Tom777

1 hour ago, Linas.P said:

I would add brake callipers "service" to the list above, callipers on IS250 tends to get stuck, then rust and get stuck even more. If you could get them properly greased before they get stuck then it will save money and pain down the line. 

Again, good advice you hear a lot of places. I need new break pads anyway I believe. Also for peace of mind. I think the London driving in itself is hard on any car so I want everything to be well updated. 

3 hours ago, scudney said:

Hello Tom and welcome to the LOC,hoping you find the forum educational and informative and congratulations on your purchase. Personally I would find a local garage you feel comfortable with(i have used the same garage for the last 25 years) and ask them to give a going over just for peace of mind,I my case, I always have the oil,oil filter, air filter etc changed regardless of what else the going over might uncover,(i have done this with the last 3 lexus i have owned as well as other cars i have owned).and see what the outcome is and take it from there.

Absolutely. For peace of mind, I agree. 

3 hours ago, Texas said:

Here’s a bush being changed on an ISF and I wouldn’t think the 250 is much/any different, looks like a bread and butter job for any garage, even Quick-Rip, but that should be a last resort! This is showing an ‘upgraded’ part being fitted but if you got the OEM parts then same operation.

 

That’s great. That’s the ones I will go for actually. It should also make the labour cheaper as they are quicker to fit. But what do I know. Really appreciate your advice. 

Thanks Texas. I absolutely agree. We are driving the best cars in the world money can buy 😁.  The main costs will most likely be the man hours for the fix. I will want to stay with OEM parts also as you suggest as I have heard its false economi to change this particular part with non-oem.

I hope it can be done below £500 (keeping in mind its easy to be ripped off in London)

Hello Everyone,

Just bought my car yesterday and I absolutely have fallen in love with it already.  Driving the car back home to London yesterday I thought this is too good to be true as the car felt great all around. After closer inspection of the latest receipts I discover this comment/recommendation: “BOTH FRONT LOWER ARM REAR BUSHES SPLIT AND HAS SLIGHT MOVEMENT”.  Does anyone have a cost estimate on a fix for this. I won’t be doing it myself. Also my MOT is in November and I believe it will be a fail if not fixed? What I don’t understand is that the latest MOT does not mention the issue even though MOT is dated later than the receipt - meaning the issue was there also when car had the last MOT check. I did inspect all the MOT certs in great detail but still missed this not going over all receipts in great detail. I did ask the seller what he thought would need to be fixed in the future as he was very knowledgable about his car having owned it for nearly 10 years. I would have asked for a reduction in price would I have discovered this in the sales process. The car does not show any signs of the issue when driving (I think) - even over the thousands of road bumps we got here in London. No knocking, pulling to the side etc, but I believe it will fail future MOT so looking for advice on how to deal with this.