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It depends on your mileage. I've always found that Michelin tyres get more road miles than any other tyre, so although generally the more expensive, the pence per mile is the lowest. However if you do a low annual mileage, you can find that you are replacing tyres due to age rather than wear, and then Michelin tyres may be not so cost effective.

I can only use BP fuels (company fuel card) and I try to use BP ultimate where possible, however the additional cost swings massively across fuel stations. It can swing from an additional 8p a litre, to an additional 20p+ a litre. Where as they are similar with regular E10, with super its more a case of what they can get away with!! I do have to pay the premium cost through my p11d so it is not free unfortunately.

Is super a necessary requirement over regular premium E10?

For sale now at Lexus Woodford. What's the story?

Brilliant thanks 🙂

Can't really tell from photographs but does the rear seat centre armrest have a small hatch through to the rear boot, or is it solid? Thanks.

I usually find that wear is often covered up with dye solution. This initially looks great but wears away much faster than the original finish. This is probably why you have seen such quick wear in only 6 months.

It's funny how people use their cars. I'm looking at a RCF as a daily so +10k a year. I just wouldn't consider one as a weekend car.

I was keen on the GR Yaris 6 months before the first deliveries and it was a case of the local dealer saying to me that I was the first to enquire about it! In the end was too compromised as a daily for me. There are a lot for sale secondhand. Not sure of owners buying hoping to make a quick flip, or the initial fun has fizzled out... Certainly the market is good to buy a new car, with inflated px values, if you can actually buy a new car with sensible delivery times! The problem I have is that my interest in a RCF has been since the overall used car price increases, and I'm not sure whether the '15/'16 plate cars for sale are realistically priced or inflated due to the market, compared to say 6 months ago. My present `17 plate daily, a BMW M140i, is worth more today than over two years ago before the pandemic, with over twice the mileage.

The valuations make sense around the £40k retail mark with approx £5k uplift, but those being retailed in the early to mid £30k come back with a £12k uplift!

Most RCF's for sale in the £30k+ price band '15' 16 plate return a WBAC type valuation in the early £20k+ To me this indicates the retail prices are overpriced. With higher than normal WBAC type valuations, this is even stranger. I can understand say a +£5k for prep/warranty/profit, but isn't £10k taking the ***** somewhat? I'm sure if you come to trade in in the future the dealer won't want to pay more than a WBAC type valuation.

All true, but very boring.

False alarm, it's back on!!

Sold already? Fallen off the used Lexus Web site.

That's black on black according to their Web site. Edit: black on red on AT, so looks like it, at £35k.

Are we talking Lexus Sheffield? Saw this come up for sale and not far away from me, so called in. At that stage when I called it was parked outside the dealership on the access road. Obviously unprepped. A quick walk around every alloy was heavily curbed and the drivers seat bolster heavily worn peering through the window. Looked tired and uncared for. Didn't even bother to walk into the dealership. Since then I've noticed it been listed and reserved several times. I assume potential owners have been keen, seen it, and then changed their minds. Still no actual pictures of the car, after a couple of weeks.

Don't think you will be able to get a Lexus warranty if more than 10 years old and/or 100k.

Just noticed that too, they can't make their minds up!!

It's gone up again, now over £40k

It is not the one that was for sale at Lexus Hatfield?

I think the price has actually gone up slightly compared to when I first saw it for sale a couple of weeks ago.

Is it too late to purchase a 15 or 16 plate car at around 30 grand now? The prices won't hold and calapse in a year or two buying today? Sellers market like a lot of used cars at the moment, and not a buyers market?

Yes I can see that, but the following years like only a dozen a year being sold, nothing really!

I think I have my own answer. Looking at 'how many left' by the end of 2015, 154 where taxed. However in 2020, was a peak of 214 cars taxed. So in 5 years after the launch in 2015, they simply didn't sell many!! How come?

I'm looking to buy and it appears that there are plenty of 15 plate cars for sale, a few 16 and really no 17 plate cars. Why is this? The post March 17 plate cars appeal due to lower car tax, and in a couple of years very low car tax, compared to 15 and 16 plate cars.