Isf for £38 k

[Big Rat]

Cake is always welcome, aren't there some places you can go where they put your car on a hoist remove the wheels and put your choice of aftermarket wheel on, less tyres as a trial fit, or is this to much faffing about ?

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[emjay82]

36 minutes ago, Big Rat said:

Cake is always welcome, aren't there some places you can go where they put your car on a hoist remove the wheels and put your choice of aftermarket wheel on, less tyres as a trial fit, or is this to much faffing about ?

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Good idea but I'm more likely to stick with oem after much research, unless I find a good quality aftermarket. Our cars are heavy and standard alloys are going to be prone to damage.

[Big Rat]

1 minute ago, emjay82 said:

Good idea but I'm more likely to stick with oem after much research, unless I find a good quality aftermarket. Our cars are heavy and standard alloys are going to be prone to damage.

Wise decision the standard wheel is quality item, a lot of the after market ones appear nice but I'm not so sure about the longevity of them. Couple BM's I had suffered repeatedly with cracked wheels (19's) over hard run flat sidewalls, crappy design, and they were OEM.

Big Rat

 

[Big Rat]

@emjay82 Mark

I know that the the title on the screen is just a generic banner for there stock but might be worth an e-mail 🤔

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[Big Rat]

@emjay82

Mark

Sent you a pm re wheels a set has just come up for sale 🤗

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[ronaldo]

I wonder did the latest 2013 on the market, with 23,000 miles, base their price off this £38k vehicle? At £35k, it seems fairly overpriced for a private sale.

[Big Rat]

Quite possibly he/she did, I for one if I was in the market for as newer one as possible would still probably go to a Lexus dealer, but ultimately as I've said before just wait for a GSF to drop below 40k.

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[Big Rat]

16 minutes ago, ronaldo said:

I wonder did the latest 2013 on the market, with 23,000 miles, base their price off this £38k vehicle? At £35k, it seems fairly overpriced for a private sale.

@ronaldo

This one would suit me fine give it a while bet you could get i from 40k 🤗

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201703012801270?make=LEXUS&model=GS F

[ronaldo]

12 minutes ago, Big Rat said:

Quite possibly he/she did, I for one if I was in the market for as newer one as possible would still probably go to a Lexus dealer, but ultimately as I've said before just wait for a GSF to drop below 40k.

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Yeah, they're dropping fast and are a great upgrade path from the ISF. It's a pity the new £140 road tax after it reaches 5 years old isn't retrospective. 

In fairness, who are we to complain - in Ireland, the annual tax on any of these F models is €2,350 (£2,046).

[Big Rat]

1 minute ago, ronaldo said:

Yeah, they're dropping fast and are a great upgrade path from the ISF. It's a pity the new £140 road tax after it reaches 5 years old isn't retrospective. 

In fairness, who are we to complain - in Ireland, the annual tax on any of these F models is €2,350 (£2,046).

Oh that hurts still praying at the V8 alter was always going to have its cost, I just keep thinking of what happens at 3600 rpm and it makes takes all the pain away 😂

Big Rat

[Neil E]

@emjay82 Mark, Set of ISF alloys here on a Soarer. 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/lexus-soarer-sc300-toyota-1jzgte-vvti-drift-turbo-coilovers-/262895692428?hash=item3d35cdea8c:g:yFoAAOSw32lYxppX

 

[emjay82]

1 minute ago, Neil E said:

@emjay82 Mark, Set of ISF alloys here on a Soarer. 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/lexus-soarer-sc300-toyota-1jzgte-vvti-drift-turbo-coilovers-/262895692428?hash=item3d35cdea8c:g:yFoAAOSw32lYxppX

 

Thanks for the heads up Neil, much appreciated, I actually won the bidding for the set off eBay the other week, following the nod from 🐀. They should be with me on Friday ready for the new summer tyres! 

[Neil E]

Ah, that's good, didn't realize you were 'sorted.' The car appeared on another forum with a remark that the wheels don't suit the car so remembering your quest, I quickly switched channels. I bet the seller still has the original Soarer wheels and they would be better for that car.

Sometimes you get lucky and sometimes not. I once searched for over a year for some Lotus Carlton wheels. Oddly if I traded up to an ISF, the wheels would have to go.

[ronaldo]

Over a month later with no sale or no price drop. Could be on the market quite a while - unless they are true to their word about their supposed '90-days, then auction' policy.

[ThebigC]

If it's the mercury grey one it's because there is only 5 in the country 

[Defratos]

15 hours ago, ThebigC said:

If it's the mercury grey one it's because there is only 5 in the country 

Really? only 5 in the country?!?

 

So if I import mine it'll be the 6th :)

[emjay82]

16 hours ago, ThebigC said:

If it's the mercury grey one it's because there is only 5 in the country 

I can't see it adds that much of a premium, it's unlikely you'll pass more than a handful of ISF on the road during ownership. If it was a more common car I think having a unique colour would have more value. Outside of the owners club meets, I would've never seen a black, red, grey or silver on the road. I must say, Nebula grey is lovely ☺ 

[Defratos]

Wait mine is actually Nebula Grey and not mercury grey. 

 

is there a difference? when I googled mercury grey my car came up lol 

[emjay82]

26 minutes ago, Defratos said:

Wait mine is actually Nebula Grey and not mercury grey. 

 

is there a difference? when I googled mercury grey my car came up lol 

There might just be some differences from region to region but I imagine it's the same colour. 

[Mark G]

54 minutes ago, emjay82 said:

I can't see it adds that much of a premium, it's unlikely you'll pass more than a handful of ISF on the road during ownership. If it was a more common car I think having a unique colour would have more value. Outside of the owners club meets, I would've never seen a black, red, grey or silver on the road. I must say, Nebula grey is lovely ☺ 

Blue.................................adds loads of value...................

[emjay82]

1 hour ago, Mark G said:

Blue.................................adds loads of value...................

Used to @Mark G before USB owners got fed up of sea blue and found a better colour 😉 

 

[Stuno1]

Oh dear god!

[Mark G]

Very interesting watching the process, however how to ruin a car in one, fairly easy and I would imagine expensive lesson, not for me, no thanks..........

[J Henderson]

6 hours ago, emjay82 said:

There might just be some differences from region to region but I imagine it's the same colour. 

Same paint code (1H9) for both.

[Jgtcracer]

8 hours ago, Mark G said:

Blue.................................adds loads of value...................

Blue, blue, smells like poo!!!