alexdodd

Amazing thanks to everyone again, so welcoming and helpful, this has been invaluable information! 🙂 I have a hitlist of notes I can compare and also half look like I know what i'm looking for, and weed out the obviously poor examples or take into account the cost of repair in the price. I don't mind sinking money into repairs, but the cars have to be *truly* worth it and correctly discounted.

All duly noted! My budget isn't quite in the range of main dealer and post 2012, sadly, but someone needs to look after the older cars! 😉

I want to get something of quality, and different to all the old BMW's and whatever keep cropping up out there (they are 10 a penny). The 450h really stands out to me, and while the older versions certainly have an 'older' feel to them inside, they were specced impeccably to begin with and have aged well IMO. When looking at used examples, high mileage heroes and 10+ year old versions, what are the stand out things I really need to pay attention to, or tests I should be doing on a drive i'll wish I did later? The battery is a concern of mine, only becuase i know it could bite me later and I know very little about what to expect or what is good or bad. The rest of the car is I believe naturally good lexus quality and well screwed together, any stand out issues long term? Is it worth looking at cars people won't buy with batteries that are close to or have failed, and having a call replaced or refurbished battery installed? For contexti'd be replacing a 2010 Renault Laguna 175 Initiale which has served me well, but had its fair share of maintainance over the last few years 😂 So i'm clearly not worried about old or even french-reliable cars!