dmiddle2

welcome matey , ive owned my is200 for 2 weeks now and i love it , i usually get bored very quick with cars but i enjoy the thought of going out in it every time.

i only got the s model , the no sunroof factor annoys me but heh cant have everything, at the moment im considering buying some 18s as the standard 16s are pretty poor or if i can get the standard 17s off a sport then id have them first !!!

Also if your a single guy you will collect alot of interest from the females a good selling point for me lol , i paid £8400 for a V reg with 78k on the clock full lexus history and im paying £1400 fully comp im guessin ive been bumped on insurance though , might try elephant.com prob get it for half that

i highly recommend the is200 its a great car and i love the comfort you get in it and its pretty fast and the engine roar is one of a kind lovin it !!!!

Cheers for that - its good to know that you are happpy with yours (especially as I am going to be looking at a very similarly aged/priced one).

No sunroof for me is always a benefit instead of a drawback - I am 6ft5 so the extra head room is always welcome.

Funnily enough, I am single at the moment - but I have never found a girl who is interested in cars beyond the fact that it gets them from A to B and is a pretty colour! Perhaps I need to broaden my horizons in that sense.

insurance cost is good and much better than for a 320 Beemer trust me.

fuel is harsh though

would of offered you my IS but not for £10000 though mate sorry lol

u gettin a good car though wen and if you buy one

No problem Mitch, I am a realistic chap... I know I am not going to get a new new one... but I would rather buy a V, W or X plate IS200 for £10k than a new corsa or something :-)

They never told me about it either! When i did find out, i was told that ALL drivers under 25 have a standard compulsory excess of £350. Thats why i advise you to double check it, phone them up and talk to them about it. The number is on the web.

Stu

In that case, I will do that Stu - thats silly though as they must know when I enter my DOB on the web site that I am under 25. Although I have had a couple of problems with shall we say... ambiguous information from them in the past.

Thanks for the info.

Why don't you buy one of here? you'll know then you're getting a good deal and a well looked after car then! 

Well, there are a few reasons for that: Firstly I am looking to spend about £10k, which will limit how new and what spec I can go for. The second is that I don't actually have the full £10k, I will be looking to get the last £3k on finance and finally, my uncle is in the trade so I should be able to get a trade one a little cheaper.

Welcome to the club! (has anyone mentionned GOLD membership to you yet?!  )

Nope... I will worry about that when I become a fully fledged owner... as in ACTUALLY own a Lexus! :-)

Make sure you double check the excess amount, they never told me, and i had kittens when i asked what the excess was!

Just gone through their online system again and the quote came out at £781 with no compulsary excess... I can add excess in, but I am happy with that. I don't live anywhere near Norwhich though and I don't have a garage to keep it in or anything like that, perhaps stuff like that makes a difference.

Excellent, thanks for the tips.

I have already got an insurance quote... I am 23 with 5yearsNCD.

A quote for comprehensive insurance with £0 excess and everything protected and 25000 (Social, Domestic & Commuting) miles a year came out at just under £800.

It may sound a lot but I am currently paying £640 for a diesel VECTRA!

And the cosumption figures of 30mpg (combined) seem fairly reasonable, if they are accurate!?

Thanks again... will let you know when I find one.

Hi there

I am looking to buy a new car... new to me that is, in reality a decent second hand one!

So far I have looked at Alfa 156's, Astra Coupe's and SAAB 93 Cabrios. All of which I have gone off for various reasons.... Which LED me to the the IS200. I have looked at a few and taken a couple out for a drive and so far it meets my requirements head and shoulders above the rest.

Basically I want a car that is nice, well built, luxurious... but NOT especially fast (I have a motorbike for speed). I have to spend about 2.5-3.0 hours a day in the car and want some nice surroundings. Thats all. I also don't really want to pay through the nose on insurance and fuel consumption.

Can anyone give me any pointers on things to look out for when buying a second hand IS200? any common problems, little tell tale signs that only a "lex person" would know about? Any particular variations of the model to avoid or anything like that would be really handy.

Also - are they all the 2.0 6cyl rear wheel drive models? or are there any variations in the engine options (I know they do the IS300 aswell). Any guidance on particularly good ones to go for would be useful too.

Thanks in advance

Dan