to be honest I haven’t checked my tyre pressures yet I have been meaning to though, I have been doing abit more town driving so is probably a mixture of reasons, I have got an obd reader so I shall check, I was just wondering as to whether there are common problems causing this and what sort of fuel economy others with is200t’s were getting out of theirs, I no that the fsport also makes a difference over a standard is, thanks for the reply 

Hi all, I own a 2016 Lexus is200t fsport which I purchased in december, when I first bought the car I noticed that the fuel economy seemed to be pretty good managing to get between 380-400 miles to the tank, however since around March the fuel economy has gone down to around 300-300 mile to the tank I no that having air con will decrease the fuel economy by roughly 10% but I am unsure as to why the fuel economy has dropped by this much, does this fuel economy seem right for this car? Also are there any common issues that could cause this?

I do about 30-35 miles everyday to and from work, in this journey I do atleast 10 miles on fast roads including a motorway, I’m not really bothered about fuel economy just would like something that is nice and comfortable to drive. I used to have a gen 2 is250 so definitely would like another Lexus, I thought I would ask about the is300h as I wanted to no abit more information on them first before I looked at one 

Have you had any battery/hybrid issues with it, I just don’t want to have any big repair bills if I went for a hybrid. Also with the hybrid what speed does the hybrid go up to. Ie can you drive in hybrid mode at 70 mph?

Hi All, I am in search of buying a 3rd generation IS, I have already driven a 200t which I really liked the drive of, I used to have a 2nd generation IS250, I am unsure of which variant to look for out of a 200t, 250 or a 300h, I am looking around a 2016 plate. What do you recommend the only thing i no is that it needs to be an F Sport model. Any advice will be appreciated.