Hi everyone,
I’ve just purchased my first Lexus, a 2006 IS250 SE-L with 125k on the clock. So first time post and hope I’ve put it in the right place.
Thanks to everyone of the previous thread for their advice pre purchase. I decided to buy the car I was looking at locally. The dealer has a good reputation and gave it an oil and filter service, new MOT and did the advisories which included new rear discs, pads and tyres.
First impressions are….why didn’t I buy this earlier!!
I love the v6, it is so quiet and smooth and much more powerful than my old Astra. First time with an auto box too, and loving it.
I’m still tweaking the driving position but getting there. Struggling a bit with the sat nav (can you really not enter a full post code?) and cruise controls on the stalk somewhat annoying, but that seems to be the only issues.
I did get the VSC/engine warning light come on. The garage replaced a split hose which fixed it for a couple of days. It then came back on but went off again when I took the car up the M40 for an hour.
I know there are lots of threads about the VSC light so will check these again, but could it have just needed a good run? It probably had been sat for sale for 3-4 months. I am using super unleaded but not sure what the garage put in it.
It has some warranty so will go back to garage if it comes up again.
Overall though, I think I am really going to enjoy it.
Simon