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On the upside, I'd rather have a written off car than a repaired one

No need to be worried - the sonus one is quite good in that it finishes down very well. You can use a Finishing pad to max out the gloss and a polishing pad to get rid of swirls if need be. Most of the time, I just end up using a Finishing pad and Megs 205 as it seems to remove the small swirls without being OTT and buffs the gloss up too. I wash the car myself so it never really gets too bad - just a quick finishing pad and polish once a year is fine for me.

Are there any speaker differences as with the IS?

Worth noting that if you wash your car over the winter, dont leave the parking brake on. It'll seize up. Either wash and go for a drive to dry the brakes and then put the parking brake on or just leave the parking brake off.

Meguiars 205 or Sonus Perfect Finish with a DAS6 on a finishing or polishing pad. Then stick a coat of wax/sealant on.

May only be on certain model years?

I've got a Merc too. The Lexus ones seem to hold up better than Merc wheels

The car is always cleaned after the service, blame the valeter mate. Also, worth noting that in the US there is a huge lawsuit of unintended acceleration on the RXh. Could be that and not the mat itself.

I have to disagree on you there. I have had 2 Lexus RX's, one was a 2004 RX300 which I owned from new, no corrosion on wheels when selling at 8 years old with 55k miles. Those wheels weren't even sealed in their lifetime as I wasnt into it then. My RXh is 3 years old and I have had a kerbed wheel for 2.5 years. Noc orrosion from the bare alloy on show, 30k miles completed too. Few questions I always ask when someone complains of corrosion: 1) Are there any kerbing marks or stone chips? 2) Who cleans the wheels? 3) What wheel cleaner is being used? and at what dilution? 4) How many miles has the wheel covered? 5) Have the tyres been changed at any point? Even if fitting winter tyres! (which miraculously people tend to forget) 6) Are the wheels sealed? 7) Any Tar remover or Iron remover ever been used on them? The purpose of these questions are not to blame you if there is a discrepancy but its to make sure it doesnt happen again when you get a new set.

Except dealers are giving close to £8k discounts off new bringing the price pretty close to a 300h. I think the current going on the GS300h is £3k new

Direct Injection mate, GS250's are pretty much bulletproof. Is it like a "turbo" surge or a sensation of more power. 4k RPM is pretty close to peak power in the 250, could just be that.

Yep, same here. You can remove the programming. Im not sure how but there must be some owners who can chime in or you could always take a look at youtube lol

Simples! You must have held the unlock button on the fob causing all the windows and sunroof to open Then, as the car senses that the door has not been opened, it locks itself which would induce the alarm to go off. Small vibrations can set it off including wind or something moving inside. The new RX's are programmed not to open their windows when holding the unlock button as there were a lot of complaints about this happening. Some people woke up to soaked vehicles after a night of heavy rain.

100% DVLA error. It should say 26,100 miles. Therefore in 20 days the owner will have done 219 miles which makes 109.5 miles in 10 days which is pretty realistic

I did that 3 years ago when I got my car. I collected on a Saturday morning at 9, rolled up in the house at 10 and got on with protection (I asked for no PDI, just removal of stickers and inspection). My wife was like "WTF?!" Hmm beans on toast you say? Toast is valuable, beans and a spoon should suffice!

or....... you could just keep it a secret :P Just roll up in it one day lol

The side profile doesn't look right, could be mistaken for any other car on the road too! Looks abit odd at the rear. The IS looks just right from the side IMO.

I was originally looking at a Toyota Auris Hybrid (although really wanted the Lexus), and came the same reasoning with that, the difference in cost meant I might as well just get a brand new one from drive the deal. But then I looked at what that money could buy on a 1 year old car and then got quite excited when I realised that an IS300h was (almost) within my grasp, but what are credit for if not bridging the Gap! Good luck. If you do find any nasty surprises you can reject the car of course :)

Nope, not got anything

The ones you mention are bought at auction, they've been used and abused and condition wise, they'll be pretty bad with poor repair jobs Lexus dealers tend to snap up the good models at auction or otherwise. There is one at Lexus Reading in your budget with 37k miles but it'll be in better condition. I'd be snapping that up if I were you, get them to put parking sensors in the deal and start at £17k. That way it may even be under budget if you haggle hard enough

Exactly right. If the sales were through the roof there would be no discounts at all. They're targeting the wrong demographic, the older folk. Problem is, older folk tend to have greater spending power so will go for either the XF or XJ. The one pictured is the top spec too and the proportions are really odd

LOL the A-class is far inferior than an IS300h. You made the right decision - the plastics in the A-class are awful!

Ive seen one, wasnt too impressed with the looks in all honesty. Seems 3-4 years old when parked next to an IS F-Sport I think its lacking cohesiveness - the front looks good, the rear is a mess and looks rather awkward. And of course, as my wife is looking for a car in this class and we have decided on the IS300h F-Sport, it was a shock to find out that Jaguar are still charging for keyless go, electrically folding mirrors, an electric steering column and parking sensors on the front. I think it suits Jaguar's old folk crowd, it looks like a car an older person would drive and of course, the diesels are nowhere near refined as an IS300h

Not an F Sport alloy. Seems to be a 2012 advance alloy wheel looking at the colour

Wife is getting one soon, shes 44 :) . But then, she is getting the F-Sport, I think trim does make a huge difference as to how the IS looks Im 47 - I drive an RX450h :P