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Love the look of this personally and has the 5.0 V8 from the RC F... no mention on price yet though!

Good luck in your search, Ian. As I type, there are 124 IS200s and 7 IS300s listed on Autotrader; one must have your name on it!

conclusion : absolutely no reason to change anything unless it is all about sound.

Is it who we think it is?? I think so

hi martin I haven't got one but been looking for a while as a replacement for my LS430. The main faults to look out for are: 1) Leaking shock absorbers - these can start as early as 60k miles and the only replacement as i write is lexus parts. 2) Hybrid problems can start to surface the closer you are 100k - mainly these relate to failing individual cells within the battery - these can be replaced with used ones but will cost you £700 by specialist companies. 3) There has been 2-3 cases of failed transmission pumps - lexus will probably quote for a new gearbox - however a member here " hayne" fixed his for alot less - look fout for warning lights on test drive 4) Seized calipers is another to look out for. thats all i can think of - when looking take an extended test drive to ensure no warning lights come on. I look on auto trader and other sites every single day and these cars are very slow movers so negotiate. As you can see the list is small but relative costs are high for example £700 buys alot of fuel Many member have opted for an extended lexus warranty which costs £995 for 2 years - this also covers the Hybrid Battery. Lexus will also do hybrid Health check and warranty the battery for 12 months and costs £59 hope this helps

Be very careful if you are thinking of buying this car.

Infeed. Needed to baby the car a fair bit!

well now listed again with the original seller alfamad123 - yep agree same seller - 2 accounts

I dont like to follow the crowd and tend to buy unique cars. A Rover Mini when I was 17 vs the Corsa/Golf/Polo's of the time MG TF instead of MX5/Toyota MRS Crossfire instead of 350z etc Soon an ISF. Although I honestly think in my case I just want the best BHP:GBP ratio.

The bravest one there is the RX8......! great looking/driving car, but has catastrophic issues.

Mine has one on each side at the high part of the boot channel on both sides of the car. A plastic piece of trim collects the water and it drains by a tube in the centre of the bottom of each of the trim pieces. Others on Club Lexus have posted about water in the boot so it's probably worth checking with fellow owners in the US too.

Cheers for the info. He is looking at the mk1 but given how long it takes him to make a decision he might be looking for a while!

Have you had new rear number plate, attached with sticky tape ? I've heard of water ingress through holes previously used to attach the number plate. Just a thought....

I went the OE route, £750 fitted by my local Lexus dealer.

Yep you're definitely missing something. It has full 7 digit postcode input